
Toilet Roll Washi Tape Hearts
These toilet roll washi tape hearts are quick and easy to make, with beautiful results, as varied as the washi tape you choose to use. They’re a perfect alternative, or addition to a bouquet of flowers, a little balloon or a decoration for a flower pot. If you write on them, voila! Handmade place settings, or even ’cards’.
Wrap a ribbon around a few and make a note on each heart of what you love about somebody – a personalized, one of a kind expression of friendship and love.
What you need to make toilet roll washi tape hearts:
You’ll need one toilet roll, one grill stick, and about 1m (3 ft) of washi tape per heart.
Miss 7 has been busy as a bee making these every night this week. As soon as the little ones are being put to bed, and a certain someone isn’t downstairs, off she goes again. I love that they are so easy to make once you’ve done a few, that she can make them independently. I love seeing how she’s figured out how she can hold the washi tape so it doesn’t get all knotted, at the same time as wrapping a heart; and how she’s started to let the shape of the toilet roll heart determine which way the washi tape goes next instead of trying to pull it somewhere else. I love seeing how excited she is about them. She’s almost exploding, needing to keep them a secret and hide them. She’s set the new standard for what it means to be pleased with what you’ve made!
METHOD:
- Once you’ve cut the toilet roll, as shown above, start to fold under the sides
- Tucking the edges in to form the base of the heart.
- Press down gently on the creases to keep them in place.
- To shape the top of the heart, crease along the dotted line
- Crease at the front and back.
- Cut off a length of washi tape about 35cm (1 foot) long.
- Stick the washi tape to the heart wherever you like
- Start twisting it around the heart, following the contours…
- To determine where the tape goes next.
- Keep wrapping the washi tape around the heart until you reach the end of the piece.
- Once the tape has covered one of the top corners (as here on the top left)
- Poke a grill stick through the whole at the base and up to the taped corner.
- Cut a new 35cm (1 ft) long piece of washi tape, and continuing taping around again.
- Keep adding strips of washi tape until the whole heart is covered.
- Lastly, take a small piece of washi tape (about 4cm/ 1 1/2 inch) to secure the base of the heart to the grill stick.
To get a sealed glossy surface at the end, you can brush the hearts with clear drying glue or modge podge.
A perfect activity for Valentine’s Day… Not only making them, but why not write on each one what you love about your children, or the person you want to give them to; what about writing what your children say love is.
So many beautiful, thoughtful possibilities.
Linking up with #MiniCreations, #WeekendBlogHop, #MagicMoments & #TuesdayTutorials
These are gorgeous, I love washi tape 🙂 Thanks for linking with Tuesday Tutorials #pintorials
Thanks Kate! It’s the first proper ’project’ we’ve done with it, and I LOVE them! They’re randomly placed around the house in plant pots and small vases at the moment 🙂
Great idea and hearts look so cute! 🙂
Thanks Mila, it was a super cute craft. Very happy they turned out so well, the kids wanted to make tonnes of them! <3
This is really cute, especially since it uses so little material! #pintorials
Love these and appreciate the step by step tutorial. Thank you!
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These look so cute! I am pinning them right now on My Valentine’s board. Not sure whether I invited you to join my quick crafts group board, will check now! xx
Thanks hun 🙂 …Got the invite too! Pinning away already!
These are too cute Steph and they look super easy as well. Great little activity for the memory bank 🙂 #magicmoments
Grace says – ooohhhh this post makes me soooooo excited. What a fab idea. Mummy says they look something called rustic but I just think they look really cool. They would look great as decorations in my bedroom. Thanks for linking to #minicreations
Washi tapes are the best ever! This one looks easy but so nice in the eyes. Thanks for sharing. Dont have lots of washi tape but I think its time to invest in some =) #magicmoments
Thanks Merlinda …Washi tape definitely comes cheaper per roll when you buy a little pack of 3 or 4 of them, which is also perfect for this kind of craft as you’ll hopefully get beautifully complementary shades/ patterns 🙂
I’ve bought quite a few, but rarely actually used them… Miss 7’s so busy still making hearts right now that I’m sure I won’t have much left by the weekend!
These are quite lovely and so clever! I love how simple they are, yet so precious and practical all the same. Thank you for sharing these!
Thanks Maria. I’ve been staring at the ones Miss 7 has made and given to pappa for Valentine’s Day; they really are too cute! 🙂
These look fab, there’s so much you can do with them once you’ve made them. Looks like I may need to pop Washi Tape on the shopping list for activity hour on the farm. Popping over from Country Kids.
Ooh definitely …And who doesn’t have toilet rolls? 😉
Wow, these are absolutely beautiful and such a simple but effective idea! Might have to give these a try during half term 🙂 #magicmoments
Happy crafting …They really were super easy, and that definitely gives you time to save a few toilet rolls 😉
Wow huni, that is so creative! They look lovely, but I have a thing for hearts. xx I have shared for you xx
Ooh thanks hun! I just saw that on Facebook <3
...I think there are quite a few of us with a thing for hearts 🙂 ...Fun to make and super easy.
Ah, these are lovely. So nice for children to make to give to family or friends
Aww what a great idea, <3 these.. love the patten on the washi tape 🙂
Thanks for sharing at the weekend blog hop 🙂
very cute – my daughter would love these #weekendbloghop
Oh these are adorable! I love how your daughter’s enjoyed making them too. What a beautiful craft. Pinning on to my valentine’s board 🙂 x
They look fantastic and a lovely thought to give someone.
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Ooh these are so cute, I will have to try them!
Looks like I am going to be very busy tomorrow. lol They are so pretty! Thank you for sharing. x
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My daughter will love making these mini creations – off now to put washi tape on my shopping list!
These are fabulous, they look a craft for me! Love them 🙂 #MiniCreations
Aw thanks Sara, yes, I was very keen… But Miss 7 said she didn’t need any help at all! The first I got to make from start to finish was the ’tutorial’ one 🙂