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Tutorial: Low Poly Paper Heart Model

by Kate Pullen

Make a 3d low poly paper heart with our free paper heart model. This template is ready colored and you can print this template onto white cardstock.

Low poly models and low poly art are super-popular. Use this free papercraft template to create your own piece of art. This 3d heart model is shaped on both sides.

Medium Difficulty

This 3d heart model is of medium difficulty (of course, that depends on your starting point, if you are a dab hand at creating paper models you may find this easy, if this is your first, you may find it tricky and fiddly – but doable). 

The key to creating any papercraft model is to work slowly and not to rush. 

Time Involved
This took me four hours which included cutting and compiling the model.

How to Make the 3D Paper Heart

NOTE: The pattern obscures some of the reference numbers, so I have included a black and white template you can use for reference. You could also use the black and white template for a trial run.

You will need:

  • Template (download below)
  • 5 pieces of A4 or letter sized cardstock or heavyweight paper
  • Scissors or craft knife
  • Adhesive (I like glue sticks as they allow a bit of movement to slide pieces together – I also use adhesive tape to give a firm bond)
  • Metal ruler or straight edge
  • Bone folder (you will use this for scoring the paper or cardstock and this will help to give you crisp edges to your folds)

Heart Model

You will see the heart is formed from 8 pieces.

For reference each piece corresponds to the following sections of the heart model:

  • Pieces 7 & 8
  • Piece 6
  • Piece 5
  • Pieces 2 & 3
  • Piece 1
  • Piece 4

Instructions

1/ Download and print the template. Download the template here –  3d Paper Heart Low Poly Model

2/ Cut out the shapes, using a craft knife or scissors.

Tip: You will notice that there are numbers by each flap so you know how to pair the flaps and edges. To avoid the numbers showing on the finished model, I have placed the number OUTSIDE of the template. This means when you cut the template from the paper, the numbers will get lost. I suggest either writing the number on the back of the template lightly in pencil or, as I have done here, I cut around the number so I can match the pieces together and I then just cut them off as I adhere the edges together.

3/ Score along the dotted fold lines using the bone folder and metal ruler. If you are not familiar with scoring, we do this to prepare the paper or cardstock for folding. This means using a bone folder (or blunt knife) and carefully drawing this down the side of the ruler along the fold line. This breaks the fibers in the paper and will make it much easier to fold a straight line.

Note the difference between the dotted lines on the template:

.  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .    = Mountain fold (folds like ^)

………………………  = Valley fold (folds like a V)

Score along all the fold lines.  Match the numbers on the edge and flap and adhere the edges together, with the flap on the inside.

Start adhering to form the numbers. Here are my tips for creating the models:

  • Score, fold and adhere the different pieces first before putting them together.
  • Start by adhering pieces in this order, this will create three large pieces to adhere to finish:
    • 1 & 4
    • 2, 6 & 8
    • 3, 5 & 7
  • Use a clear adhesive tape to adhere add support to the inside of the model – I suggest doing this before compiling the finished shape.
  • If I couldn’t see a number because of the pattern, I referred to the black and white version.

We hope you enjoy this papercraft project from Make Breaks 🙂 If you love interesting paper crafts, you may be interested in our new papercraft club:

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Free Digital Notebook for Goodnotes & Other PDF Readers

by Kate Pullen

Free digital notebook for Goodnotes, Notability, Xodo and other PDF readers. This free digital notebook features hyperlinked tabs and lined paper.

For instructions on how to set this notebook up see here – How To Set Up Your Digital Notebook

This digital notebook includes 6 tabs, an index, eight cover options, lined paper and each tab is hyperlinked for ease of navigation.

Free Digital Notebook Goodnotes

This digital notebook is in a PDF format for you to load into Goodnotes or other PDF readers.

More Free Digital Notebooks HERE!

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Free Digital Notebook

… AND WE HAVE MORE

Free Digital Planner Stickers

Are you looking for stickers to use in your digital planner? We have LOTS for you to choose from. Take a look below and see what takes your fancy – they are all free to download (and if you want to help us keep adding new products and keeping the site free, we’d really appreciate it if you could take the time to pin a couple of images or tell others about us!)

