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A fast and easy Valentine’s Day crochet project comes together in minutes with a tiny 2D heart and a simple paper envelope to hold it. This beginner-friendly tutorial shows how to make a mini heart applique using medium weight yarn and a 4 mm hook, then fold a small origami-style envelope from a 3 x 3 inch paper square.

The heart is built from a magic ring and a few basic stitches, then pulled closed for a neat little shape with a long tail to finish and secure it. After that, the envelope is folded step by step so the heart fits inside as a sweet pocket hug, class Valentine, party favor, or handmade gift idea. It’s a quick craft with lots of uses, from greeting cards and keychains to simple random acts of kindness.

Created for viewers searching for easy crochet Valentine gift ideas, beginner crochet tutorials, mini heart applique patterns, and paper envelope folding crafts. It’s a great pick for quick handmade gifts, classroom treats, Valentine’s Day party favors, and short DIY craft inspiration.
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00:08if you're looking for a quick and easy valentine's day gift to make or a little party favor i'm
00:14going to show you how to crochet this cute little 2d heart and um how to fold a little envelope
00:21to
00:21put it inside of like so all you'll need is some medium weight yarn a four millimeter hook to go
00:33with your yarn scissors and some origami paper to fold for the envelope i'm using a standard um
00:44sheet of origami paper that's six by six inches and i have cut it into quarters
00:54so it's now three by three inches and it's the perfect size for this little heart
01:00let's go ahead and get started
01:07to begin you are going to start with a magic ring in the magic ring you'll insert a slip knot
01:17and now you'll put in all of these following stitches chain two three triple crochets
01:26that's one triple crochet two triple crochets
01:37and three triple crochets
01:44then three double crochets one double crochet two double crochets
01:52and three double crochets a triple crochet
02:02and now let's repeat the other side three double crochets one double crochet here's the second one
02:10and here's the third one
02:14then three triple crochets
02:19one
02:25two
02:29and three
02:35then you're going to chain two and slip stitch inside the ring
02:41now here's the magic part you've got so many stitches all you need to do is pull your ring closed
02:49and you've got this cute little heart shape what you'll do at this point is fasten off with a
02:59decently long tail that you can use to tie a knot behind the back
03:06i just like to pull my yarn tails into um the back of the heart
03:15and remember to pull your yarn end really tight that starting yarn end needs to be tight
03:21for the circle to close
03:31once you pull it to the back you can go ahead and tie it with a really tight knot
03:45that's that for our cute little heart as you can see that was very quick and easy to make
03:52you can make a ton of these for valentine's day as little party favors as a pleaks to put on
03:58your
03:58dolls or projects um or as key chains and hair clips and more
04:07after you make your little heart it's time to fold a little envelope for it
04:12for the envelope i'm using a three by three inch square
04:19and um just for reference here it's about yay big compared to my heart
04:28all right so let's get started first you're going to fold the um the bottom corner of the piece up
04:38like so but not all the way you're just going to make sure it's close to the top edge
04:49then you're going to open it and we're going to fold the bottom point right up to the fold that
04:56we made
04:59then fold that up again so you should have this we're going to fold the two corners in
05:06and here's where you just kind of eyeball it see how big you want your envelope to look
05:13so here's one corner and then the other corner i'm going to pull in as well
05:24and try to keep it a little symmetrical so that both ends look um about the same
05:32and all you have to do at the end is just tuck one of the corners into the other
05:41so inside the open flap here you're just tucking it in
05:49and that's that
05:56you now have a cute little pocket to put your heart inside of and you can give this little pocket
06:04hug as
06:05a um class valentine they are very quick and easy to make both the envelope and the heart
06:12hope you had a fun time crocheting and crafting
06:15bye now
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