Origami Springy Heart

Origami Springy Heart Step 1: Start with a 6 inch x 6 inch (15cm x 15cm) square origami paper, color side down. Fold in half on the horizontal, vertical and diagonal axis. Crease well and unfold.

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origami-springy-heart-step-1

Origami Springy Heart Step 2: Fold both right and left sides to meet the center crease.

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origami-springy-heart-step-2

Origami Springy Heart Step 3: Flip paper over. Recrease the 2 diagonal folds in the center.

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origami-springy-heart-step-3

Origami Springy Heart Step 4: Flip paper over. Fold paper in half, bringing the bottom half to the top.

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origami-springy-heart-step-4

Origami Springy Heart Step 5: Fold down about 1/3 of the paper.

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origami-springy-heart-step-5

Origami Springy Heart Step 6: Make 2 diagonal folds as indicated. Crease well and unfold.

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origami-springy-heart-step-6


Origami Springy Heart Step 7: Pry paper open and make 2 squash folds.

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origami-springy-heart-step-7

Origami Springy Heart Step 8: Make a mountain fold as indicated. Crease well and unfold.

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origami-springy-heart-step-8

Origami Springy Heart Step 9: Use the crease line from the mountain folds and make 2 inside reverse folds.

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origami-springy-heart-step-9

Origami Springy Heart Step 10: Now make 2 mountain folds on the diagonal as shown. Crease well and unfold.

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origami-springy-heart-step-10

Origami Springy Heart Step 11: Use the crease lines from the mountain folds and make 2 inside reverse folds.

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You've done 2 sets of inside reverse folds. Here's what it looks like from the top:

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Origami Springy Heart Step 12: Fold on the vertical axis as shown below. Crease well.

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Unfold then tuck the right tip into the right pocket.

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Tuck left tip into left pocket.

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Origami Springy Heart Step 13: Flip paper over. Repeat Steps 5 to 12 on this side.

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Origami Springy Heart Step 14: Both sides should now look like this.

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Unfold paper.

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Origami Springy Heart Step 15: Recrease paper as shown. It is similar to the creases we make in preparation for the waterbomb base. Make sure to crease well.

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origami-springy-heart-step-15

Origami Springy Heart Step 16: We'll now collapse the paper like we're collapsing the paper to make a waterbomb base. Push in the sides. If you've creased well in the previous step, the paper will move naturally.

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As the right side collapses, tuck it under the bottom flap.

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origami-springy-heart-step-16

Now collapse the left sides and tuck it under the top flap.

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origami-springy-heart-step-16

and your origami springy heart is complete! Press on it and it'll spring right back!

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