Origami Hearts

Surprisingly, there are quite a few diagrams for origami hearts. They range from simple to fairly complex models. Why so many hearts? It might be because a heart is a symbol recognized across many cultures. Giving a paper heart is a simple act that says "I love you" in many languages.

Francis Ow specializes in paper hearts. His work is on display all over the world, he has a book devoted to folded hearts, and his web site has many photos.


Origami Heart Diagrams


3D Heart (S Delecat)
Balanced Heart (M Gardiner)

Broken Heart (origami-club.com)
Broken/Mended Heart (E Young)

Can Love be Squashed? (Sy Chen)
Checkered Heart (origami-club.com)

Framed Heart (origami-club.com)
Harlequin Heart (K-D Ennen)

Heart (E Udziela)
Heart (M van Gelder)

Heart (M Jackson)
Heart (page-a-day calendar)

Heart I (Sy Chen)
Heart Bookmark (K Best)

Heart Bookmark (origami-club.com)
Heart Bookmark (F Guarnieri)

Book Mark of Love (J Hills)
Heart Card V (Sy Chen)

Heart for Alida (M van Gelder)
Heart with Pockets (C Fulbright)
Heart Picture Holder (H Tahir)

Heart with Wings (origami-club.com)
Winged Heart (pandaclub)

Love Links page 1, 2 (F Ow)
My Heart (N. Avila)

New Lover's Knot (Sy Chen)
Origami Hearts (ActivityVillage.co.uk)

Para Guardar en tu Corazon (JTB Molina)
Pocket heart (AF Barbour)

Prize Heart (I Mitchell)
PureHeart (C Esseltine)

Pureland Diamond with Seamless Heart
(J Needle)
Simple Heart (P Bailey)

Striped Heart (origami-club.com)
Steadfast Heart (K-D Ennen)

Super Simple Hearts (M Mukerji)
2 Simple Hearts: here & here (F Ow)

Stand Up Heart (page-a-day calendar)
Token of Love page 1, 2 (F Ow)

Transforming Heart (KA Lundberg)
Two Color Heart (origami-club.com)

Valentine's Origami (simplehuman.com)
Will You be My Valentine? (S Mannes)



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$Heart Diagrams

$Easy Heart (video)
$Heart (MR Morden)
$Heart in Heart (Sy Chen)
$Arrow in Heart (S Hecht)
$Change of Heart (S Hecht)
$Double Heart (S Hecht)
$Beating Heart page 1, 2 (D Petty)
$Heart for Origami (SS Cucek)
$Token of Love page 1, 2 (F Ow)
$Twin Hearts (video)
$Two Love (S Weiss)
$Valentine (C Randall)
$Valentine (Sy Chen)

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Origami Rings with Hearts

$Heart Ring (S Hecht)
Lover's Ring (F Ow)
Origami Ring with Heart (H Kumasaka, diagram byC Liu)


Heart Envelope, Letterfolds, Bookmarks

Double Card Heart (van der Ploeg)
Heart Card (H Birkeland)
Heart with Envelope (G Bubniak)
Japanese Letter Heart (van der Ploeg)
Nabil Heart (van der Ploeg)
Origami Heart Envelope (MX Tai)
Pepi-Love Envelope (van der Ploeg)
Sweetheart letterfold (van der Ploeg)
Valentine Envelope (J Cunliffe)
Valentine Letterfold (J Cunliffe)

Heart Bookmark (K Best)
Heart Corner Marker 3 (F Ow)
Mark of Love (J Hills)
Heart Bookmark (F Guarnieri)
Heart Bookmark (origami-club.com)

Heart Picture Holder (H Tahir)

Victorian Puzzle Hearts

what are Puzzle Hearts?
make a Victorian Puzzle Heart


Woven Hearts

Woven basket heart: 2x2, 3x3 more patterns (ORC)
Loopy Heart (ORC)
Lucky Heart (ORC)


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Books about Origami Hearts

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