![Glittered-book-page-hearts.jpg Glittered book page hearts](http://lh6.ggpht.com/-HMCjE5NSWkg/VKzUsmKzIgI/AAAAAAABPxc/ehsC1fZuddo/Glittered-book-page-hearts.jpg?imgmax=800)
![beverly-cleary-book.jpg Beverly cleary book](http://lh3.ggpht.com/-9fm95DX9mPI/VKzU5Ya1-kI/AAAAAAABPxs/ELt85_K2gUc/beverly-cleary-book.jpg?imgmax=800)
My book pages were only 7.5 inches long so I thought 1 inch thick strips would be a good thickness. For each heart you need 10 strips, so I just cut two strips out of stacks of 5 pages.
![cutting-up-book-pages.jpg Cutting up book pages](http://lh3.ggpht.com/-o1Zt7KsIYGo/VKzVAPF-BSI/AAAAAAABPyE/i6Veh9PKYzo/cutting-up-book-pages.jpg?imgmax=800)
Take two 7.5 inch strips and set them aside and then cut 1 inch off the remaining 8 strips.
![paper-strips-for-hearts.jpg Paper strips for hearts](http://lh3.ggpht.com/-PEU7Q5LANkY/VKzVPAS6zkI/AAAAAAABPzA/WbKbY3CqW9c/paper-strips-for-hearts.jpg?imgmax=800)
Take 2 of those strips (now 6.5 inches long) and set them aside. And then cut an inch off the remaining stack of six. Repeat this process until you end up with 2 strips of each of the following lengths:
7.5 inches
6.5 inches
5.5 inches
4.5 inches
3.5 inches
![How-to-cut-strips-for-paper-hearts.jpg How to cut strips for paper hearts](http://lh5.ggpht.com/-DPU95HlPMzQ/VKzVI8OJOfI/AAAAAAABPyk/Iy8sCF4k7lg/How-to-cut-strips-for-paper-hearts.jpg?imgmax=800)
To assemble the hearts you need to stack the strips in ascending order with the shortest strips on the outside. The two longest strips should be in the center of the stack.
![Paper-heart-strip-order.jpg Paper heart strip order](http://lh3.ggpht.com/-OZtblxP4nic/VKzVLL7ibFI/AAAAAAABPyw/c9LBoVVjmJE/Paper-heart-strip-order.jpg?imgmax=800)
Line up the ends of all the strips and staple them together. Peel back the loose ends one by one. The shortest strips will form the small center heart and each additional set of strips will create an increasingly larger heart. Once you have all the layers folded back, line up the lose ends and staple to secure them.
![stapling-paper-hearts.jpg Stapling paper hearts](http://lh6.ggpht.com/-BIbhFXs4kqs/VKzVTtoHsCI/AAAAAAABPzQ/Rph0sPm6jLA/stapling-paper-hearts.jpg?imgmax=800)
The process is pretty fast and I quickly had a pile of darling book page hearts:
![book-page-paper-hearts.jpg Book page paper hearts](http://lh4.ggpht.com/-kcyfKnMzfBQ/VKzU9z9EQnI/AAAAAAABPx8/wR4yUHuByxA/book-page-paper-hearts.jpg?imgmax=800)
I wanted to use them in a garland but the plain pages didn’t add enough contrast against my white mantle, so I decided I would glitter the edges.
![paper-hearts-with-glitter.jpg Paper hearts with glitter](http://lh3.ggpht.com/-l4Ly3U8cuuc/VKzVNEuCruI/AAAAAAABPy4/lnljg7mwlCs/paper-hearts-with-glitter.jpg?imgmax=800)
I used a little school glue on a paint brush and lightly brushed the edges of the strips.
![adding-glue-to-paper-heart.jpg Adding glue to paper heart](http://lh5.ggpht.com/-l2f6KvEUBrw/VKzU3Lu0D5I/AAAAAAABPxk/4LzSbBzxVMI/adding-glue-to-paper-heart.jpg?imgmax=800)
Then I dipped them into ultra fine glitter that I had sprinkled in a styrofoam meat tray:
![glittering-paper-heart.jpg Glittering paper heart](http://lh3.ggpht.com/-qlAobgybaMU/VKzVG2sDzuI/AAAAAAABPyc/NjVsDklgoCI/glittering-paper-heart.jpg?imgmax=800)
After I flipped them over I went though with a bamboo skewer and made sure all the layers stayed separate from each other. The glue and glitter made the strips at the bottom of the heart stick together.
![separating-glued-pages.jpg Separating glued pages](http://lh3.ggpht.com/-wbY1AkMXVkY/VKzVRknYG5I/AAAAAAABPzI/8MmMYZu6MuY/separating-glued-pages.jpg?imgmax=800)
I only glittered one side, but it would be easy to repeat the process on the other side once they were dry.
![book-page-hearts.jpg Book page hearts](http://lh6.ggpht.com/-_3TpfTD2tSE/VKzU7rjrZuI/AAAAAAABPx0/9RE_VvV7GFs/book-page-hearts.jpg?imgmax=800)
Finally I glue gunned a little baker’s twine onto the top of each heart in order to hang them:
![glitter-heart-book-page.jpg Glitter heart book page](http://lh6.ggpht.com/-af0Y-vHhJ-U/VKzVEn3_-rI/AAAAAAABPyU/9NeIioDr0Cs/glitter-heart-book-page.jpg?imgmax=800)
I used the same baker’s twine along the mantel and hung all my hearts:
![glitter-book-page-garland.jpg Glitter book page garland](http://lh5.ggpht.com/-HfbY9AbJH7U/VKzVCSEz2qI/AAAAAAABPyM/WxIGKkrbrC4/glitter-book-page-garland.jpg?imgmax=800)
![book-page-heart-garland.jpg Book page heart garland](http://lh6.ggpht.com/-f7AIpdx8n48/VKzVV3Ua5GI/AAAAAAABPzY/B3tSsm6LJCk/book-page-heart-garland.jpg?imgmax=800)