Mother’s Day heart

Mother’s Day is a beautiful holiday currently experiencing a revival in the Czech Republic . Every mother is pleased when her son or daughter wishes her a Happy Mother’s Day with a small gift or card. Because we always give our mothers presents out of love, it certainly wouldn’t hurt to decorate the gift with a heart symbol. You’ll have this simple paper heart - whose symbolism will add another dimension to your present or flower bouquet - finished in a heartbeat.

1 What you’ll need: Coloured paper; paper printed with flowers or fruit (you can use pages out of catalogues, magazines, printed wrapping paper or a square of paper that you have glued a napkin pattern to); ruler; pencil; scissors; transparent tape or glue; ribbon for hanging.

2 Draw two 9 x 11 cm rectangles on a sheet of paper and cut these out. Using scissors, round off the corners on one of the short sides of the rectangle.

3 Make three cuts into the other side of the rectangle to make four even bands (you can measure and draw the lines where you should cut beforehand).

4 Create the other part of the heart from a different colour paper the same way. Weave both parts together and adhere the ends of the bands together.

5 Tape the finished heart to a card, a gift package or use a ribbon to hang it to a bouquet.

6 Finished heart.

7 You can make a larger number of hearts and use different paper for each.

8 A combination of one solid-colour paper and printed paper or two printed papers of contrasting colours is attractive. The result is reminiscent of patchwork.