Decorate a Heart in Red, White and Blue: This Version Features a Czech Glass Button as the Focal Point

Decorate a Heart in Red, White and Blue: This version of the heart incorporates crocheted lace trim with ribbon; faux flowers; and a sparkly dragonfly-shaped gem

There are zillions of different things you can do with crocheted heart shapes. A lot of times, people think of these as being Valentine’s Day craft projects; but the truth is, you can find suitable ways to use them for many other holidays — and for everyday, too.

Lets try decorating a crocheted heart shape with red, white and blue accents for Fourth of July.

Choose a Heart Shape to Crochet

Your first step is to choose a heart shape and crochet it in the yarn, thread or other material of your choice.

You can crochet a heart shape using this free crochet pattern; then decorate it in red, white and blue for Fourth of July (or in any colors, for any occasion).

I’m starting with this heart shape crocheted in red yarn; but there’s nothing particularly special about this design. If you want more options, there are many different heart designs you could crochet.

Choose Your Decorations

After you’ve made your heart shape, it’s time to grab some things to use for decorating it. How you decorate your heart depends, to some degree, on what you want to do with it. You could turn it into a wall hanging. Alternately, you could crochet two hearts and put them together to make a pouch. One of my readers crocheted two hearts and a strap, and she used those to make a purse. Those are just a few ideas.

I’ll probably use these hearts as wall hangings, so I still have some work to do to figure out how I want to hang them.

I like to use lace, trims and edgings on my hearts; so when I am decorating hearts, I usually start off by stitching a bit of lace or trim to the heart and then building up layers of decorations from there. One of my favorite trims for this purpose is this easy scalloped trim with ribbon. If that one isn’t what you want to use, you can check out this page of (mostly free) patterns for edgings, borders and trims to find bunches more suitable options — or take a look at our recommendations on the best crochet edging pattern books for even more ideas.

Decorate a Crocheted Heart Shape: Start by Embellishing With Lacy Trim

Next, you want to grab whatever other pretty baubles you have hanging around that could be used for heart decorations: crocheted flowers, silk flowers, buttons, beads and ribbons are all fair game. If you want to use crocheted flowers, check out these crochet flower patterns for some options for flowers you can make. If you want to use faux flowers, I recommend scrapbook.com as being a great source for pretty ones. Czech glass buttons are particularly pretty for this sort of project; Etsy is one of the best sources I know of for Czech glass buttons.

Choose some Czech glass buttons for decorating your heart shapes.

The last step is to do your finishing. How you approach that will depend on what your plans are for the project; but, in general, you’ll need to sew, glue or otherwise attach your embellishments to your heart. I like using a tapestry needle and thread to do this part, but you could also use a hot glue gun.

So there you have it: Those are some ideas for decorating a crocheted heart in red, white and blue for Fourth of July.

Happy Independence Day!

Related Resources

• Fourth of July Crafts
• Holiday crafts
• Free crochet patterns
• Crochet techniques
• Crochet for beginners

Craft Ideas for the Month of May

Happy May, crafty friends!

If you’re in search of new and interesting spring-friendly craft ideas, you came to the right place; whether you’re hoping to find project instructions and ideas for needlecrafts, paper crafts, or some other sorts of crafts, you’ll find numerous patterns, tutorials, and project ideas for useful and creative things you could be making for yourself or a loved one. I’ve rounded up a bunch of project ideas and suggestions for May craft ideas you can use this month. If you have other suggestions to add to this list, I invite you to post a comment at the end letting me and the other readers here know about them.

May Holiday Crafts

Mother’s Day Crafts

Fabric Crochet Tote Bag: Free Crochet Pattern

Mother’s Day is coming up soon. This year, Mother’s Day will happen on Sunday, May 12, 2024. I have a huge list of Mother’s Day craft ideas you might want to check out if you’re interested in making a lovely gift for any of the maternal figures in your life.

International Scrapbooking Day

May 4, 2024 is International Scrapbooking Day. This holiday isn’t widely celebrated outside the crafting community – but if you’re a crafter, this is a day you won’t want to miss out on.

International Scrapbooking Day is a day of fun, camaraderie, contests, challenges, tutorials, demonstrations, and learning for paper crafters. Everyone is welcome to participate; even total beginners could join in the fun.

Many craft stores host online crops and events on this date (some of these events even go for the entire week or weekend surrounding the actual date of the holiday.) If you have a favorite place to shop for paper craft supplies, check out that store’s events calendar to see if they have anything fun planned that day.

If you don’t already have a favorite place to shop, you might want to check out A Cherry on Top’s forum because they host fun online crops for International Scrapbooking Day every year.

If you want to participate in any of the contests and challenges on this holiday, I recommend preparing for it in advance, especially if you do not already own any scrapbooking supplies. You’ll most likely want to print out some pictures to use for scrapbooking, and get yourself some adhesive, papers and embellishments. Be sure to peek at various stores’ events calendars a few days before the actual holiday to see when the festivities start and plan out how you want to use your time surrounding the holiday; there’s usually so much more to do than you can actually get done, so you have to prioritize.

May Planner Crafts

Garden Journal Pages for the Month of May

If you maintain a physical planner, junk journal, scrapbook, or art journal, you might want to decorate your May calendar pages, journal pages or scrapbooking layouts with seasonal stamped images or embellishments. I invite you to check out the following pages for ideas:

• Garden Journal Pages: This page has information on how to put together May garden journal pages plus additional pages for the other months besides just May.
• How to Create Your Own Planners and Calendars
• How to Make Your Own Academic Planner: School Diary DIY Calendar Project Idea

Spring Craft Ideas

Spring has already sprung; the first day of spring this year was Tuesday, March 19, 2024. I hope your spring got off to a fantastic start.

Are you ready to get your spring cleaning on? If so, I offer you bunches of free patterns to use for making your cleaning supplies. Check out earth-friendly upcycled scrubbies HERE, and make yourself some irresistibly pretty spring dishcloths with these crochet dishcloth patterns.

The projects posted above are just a small sampling of the ideas posted on this website. I’ve put together a list of spring crafts that are seasonally appropriate for May crafting in many regions of the Western hemisphere. Of course, if you are in Australia, you’re likelier to need autumn project ideas right now, so I offer you this list of fall craft ideas instead.

For even more ideas, you’re invited to check out our main index of craft project ideas. Happy crafting!!

By Amy Solovay