1 Cut paper into a long strip.

Cut paper into a long strip. You can use a large sheet like butcher paper, gift wrap paper or construction paper for a super long heart chain. The length of the strip defines the length of your heart chain while the width determines how tall the hearts will be.

You can also use a smaller sheet of paper (e.g. A4, Letter size, or 9" x 12") to make several heart chains that you can later glue together for a longer chain. I started out with Letter size (8.5" x 11") paper that I halved lengthwise. My two strips are 11" long and 4.25" wide.

2 Make the first fold.

Take your paper strip and make the first fold on one short side. This fold defines how wide the hearts will be. My fold is around 1.25" wide.

3 Flip the paper.

Flip the paper so that the fold is at the back.

4 Make the second fold.

Fold the paper following the width of the first fold.

5 Make the third fold.

Flip and fold the paper again just like in Steps 3 and 4.

6 Continue folding back-and-forth.

Continue flipping and folding the paper until you've folded the paper's entire length.

7 Draw a heart outline.

Draw a half-heart on the paper's top fold. Notice how the curved part of the heart goes over the edge of the paper. This will make sure that the hearts are connected.

8 Add details.

You can make paper hearts with cut-out sections. Mark out these sections, make sure they're accessible to cutting from the folded edge of the paper.

9 Cut along the heart outline.

While keeping the paper folded, cut along the heart outline.

10 Cut out the inner sections.

Cut out the inner sections, if you drew any.

11 Unfold the paper.

Carefully unfold to reveal a chain of hearts. Trim off any excess paper after the last heart.

12 Decorate the hearts.

An easy and fun way to decorate the hearts is to draw or paint some patterns on them. You can also glue some sequins, tiny pom-poms, buttons and other fun accents.

If you used colored paper or if you made some cut-outs inside the hearts, you won't need to decorate the hearts at all. They're lovely enough as is!

13 Make more!

You can make a couple more heart chains to create a super long one. Don't forget to check out more ways to decorate your paper heart chain in the section below.