May Day Baskets

I made these bonbon-filled baskets for the children for St. Valentine's Day and thought at the time that they would make a lovely May Day basket! But, with all due respect to Ms. Martha, I found the instructions on her website to be a little lacking. Probably just my visual nature. So I decided to do my own little tutorial in hopes that it will save someone hours of staring at the screen in vain and will also help me remember in the future.

I am using a 12x12 inch piece of heavy cardstock. The first steps were easy enough to understand. Fold and unfold an X and then fold horizontally and vertically. If you have some experience with origami, the next step isn't that hard but in case you don't, here is a picture by picture example:

Draw any opposite corners in until they touch.

Then, push those corners down and flatten into a diamond.

Trace a heart shape making sure that the open end of the diamond is up.

Cut out the shape of the heart.

Here is what it looks like from the top.

I wrote on the flaps that you are going to slide so that it is easier to see. This is the part that took forever to figure out from the other instructions.

You slide them, one behind the other, until the flat edge meets the folded corner.

Still pinching together and holding in place, punch a hole somewhere in the middle.

Tie a ribbon and add some tissue paper to make it pretty.

Happy Feast of St. Joseph and I hope this month of Mary dawns with sweet surprises and joyful celebrations for you and yours!

Updated to add: Double sided tape in the middle or clear tape on the outside will help keep the two halves of the heart stuck together! Otherwise, they tend to want to pull apart.