How to Fold an Origami Heart Bookmark

Step-by-Step Guide

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   Step 1: Place your quadratic piece of paper so that one corner points to the right

   If you use a multi-colored paper, make sure that the colored side is face down and the blank / white side is face up.
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   Step 2: one to the left

   ,,, Then push it to the center. , For help you can look at how to make an origami triangle base.
   
   Now you have a triangle.
   
   The corner at the top is called “C”, the one at the right “A” and the other one “B”.
   
   For the following steps, only use the upper triangle. ,,,, Put the upper edge to the lower edge on the triangle. ,,, Fold the corner from the middle of the lower edge to the opposite corners. ,,,, Now you have a beautiful bookmark and you will never again forget on which page of your book you have stopped reading. ,
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   Step 3: one to the top and one to the bottom.

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   Step 4: Fold the right corner to the left one and unfold the paper.

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   Step 5: Do the same with the top and the bottom corners.

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   Step 6: Turn the paper.

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   Step 7: Take the right folding edge from above with your right thumb and your right index finger and do this with the left side at the same time.

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   Step 8: Put a corner on a neighboring corner and do the same with the other two ones.

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   Step 9: Fold the corners A and B to corner C and unfold.

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    Step 10: Fold corner C to the bottom and unfold.

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    Step 11: Afterwards

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    Step 12: fold the bottom to corner C. Do the same with the corners A and B.

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    Step 13: Now you can see a rectangle.

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    Step 14: Fold the lower edge to the folding edge which is in the centre.

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    Step 15: Make a triangle as it is shown in the picture.

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    Step 16: In the middle of the lower edge

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    Step 17: there is a square now.

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    Step 18: Repeat steps 12 and 13 on the other side.

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    Step 19: Fold the two corners which are lying at the lower edge to the centers of the two squares.

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    Step 20: Fold the heart up.

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    Step 21: Use the bookmark.

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    Step 22: Finished.

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