How to make a heart photo frame
Heart Photo Frame (Paper): try all 4 steps in the 3D player. Turn and replay every move. Print the complete diagram sheet or save it as PDF.
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.
- 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 a photo or a sheet of colored paper behind the window, and write a message on the border. The finished frame, with its heart-shaped window in the middle.
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 the heart window
Draw a small half heart against the folded edge, about a third as wide as the paper. Start on the fold at its dip, cut up and round the lobe, down the side and in to the point on the fold. Cut through both layers and throw away the little half heart.
- 3
Cut the heart outline
Draw a large half heart round it, with a wide border between the two. Start on the fold at the dip, cut round the lobe and down the side to the point on the fold. Keep the half frame beside the fold and throw away the paper round it.
- 4
Open the frame
Open the centre fold gently. The border runs round a heart-shaped window.
- ✓
Finish
Smooth the centre crease. Glue a photo or a sheet of colored paper behind the window, and write a message on the border. The finished frame, with its heart-shaped window in the middle.
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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 ↗
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.
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.