Origami Checkered Heart

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

Origami Checkered Heart Step 2: Fold both sides to the center, vertically and horizontally. Crease well and unfold.

Origami Checkered Heart Step 3: Divide your creases in half again, both horizontally and vertically. Fold, crease well and unfold.

You should end up with 8 small "squares" on each row and column.

Origami Checkered Heart Step 4: Make 4 diagonal folds in the corners.

Origami Checkered Heart Step 5: Make 4 mountain folds as shown below.

Origami Checkered Heart Step 6: Now let's focus in on the red square in the corner.

We want to make a diagonal fold, not on the red square, but the white part of the paper below.

Tilt the red square backwards, then crease diagonally on the white part of the paper. Do not crease the red square.

Origami Checkered Heart Step 7: Repeat Step 6 on the top left and bottom left red squares.

Origami Checkered Heart Step 8: Make a horizontal and valley fold as shown below. Crease well and unfold.

Origami Checkered Heart Step 9: Make a diagonal mountain fold. Crease well and unfold.

Origami Checkered Heart Step 10: We're now going to collapse the paper. The creases we've made in the previous 2 steps will help us accomplish this.

Bring the top part down and the left side over to the right as shown by the arrows below.

The paper should easily collapse into this:

Origami Checkered Heart Step 11: Flip paper over. Fold the top layer down.

Origami Checkered Heart Step 12: Almost done! Just some finishing folds to shape the heart.

Origami Checkered Heart Step 13: Flip paper over and your origami checkered heart is complete!