How to make a paper heart cutout
Make A Paper Heart Cutout: try all 3 steps in the 3D player. Turn and replay every move. Print the complete diagram sheet or save it as PDF.
An Origami Tutor paper heart: fold a square in half, cut half a heart along one curved line through both layers, then open a whole heart with its two round lobes and a point.
- You need
- Thin paper, a pencil, a ruler and scissors.
- Start
- Begin with a 12 cm square of red or pink paper, colored side up. Keep an edge at the top.
Your model is ready
Smooth the centre crease. Glue the heart on a card, hang it from a thread, or write a message across it. The finished paper heart, with its two lobes above its point.
Step-by-step diagrams
- 1
Fold the square in half
Bring the left edge to the right edge. Match the corners and press the vertical fold. Keep the folded edge on the left.
- 2
Cut half a heart
Start on the folded edge at the dip between the lobes. Cut up and out round the lobe, down the side and in to the point of the heart on the folded edge. Keep the half heart beside the fold and throw away the paper round it.
- 3
Open the heart
Open the centre fold gently. The two halves are one whole heart.
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Finish
Smooth the centre crease. Glue the heart on a card, hang it from a thread, or write a message across it. The finished paper heart, with its two lobes above its point.
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Paper heart garland ↗
An Origami Tutor garland: accordion-fold six panels, cut the top and the bottom of one heart through every layer, and open a chain of six hearts joined at their sides.
Fold-and-cut paper heart frame ↗
An Origami Tutor heart frame: fold a square in half, cut a small half heart for the window and a large half heart for the outline, then open a heart with a heart-shaped window for a photo.
Tissue flower ↗
Pleat six tissue sheets, tie the center and lift the layers into a soft bloom.
Heart ↗
This heart stays flat, so it fits inside a greeting card or on the front of a folded note. The colored side makes the face; small folds hidden behind the left edge, right edge and two top tips soften the outline.