Origami Fancy Heart

This Origami Fancy Heart is of unknown origin but it is often attributed to Stephen Hetch who showed diagrams of this origami design using a dollar bill (Change of Heart). You can use any rectangle which is longer than it is wide.

If you use origami paper which is colored on one side and white on the back side, then the center of the heart wil be white. If you use regular paper the same color on both sides, then the entire heart will be the same color but you can still see the decorative folds at the center of the heart.

This model is a little more hard to make compared to some of the easy origami hearts shown on this web site. However, with a bit of patience/practice and a large sheet of paper, you will be able to find success!

Step 1:

Start with a square sheet of paper (if you are using origami paper, start with the white-side facing up).

Cut the paper into two rectangles.
You will only need one rectangle.

origami fancy heart

Step 2:

Make a diagonal fold by folding the top-left corner down to the bottom-edge of the paper. Make the equivalent fold by folding the bottom-left corner up to the top-edge of the paper. Unfold to get an X-shaped crease.

origami fancy heart

Step 3:

Repeat the two folds on the right-side of the model.

origami fancy heart

Step 4:

Make two mountain folds (fold back). The folds should pass through the middle of the X-creases made in step 2. Unfold.

origami heart

Step 5:

Collapse the model by re-folding along the creases made above. It is like making two waterbomb bases.

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In transition.

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Collapse complete. See next photo which is enlarged.

Step 6:

Fold the top-left corner of the paper towards the left corner of the model.
Fold the bottom-left corner of the paper towards the left corner of the model.
Repeat with the flap on the right side of the model:
Fold top-corner towards right.
Fold bottom-corner towards right.