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This article is written by a student writer from the Her Campus at Jefferson chapter.

Happy Valentine’s Day! Whether you’re looking for a last minute Valentine for a friend or significant other, or just a little seasonally appropriate way to pass the time, here are two little heart crafts that will take under 10 minutes! The instructions may be a little confusing without visuals, so I do apologize in advance. 

Origami Heart

  1. Start with a square of paper of any size. 
  2. Fold the paper in half diagonally so that opposite corners meet. 
  3. Unfold the paper
  4. Repeat Steps 2 and 3, but with the other corners of the paper. 
  5. Turn the paper so that it resembles a diamond instead of a square. 
  6. Fold the top corner of the paper to meet the center point where the two diagonals intersect. 
  7. Fold the bottom corner of the paper to the top of the line created in Step 5. 
  8. Take the bottom right side of the paper and fold it up so that this bottom edge meets the vertical center line of the paper. 
  9. Repeat Step 7 with the left side. 
  10. Leave your origami heart as is or crease all of your pointy corners on the top and sides for a different look!

Here’s the link to a video tutorial as well: Easy Origami Heart Tutorial – DIY – Paper Kawaii

Mini Crochet Heart

This craft requires some prior crochet knowledge and crochet supplies (yarn and hook)! 

  1. Start with a magic ring. Making a magic ring is a bit hard to explain verbally, so here is a quick video tutorial: How to Crochet – Magic Ring (or Magic Circle)
  2. Once you’ve made your magic ring, chain 2 stitches. 
  3. Next, make 3 treble crochet stitches into your magic ring. A treble crochet means putting the yarn over twice before going into the space to make the stitch. 
  4. Make 4 double crochet and one treble crochet into the ring. 
  5. Make 4 more double crochet and 3 treble crochet in the ring. 
  6. Chain 2 and make a slip stitch into the ring. 
  7. Pull the tail of the magic ring to bring the heart together!
  8. Tie off your loop with a slip stitch and weave in your ends. 

If you want to make a larger crochet heart or a different type, here are the expanded sizes of this pattern and another pattern I’ve used successfully: https://sarahmaker.com/crochet-heart-pattern/ https://www.hookedbyrobin.com/blog/crochet-granny-heart 

Emma Prushan

Jefferson '25

Emma Prushan is the Campus Coordinator and President of the Her Campus at Jefferson chapter. In addition to writing articles, Emma works to manage the chapter’s goals and operations with the support of an amazing executive board. She loves being able to be heavily involved in her chapter, from recruitment to editing, and everything in between! Emma is currently a senior at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia, majoring in Visual Communication Design with a concentration in Graphic Design. Outside of Her Campus, Emma serves as Communications Director for AIGA Jefferson, a student chapter of AIGA, The Professional Organization for Design. In this role, Emma has been able to learn more about social media engagement and communication with organization members while exploring her passion for design. In her free time, Emma’s interests include books, photography, crochet, and guitar - essentially anything that lets her use her creativity and imagination. When she is not flexing her creative muscles or burying her nose in a book, Emma can be found tending to her jungle of houseplants.