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Free Embellishments

Plus we have lots of embellishments for you 🙂

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We hope you enjoy our freebies and would love to hear from you on social media and see what you do with them 😉

Free Printable Patterned Hearts

by Kate Pullen

These patterned heart embellishments or templates are free for you to download. These have a colorful and whimsical feel and will be perfect for creating heart bunting, decor and other projects.

More Heart Themed Printables HERE

The hearts are saved as PNG files. This means you can add other digital files if you like, for example, layer these hearts over our blank bunting templates.

Check out our blank heart templates here – free heart templates.

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Patterned Hearts

Bedtime Tracker for Bullet Journals and Planners

by Kate Pullen

This free bedtime tracker for bullet journals and planners is undated. Use this tracker to mark the number of hours slept each night and keep track of your sleeping routine.

Free Bedtime Planner Tracker

You can print this free planner habit tracker onto paper and cut it out to apply to your bullet journal or planner (cut of the heading if you want to add your own) or print the tracker onto paper which fits your planner (resize on your printer) to add the tracker directly to your planner or bullet journal.

31, 30 and 28 Days – Undated Tracker

You will find three versions of the planner tracker in the file. You will find a 31-day version, 30-day version and 28-day version. You will also see that the tracker is undated. Therefore you can use this planner tracker every month.

Use The Tracker As Stickers

If you prefer, you can also use this tracker as stickers for your planner and cut out the icons and add to specific days. This will be helpful if you only plan to track this goal on occasional days throughout the month.

Print or Use In Digital Planners

You will find a PDF and JPG attached, so you can also add this to a digital planner if you so wish. Add the PDF to your Goodnote digital planner.

This will print on letter / A4 paper or you can use it in a digital journal or add to a coloring app.

Don’t forget to take a look around the rest of our site – everything we have is free to download. If you have any requests for future products, just leave a comment and we’ll add it to the list!

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Download Free Bedtime Habit Tracker

Bedtime Tracker

Download more than 60 FREE tracker sheets

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Free Hydration Tracker (Drop) for Bullet Journals and Planners

by Kate Pullen

This free hydration tracker for your planner or bullet journal will help you keep track of the water you drink every day. This hydration tracker features a single drop of water. Use this tracker to track the days you achieve your goal, or color code your tracker to show days you achieve your goal and those you nearly achieve your goal.

Have you set yourself a goal to drink eight glasses of water a day? Do you need a little help to keep track of your water drinking habits and to stay motivated?

This free printable hydration tracker will help you keep track of glasses of water you drink every day and help you highlight any days when you don´t. This will help you track any patterns when you look at the days you don’t meet your goals.

This water drinking tracker could also be used with young ones who help encourage good hydration habit from an early age and to raise awareness of the importance of drinking water regularly.

Free Hydration Tracker

You can print this free planner habit tracker onto paper and cut it out to apply to your bullet journal or planner (cut of the heading if you want to add your own) or print the tracker onto paper which fits your planner (resize on your printer) to add the tracker directly to your planner or bullet journal.

31, 30 and 28 Days – Undated Tracker

You will find three versions of the planner tracker in the file. You will find a 31-day version, 30-day version and 28 day version. You will also see that the tracker is undated. Therefore you can use this planner tracker every month.

Use The Tracker As Stickers

If you prefer, you can also use this tracker as stickers for your planner and cut out the icons and add to specific days.

Print or Use In Digital Planners

You will find a PDF an JPG attached, so you can also add this to a digital planner if you so wish. Add the PDF to your Goodnote digital planner.

This will print on letter / A4 paper or you can use it in a digital journal or add to a coloring app.

Don’t forget to take a look around the rest of our site – everything we have is free to download. If you have any requests for future products, just leave a comment and we’ll add it to the list!

