This is an original edition of Make it Monday- a weekly feature of tutorials.
This is also a Kids Craft tutorial- something appropriate and fun to do with your little one.

MATERIALS

• paper (I used glittered craft foam sheets for durability)
• pencils (get a v-day pack from the dollar store)
• scissors

INSTRUCTIONS

I found that it was pretty challenging for Mikah to cut these out, so I pre-cut them and had him weave the pencil into the holes. He’ll use these for a Valentines Day goody bag for his friends.

1. Cut out sheets approximately business card sized (about 2″ x 3.5″) and fold in half.

   

   
2. Snip away! You are cutting a “U” shape for the top of the heart, plus a forward slash for the bottom tip. The longer your ‘slash’ the pointier your arrow. Make your heart take up at least half the space on the paper.

   

   

3. Next part, cutting out the arrow. Simply snip a slash parallel to your slash from the heart tip and trim away the excess as pictured. Easy peasy, and very little waste.

   

   

4. Trim tiny little fringes about 1/8″ wide and halfway into your new arrow piece. make sure the fringes are on the outer edge, not the folded edge.

   

   
5. Cut slits in your heart and arrow approximately 1/4″ wide and 1/2″ apart. Eyeball it. This will be your slits to slide your pencils into. Do a test run with a pencil to make sure it fits and adjust your snips as needed.

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

6. Slide in your pencils! We did ours under-over-under to hide the top edge and eraser edges.

   

   

7. While Mikah napped I cut out a bunch for him. He was thrilled to find this when he woke up and spent a good 15 minutes weaving the pencils in and coordinating which would be for who.

   

Done! I got Mikah some trinkets to include with his goody bag- he loves people and giving things so this was a perfect activity for him.
Last, please share the tutorial and have fun with it!