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Print Recipe

Heart Waterfall Card for Valentines Day

A fun pop-up Heart Waterfall Card for Valentines Day is easy to make with a free printable pattern. Write your own personal message to your sweetie!
Prep Time5 minutes
Cook Time30 minutes
Total Time35 minutes
Course: Craft
Cuisine: Craft
Keyword: diy waterfall card, kids craft, Valentines day card, waterfall card, waterfall card free printable pattern, waterfall card instructions
Servings: 1 card
Author: Shelly
Cost: $1

Equipment

  • Scissors
  • Bone folder/scorer tool (optional)

Ingredients

Instructions

  • Get started on your Valentines Day card by copying the free printable pattern onto card stock.
    Print the first page of the free printable pattern on whatever color you want for the base of your card. Mine was copied on white card stock.
    If you are making a card with one color of hearts, copy the second page of the pattern  on the color of card stock paper you have chosen.
    When making a card with multiple colors of hearts, don’t copy the second page of the pattern. Just cut out the heart pattern on the first page and use it as a pattern to draw around on the various colors of card stock you have chosen to use for your Heart Waterfall Card.
  • Go ahead and cut out the seven hearts. Line them up in the order you like and set them aside.
    Cut out the two rectangle card pieces on the heavy black lines (don’t cut on the dotted fold lines).
  • Take the larger rectangle piece and fold it back on each of the eight dotted lines. Crease it as closely on these lines as possible. 
  • Place some glue on the base ONLY in the small arched areas between the dotted lines. I used school glue but you can also use a glue stick as long as the glue stays in the arched areas. 
    Start by gluing the bottom heart on first. Take that heart out of your lined up hearts and place it so the top arches of the heart fit in the first set of arches (closest to where it says “Glue strip”). 
    Continue gluing down the hearts in the order you chose in your lineup. Of course the order doesn’t matter if all the hearts are the same color!
    Gently fold the base of the card back at each dotted line to make sure that each heart can flip up.  If there is extra glue that has gotten on a heart it will stick down and not pop up. We don’t want that! We want a waterfall!!
  • The card will naturally bend back on the dotted line where the last heart was glued. Hold the card in your hand in this position.
    Take the long paper strip you set aside and wrap it around the card from the back. The strip shouldn’t be tight around the card but have just a bit of space so the back half of the card can slide easily. If it is too tight, adjust the folds in the long strip so the back piece of the card slides better.
    Glue the two front tabs of the long piece UNDER the bottom heart.
    Then glue the bottom heart down over the tabs.Add the paper strip
  • You can leave your card like this or cut a piece of cardstock that is 3 ⅛ by 6 ½ inches in size and mount the heart waterfall on it as I did. Put glue ONLY on the paper strip that is on the back of the card and glue the waterfall onto the piece of paper.
  • Lastly, decorate your card and add a personalized message with markers.

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