Valentines Day is almost here and I don’t think I’ve ever done a post about Valentines Day themed origami. This is kind of surprising because there’s actually a lot of great models out there based around themes of love, marriage and other things perfect for this holiday.
We’ll get right into the Valentines Day mood right away with this excellent origami Cupid. This Cupid believe it or not is folded from a single square of paper!
Cupid, Designed by Quentin Trollip and Folded by Textori
Instructions not available
This next model was designed as part of a twin-themed origami challenge. The monsters are based off of Joseph Wu’s Warai design and both of them together are from one sheet of paper. The heart is a separate piece of paper and I think it’s a nice touch.
Monster Love, Designed and Folded by Beth Johnson
Instructions not available
Of course you can’t have a Valentines themed post without at least one rose. Here’s an absolutely beautiful looking one and everything is folded from paper.
Rose, Designed by Toshikazu Kawasaki, Lionel Albertino and Sebastian Arellano, Folded by Sebastian Arellano
Photo diagrams available from Sebastian Arellano’s blog
Melina Hermsen has a very different and unique style of origami, here’s her “love letter”.
Love Letter, Designed and Folded by Melina Hermsen
Instructions not available
Tadashi Mori designed this very excellent bride and groom. He’s also made video tutorials for each of these models as well so you can fold your own.
Bride and Groom, Designed and Folded by Tadashi Mori
Bride video instructions available from Tadashi Mori’s YouTube channel
Groom video instructions available from Tadashi Mori’s YouTube channel
This impressive looking person is folded from a single 50cm x 50cm square of paper. If you use two coloured paper like the red and white paper here you get a different colour on that heart which looks awesome.
Ivan Danny designed this for the International Origami Internet Olympiad and received first place in the original design category.
With Love, Designed and Folded by Ivan Danny
Instructions not available
A turtle normally wouldn’t have much to do with Valentines Day but this one has a twist which I think is pretty cute.
Western Pond Turtle, Designed by Robert J. Lang and Folded by James Lucas
Diagrams available in Origami Design Secrets – Second Edition
Alexander Kurth dedicated this angel to his fiancée Anita. It’s folded from a simple Water Bomb base believe it or not and shaped with wet folding.
Love, Designed and Folded by Alexander Kurth
Instructions not available
When I first saw this next image I knew I had to include it in a Valentines Day post, even though they’re dinosaurs.
Jurassic Love, Designed and Folded by Tom Defoirdt
Instructions not available
Here’s a great heart with a Playboy logo all folded from one sheet of paper! One of these days I’m definitely going to do a post all about origami logos.
Bunny Love, Designed by Konstantin Khudyakov and Folded by Nyanko Sensei
Instructions not available
Next we have a great little pair of “Dancing Hearts”. These are also folded from a Water Bomb Base.
Dancing Hearts, Designed and Folded by Vincent Achard
Instructions not available
Here’s another really excellent heart-shaped model that you can fold yourself.
Angel Heart, Designed by Hoàng Tiến Quyết and Folded by Rui Roda
Video instructions available from Hoàng Tiến Quyết’s YouTube channel
Next is another beautiful looking origami rose, a different design from the previous one.
Rose Designed by Evi Binzinger, Leaves Designed by Nick Robinson and all Folded by Rui Roda
Rose diagrams available from Evi Binzinger’s Flickr
Leaf diagrams available from Nick Robinson’s website
Next we have one of the most beautiful looking kusudamas I’ve seen that looks like it’s made out of roses. The paper used here is fantastic and almost looks like real flower petals.
Rose Ball Kusudama, Designed and Folded by Maria Sinayskaya
Instructions not available
Here we have an excellent looking Siren (from Greek mythology) holding a rose.
Siren, Designed by Davor Vinko and Folded by Victor J. Quintero
Instructions not available
This is another really great bride and groom this time from Jo Nakashima that you can pretty easily fold yourself.
Bride and Groom, Designed and Folded by Jo Nakashima
Bride instructions available from Jo Nakashima’s YouTube channel
Groom instructions available from Jo Nakashima’s YouTube channel
Daniel Brown made some really great origami bouquets for his wedding. To make them though he had to fold an absurd number of Kawasaki Roses.
If you think folding 1,000 cranes is difficult, try folding 1,400 Kawasaki Roses! I can’t imagine how much work this must have been.
Kawasaki Rose, Designed by Toshikazu Kawasaki and Folded by Daniel Brown
Diagrams available in Origami for the Connoisseur
Here’s something a little bit different but still wedding-themed, a more traditional Japanese bride.
Bride, Designed by Akira Yoshizawa and Folded by Agnieska (Agne) Mackonyte
Diagrams available in Origami: Living Nature
This model is another really neat idea and has an excellent colour change.
Showing You My Heart, Designed by Alexander Kurth and Folded by Luc Marnat
Crease pattern available from Alexander Kurth’s Flickr
Here’s another very unique design. This whole heart is folded from a single 21cm x 21cm square of paper!
Stone Heart, Designed by Alexander Poddubny and Folded by Alexander Krupnikov
Instructions not available
This is another pair of animals that are in love folded by a master of aquatic origami.
Tancho Koi, Designed by Sipho Mabona and Folded by Winston
Diagrams available in Origami Worldwide
This Hearty Cube kind of reminds me of the Companion Cube from Portal. Now why haven’t I seen an origami version of one of those?
Hearty Cube, Designed by Meenakshi Mukerji and Folded by Natalia Romanenko
Diagrams available in Exquisite Modular Origami II
Romeo and Juliet is something people definitely think of when it comes to love, romance and all that kind of stuff so of course there’s an origami version of this play.
Romeo and Juliet, Designed by Angel Aguilar and Mark Hanke and Folded by Mark Hanke
Instructions not available
Here’s another beautiful bouquet of roses. These roses are folded from a pentagon shaped piece of paper, not a square.
Pentagon Rose, Designed by Naomiki Sato and Folded by Mariano Zavala B.
Video instructions available from Tadashi Mori’s YouTube channel
Here’s another bride and groom but this time they’re folded using paper money. Each person uses three 5 Euro bills.
A Money Wedding, Designed and Folded by Daniel Chang
Instructions not available
This particular emoji seems appropriate for this post and the origami version is pretty great.
Heart Eyes Emoji, Designed by Jo Nakashima and Folded by Helena Poliarush
Video instructions are available from Jo Nakashima’s YouTube channel
Our final model for this post is this absolutely incredible love angel. The angel is folded from a single 120cm x 120cm square of paper but I believe that heart is extra.
Love Angel, Designed and Folded by 晓 陈
Instructions not available
That’s it for this post, have a very happy Valentines Day everyone!
