Origami Springy Heart

Origami springy heart is a heart that cannot be flattened. You press on it and it bounces right back. A resilient heart - it's a good message, don't you think? This model by Sy Chen is not too difficult but you should know and be familiar with the waterbomb base and inside reverse folds .

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Unfold then tuck the right tip into the right pocket.

Tuck left tip into left pocket.

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

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

Unfold paper.

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.

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.

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

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

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