Hello, everyone! Hey, it's another rushed post because I just saw the challenge last night and remembered to participate few hours ago. So the ASEAN Hive Challenge for this week, "Origami Odyssey", is to share an origami you know.
What I'm going to share with you is my most favorite origami, the Heart Money Origami.
For a short background, the heart money origami was taught by my cousin to my sister when their family went for a vacation in the Philippines around two decades ago. My sister happily shared to me what she learned from our cousin and since then, the process of making this origami has been stuck in my brain.
And now I am glad to have the opportunity to share it here!
So here's what you'll need:
All you need is a paper bill and a 1-Peso coin.
Fold the edges to make an "X" shaped fold. Do this for both ends of the paper bill.
And then push the sides inward to form a triangle. Do this too on the other end.
This is how it should look like.
Then fold each side again to form an "X" shaped fold on the middle.
Then push the sides inwards just like how you did to form the triangle on the previous step. The origami should look like a diamond.
And then fold from the longest edge to form another triangle. Then unfold in half just like what is shown on the gif above.
Take a flap and fold towards the middle forming a smaller triangle. Do this on the remaining three flaps.
Now open each flap and press it from the center to form a square. You should have four little squares on the middle after doing this step.
Then fold half of the square to the center forming two triangles, just like when you make an airplane. Do this on all squares.
Open those thin triangles and press the center of the edge to form tiny triangles. Do this for the rest of the thin triangles.
And then take the flap under and fold it down to reveal the heart shape.
Then give the sides a little fold to complete the shape of the heart!
The final step is to insert a coin in the middle.
And it's done!!!
TADA!!!
Making this is actually easy. I was around second or third grade when my sister taught me this origami and so it should be very easy, even kids can do it!
I think this would be a sweet gift, but of course, you can always use an origami paper or any paper that would have the same size as the paper bill so the coin would still fit.
Thanks to this challenge because I am able to make it again after soooo many years. I can't remember the last time I've folded one. I hope you can follow the steps and try it too! Don't forget to mention me if you did because I want to see it too! Thank you! :)
(Please don't mind my nails. Don't worry I'm cutting them tonight. 😆)