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Download Free Hydration Habit Tracker

Download the free Hydration tracker using the button below:

Hydration Tracker 3 Drop

Download more than 60 FREE tracker sheets

View the full selection here

Free Hydration Tracker (Bottles) for Bullet Journals and Planners

by Kate Pullen

This free hydration tracker for your planner or bullet journal will help you keep track of the water you drink every day. This hydration tracker features bottles of water.

Have you set yourself a goal to drink eight glasses of water a day? Do you need a little help to keep track of your water drinking habits and to stay motivated?

This free printable hydration tracker will help you keep track of glasses of water you drink every day and help you highlight any days when you don´t. This will help you track any patterns when you look at the days you don’t meet your goals.

This water drinking tracker could also be used with young ones who help encourage good hydration habit from an early age and to raise awareness of the importance of drinking water regularly.

Free Hydration Tracker

You can print this free planner habit tracker onto paper and cut it out to apply to your bullet journal or planner (cut of the heading if you want to add your own) or print the tracker onto paper which fits your planner (resize on your printer) to add the tracker directly to your planner or bullet journal.

31, 30 and 28 Days – Undated Tracker

You will find three versions of the planner tracker in the file. You will find a 31-day version, 30-day version and 28 day version. You will also see that the tracker is undated. Therefore you can use this planner tracker every month.

Use The Tracker As Stickers

If you prefer, you can also use this tracker as stickers for your planner and cut out the icons and add to specific days.

Print or Use In Digital Planners

You will find a PDF an JPG attached, so you can also add this to a digital planner if you so wish. Add the PDF to your Goodnote digital planner.

This will print on letter / A4 paper or you can use it in a digital journal or add to a coloring app.

Don’t forget to take a look around the rest of our site – everything we have is free to download. If you have any requests for future products, just leave a comment and we’ll add it to the list!

Be the first to know of new freebies and other fun things! Sign up to our NEWSLETTER HERE 🙂

Download Free Hydration Habit Tracker

Download the free Hydration tracker using the button below:

Hydration Tracker Bottles

Download more than 60 FREE tracker sheets

View the full selection here

Blank Clock Time Tracker for Bullet Journals and Planners

by Kate Pullen

This free general time tracker for bullet journals and planners is undated and without an index or title, allowing you to use these clocks to track any time-based goals or habits. Use this to track bedtime, amount of hours asleep, screentime, time you start work – in fact any habits or goals which are time based.

Free Blank Clock Planner Tracker

You can print this free planner habit tracker onto paper and cut it out to apply to your bullet journal or planner (cut of the heading if you want to add your own) or print the tracker onto paper which fits your planner (resize on your printer) to add the tracker directly to your planner or bullet journal.

31, 30 and 28 Days – Undated Tracker

You will find three versions of the planner tracker in the file. You will find a 31 day version, 31 day version and 28 day version. You will also see that the tracker is undated. Therefore you can use this planner tracker every month.

Use The Tracker As Stickers

If you prefer, you can also use this tracker as stickers for your planner and cut out the icons and add to specific days. This will be helpful if you only plan to track this goal on occasional days throughout the month.

Print or Use In Digital Planners

You will find a PDF an JPG attached, so you can also add this to a digital planner if you so wish. Add the PDF to your Goodnote digital planner.

This will print on letter / A4 paper or you can use it in a digital journal or add to a coloring app.

Don’t forget to take a look around the rest of our site – everything we have is free to download. If you have any requests for future products, just leave a comment and we’ll add it to the list!

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Download Free Blank Clock Habit Tracker

Blank Clock General Time Tracker

Download more than 60 FREE tracker sheets

View the full selection here

Dog Walk Habit Tracker 2 for Bullet Journals and Planners

by Kate Pullen

This free dog walk habit tracker for your bullet journal or planner. This dog walk tracker features two paw prints each day, to represent morning and afternoon walks. Color the paw prints in different colors to show which member of the family has taken fido for his walk!

Free Dog Walk Planner Tracker

You can print this free planner habit tracker onto paper and cut it out to apply to your bullet journal or planner (cut of the heading if you want to add your own) or print the tracker onto paper which fits your planner (resize on your printer) to add the tracker directly to your planner or bullet journal.

