Origami: How to fold a Heart-Shaped Letter Paper

I’ll show you how to fold a Heart-Shaped Letter Paper, which is easy and cute.

We have variety of hearts to fold, even though the shape is all heart.♥

Also, if you fold four of them and put them together, they will be four-leaf clover too.

They’ll be definitely useful in any situations,

since there are the ones that you can hang on something like a notebook too!♪

How to fold a Heart   ver1

１．First, get ready for the rectangular, letter-sized paper.

Fold it in half, like the picture below.

２．Open it up, change the direction, and fold it in half, like the picture below.

３．Go back to No.1’s picture, and fold both corners toward the crease that you made,

like the picture below.

４．Turn it over and fold the top part down, like the picture below.

５．Fold both sides toward the inside along the black lines shown in the picture below,

and open the top part toward the arrows and fold them.

６．It will be like the picture below.

７．Fold both corners inside toward the inside, like the picture below.

８．Flip it over, and it’s done!

９．You can hang it on something like a notebook too.

How to fold a Heart   ver2

１．Fold it in half.

２．Fold it in half again.

３．Open it up all the way and fold it down to the crease that you made,

like the picture below.

４．Fold the bottom part up to the crease you made, like the picture below.

５．Fold both sides to the middle crease that you made, like the picture below.

６．Fold both corners behind toward the arrows shown in the picture below.

７．Fold both sides behind, along the black lines shown in the picture below.

８．It will be like the picture below, and it’s done!

How to fold a Heart   ver3

１．Get a rectangular sheet of origami paper and fold it like the picture below.

２．Fold it, like the picture below.

３．It will be like the picture below.

４．Change the direction.

Open it up all the way and make the new triangle using the creases that you made,

like the picture below.

５．Fold both sides to the crease that you made, like the picture below.

６．Fold both sides to the middle, like the arrows shown in the picture below.

７．It will be like the picture below.

８．Turn it over, and fold it up along the dotted line, shown in the picture below.

９．Fold only the top part down toward the arrow shown in the picture below.

１０．It will be like the picture below.

１１．Fold both corners from the bottom up, like the picture below.

１２．Insert it into the slit, like the picture below.

１３．Do the same thing for the other side too.

１４．Insert both sides into the slits like the arrows shown in the picture below.

１５．It will be like the picture below.

１６． Flip it over, and it’s done!

Be sure you get ready for the rectangular-sized writing paper for ver1 and ver3.

You can fold them quick and easy, and people who get them will be so happy too.★

I’ll recommend that you should use some colorful paper with dots and stripes,

instead of regular origami paper!

The ver1’s heart will be cute and nice if you write some messages inside and hang it on something like a book or a notebook, when you give them back to your friends! 　♥

【Translated by　 Kana Toda PIERCE】