Origami Paper Heart

by tatianaillis in Craft > Paper

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Origami Paper Heart

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This quick and easy step by step guide is the perfect craft to gift a loved one on Valentine's Day or any day to show your appreciation of them!

Supplies

  • 6 x 6 inch paper for folding
  • pen

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Put the paper on a flat surface and rotate the paper so that it makes a diamond shape


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Fold the paper in half by pulling the left side over the right so that there is a line going down the middle


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Open the paper to its original diamond form


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Fold the paper in half again, this time by pulling the top half over the bottom half so that there are two intersecting fold lines


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Open the paper to its original diamond form with the intersecting lines being vertical and horizontal, then mark the very center with a pen


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Take the top point of the diamond and press the top edge into the marked middle point of the diamond


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Lift and fold the bottom corner over the folded top piece so the bottom point is lined up with the middle of the top fold


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Lift the bottom right side so that the crease lines up vertically at the halfway mark over both other folds


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Repeat for the bottom left side


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Turn the paper around so that it’s now facing down


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Fold down the left and right top edges so that they are lined up with the horizontal crease


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Fold in the left and right outward edges of the heart so that they make vertical creases

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Turn the heart over