How to make a paper heart?

The heart is a sign of love and an indispensable attribute of designing leaflets, holiday compositions as a sign of manifestation of feelings to a loved one. It is the decoration of the wedding hall or a place for love announcements. It is often used to convey love and is respectable to be the largest positive emblem in the world. If you want to make someone a pleasant surprise, admire love or just beautifully decorate a gift box, then the paper hearts made by your own hands is perfect for this.

How to prepare such origami?

For the heart you need to take a thick paper, you can pick up a beautiful glossy paper. We did not specify the size of the workpiece because we left this decision for you. What does it depend on? If you want a big piece of handmade, then take a 20x20 cm paper, but if you want to collect a small heart, then you ought to take the little paper.

So we’ll tell you how to make a paper heart and try to provide you with several schemes for the collection of such origami that you’ll like and the person to whom you will give it.

The simplest heart: several steps

1. Fold the paper in half vertically. Straighten the workpiece.

2. Raise the sides to the centre and press. Turn over it.

3. Straighten the upper end and curve it. Fold the corners of the lower part.

4. Bend the workpiece in half. Remove the top layer in half once more.

5. Fold the bottom. Turn over the workpiece.

6. Clamp the sideways and give it the shape of the heart.

That’s all. There is also the more complex scheme if you want to surprise your partner even more. The answer to the question “How to fold a heart?” is no longer problematic. Today it is very pleasant to receive a sweetheart with a gift made even with the most unpretentious materials.

One more scheme:

• Fold the sheet in half. Well, press each bend, so the product will better keep the shape and look neater.

• Unfold and bend the upper side in a few millimetres.

• Fold the sheet in half.

• The lower corners of the resulting rectangle are applied upwards.

• Now we have a triangle in front of us. Its sides need to be bent down but do not put together but only indicate the lines we need.

• To the resulting marks, you need to bend the two upper corners.

• The “ears” formed on top are also bent and put them into the formed pockets.

• At the bottom of the future figure, there is a small hole. To achieve the effect of a three-dimensional heart, blow inside the structure.

  

Step by step instructions for the third scheme

• Cut the rectangle from the coloured paper so that the length is twice the width. Fold the sheet four times diagonally. You will get two bends in the form of the letters X.

• Make one side of the letter X in the direction to the centre exactly on the folds. Repeat the manipulation on the other side. Two great triangles turned out.

• Find the centre of the triangles; rotate each part toward the vertex. Open each valve. Bend one side of the figure.

• Turn the future heart and bend the corner. Then open all the valves on the front of the figure.

• Open and lock the received 8 valves.

• A volumetric heart in the technique of origami from the coloured paper is ready - you can decorate a box with a gift!

That’s all! Even a child can cope with such a simple scheme! Good luck and good mood for you and your loved one!