31, 30 and 28 Days – Undated Tracker

You will find three versions of the planner tracker in the file. You will find a 31 day version, 31 day version and 28 day version. You will also see that the tracker is undated. Therefore you can use this planner tracker every month.

Use The Tracker As Stickers

If you prefer, you can also use this tracker as stickers for your planner and cut out the icons and add to specific days. This will be helpful if you only plan to track this goal on occasional days throughout the month.

Print or Use In Digital Planners

You will find a PDF an JPG attached, so you can also add this to a digital planner if you so wish. Add the PDF to your Goodnote digital planner.

This will print on letter / A4 paper or you can use it in a digital journal or add to a coloring app.

Don’t forget to take a look around the rest of our site – everything we have is free to download. If you have any requests for future products, just leave a comment and we’ll add it to the list!

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Download Free Dog Walk 2 Habit Tracker

Dog Walk Tracker 2

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Dog Walk Habit Tracker for Bullet Journals and Planners

by Kate Pullen

This free dog walk habit tracker for your bullet journal or planner.

Free Dog Walk Planner Tracker

You can print this free planner habit tracker onto paper and cut it out to apply to your bullet journal or planner (cut of the heading if you want to add your own) or print the tracker onto paper which fits your planner (resize on your printer) to add the tracker directly to your planner or bullet journal.

31, 30 and 28 Days – Undated Tracker

You will find three versions of the planner tracker in the file. You will find a 31 day version, 31 day version and 28 day version. You will also see that the tracker is undated. Therefore you can use this planner tracker every month.

Use The Tracker As Stickers

If you prefer, you can also use this tracker as stickers for your planner and cut out the icons and add to specific days. This will be helpful if you only plan to have smoothies on occasional days throughout the month.

Print or Use In Digital Planners

You will find a PDF an JPG attached, so you can also add this to a digital planner if you so wish. Add the PDF to your Goodnote digital planner.

This will print on letter / A4 paper or you can use it in a digital journal or add to a coloring app.

Don’t forget to take a look around the rest of our site – everything we have is free to download. If you have any requests for future products, just leave a comment and we’ll add it to the list!

Be the first to know of new freebies and other fun things! SIGN UP HERE 🙂

Download Free Dog Walk Habit Tracker

Dog walk tracker

Download more than 60 FREE tracker sheets

View the full selection here

General Habit Tracker for Bullet Journals and Planners

by Kate Pullen

This free general habit tracker for your bullet journal or planner features a series of hearts which means this tracker can be used for a variety of habits and goals.

Free General Planner Tracker

Therefore, why not use our free general tracker to add to your bullet journal or planner. Just color in each day you feel happy or choose different colors to indicate your level of happiness each day.

You can print this free planner habit tracker onto paper and cut it out to apply to your bullet journal or planner (cut of the heading if you want to add your own) or print the tracker onto paper which fits your planner (resize on your printer) to add the tracker directly to your planner or bullet journal.

31, 30 and 28 Days – Undated Tracker

You will find three versions of the planner tracker in the file. You will find a 31 day version, 31 day version and 28 day version. You will also see that the tracker is undated. Therefore you can use this planner tracker every month.

Use The Tracker As Stickers

If you prefer, you can also use this tracker as stickers for your planner and cut out the icons and add to specific days. This will be helpful if you only plan to have smoothies on occasional days throughout the month.

Print or Use In Digital Planners

You will find a PDF an JPG attached, so you can also add this to a digital planner if you so wish. Add the PDF to your Goodnote digital planner.

This will print on letter / A4 paper or you can use it in a digital journal or add to a coloring app.

Don’t forget to take a look around the rest of our site – everything we have is free to download. If you have any requests for future products, just leave a comment and we’ll add it to the list!

Be the first to know of new freebies and other fun things! SIGN UP HERE 🙂

Download Free General Habit Tracker

General habit tracker - heart

Download more than 60 FREE tracker sheets

View the full selection here