Dollar Bill Origami Heart

I'm sure that you have probably seen this somewhere on the internet, but I felt that Instructables needed one. Well anyways, its a pretty cool way to give someone money. It only takes about 5 or so minutes to make, and its awesome.

Here is a video: Not very exiting, but it gets the job done.

Step 1: Finding a dollar

I know this may be hard for some people (especially me), but you need to find a spare dollar that you can fold up. Try to find one that is pretty crisp and new.

Comments

[dopman]

 Great Instructable!

As you sure know, we are using euros € here in Europe. So that means that we do have very little dollar bills here. I still wanted to do this so I took a 10€ bill and started doing it. Your steps where a bit hard to understand for me but when I looked at the following picture I did understand. The 10cent did fit perfectly in to the heart too!

[LegoBrickMaster7]

Thanks for posting a picture! It looks great with different currency!

[adamazing]

Just a note (hah!), for currencies like New Zealand (& Australia too I think) it is incredibly hard to get it to hold its shape like a US/UK note or paper as they are printed on polymer, not paper.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banknotes_of_the_New_Zealand_dollar#Fourth_issue:_1999_-_present

[DrBlind]

Nice work, here's mine:

[Shany120]

awesome!!

[jeffreyshi]

It looks great!

[andreitaa]

Here's mine with a 100 Taiwanese Dollar :)

[LegoBrickMaster7]

Great job! It looks amazing!

[shoppe]

Canadian 20s and quarters.

[LegoBrickMaster7]

Great work!

[a_amberger]

Thanks for the instructions. I took the liberty of improving on your design so that the heart lays flat. The side "ears" of the heart are folded inwards (or inverted), and the top flap is folded forwards behind the coin. Hope you like it...

[LegoBrickMaster7]

Very impressive!

[hhuebner]

Awesome and easy to follow..

[Zizalaviva]

Didn't quite get the coin tucking in the heart part at the end. For some reason I didn't have a flappy thing to hold it in. But hey, at least you could tell my attempt is a heart. Great instructable!

[Cashcroft79]

Great instructions! I'm a server and it would make my day to get an awesome tip like this. I used the back fold on mine to create a stand so the heart popped up off the table :)

[jlhjla]

Very easy-to-follow directions...I made one to leave under the pillow for my son who just lost a tooth, and his reaction was, "Wow, the Tooth Fairy is AWESOME!" Thanks, son, I'll be sure to tell her you said that. :)

[LegoBrickMaster7]

Haha, that's AWESOME!

[slym]

Best steps ever! So clear and easy after following your steps. Thanks!

[wiccanbear]

awesome and easy to follow! i just made one out of a twenty to put in my step daughters b day card :D she's gona love it! lol. thansk so much!

[janemermaid]

Bummer that we don't have pound notes in the UK anymore...I did find a Guernsey pound note and that came out really well. £5 notes worked ok, but are a bit fat....I'll keep practising on that one....My friend made one from a cigarette paper....damn showoff!

[destructopop]

I just did a couple test folds with an Aussie $20... Folds like a CHARM. Don't be intimidated by the polymer. It IS a little poufier. I'd like to finish it, but it's rent money. ;)
Maybe next month. :)

[barnabyrks]

I made one of these for the tooth fairy to leave under my 6 year old son's pillow tonight. He just lost his 2nd tooth. He's got 18 more teeth to lose and my younger son still has 20 to go, so I'll be an origami pro in a few years! (hopefully)

[destructopop]

That is TOO cool. That will be a great memory for them!

[AssistantToTheRegionalManager]

Cool, lol, making one for my gf. Thanks

[smccoy1]

Great Job! Thanks for the Instructable. I just found this site and love it.

[00700]

Really well done and very easy to follow. I'm definitely putting these in the offering plate at church, can't wait to see their faces!
Thinking of hiding ten of these around the house with clues to the location of the next one on the inside for my niece's tenth birthday.

[tom suzuki]

AWWWWWWWWWEEEEEEEEESOMMMMMEEEEE Thanks for the instructable. helped me make my own. Why did u choose to make one out of a 2$ bill, not a 1$ one? But still, a nice instructable, thanks again.

[LegoBrickMaster7]

Two dollar bills are amazing, and underused.

[thedurka666]

When I was a little kid, my mom would go to the bank and get lots of 2 dollar bills for my allowance. After a while she switched to bigger denominations as I got older, and slowly the memories of those bills faded...

Until I stumbled onto your instructable. So now, not only do I have a bunch of awesome hearts lying around my desk (and they are awesome in so many ways), I also have a bunch of wonderful memories of my childhood rushing back into my head. So, thanks, you basically made my month.

[Cyber bro-hug]

[LegoBrickMaster7]

Aww, thanks!

[Cyber bro-hug}

[NRIK]

Thanks this was really easy and smooth thanks for showing.

[joeydee]

Thank you so much, this is really cool.  I used a Mexican 100 peso bill, because it is red and pink, I thought it looked nice.  The size is a little different but it didn't seem to make much of a difference.  Thanks again.

[Chewy2634]

WOW, incredible instructable man. i wish other people could make as good and descriptive as yours! I just finished mine and its FREAKIN AWESOME!!!
Thank you!

[J-Manoo7]

ahhhhmazing!

[weebmistress]

Who is the band playing in the  video? I also loved your heart.
Thank you

[LegoBrickMaster7]

The band is Primus. The song is Southbound Pachyderm.

[XxTECHxX]

Great ible man i like it alot i used the same 2 dollar bill and quarter it looks awsome man my girl will come home from work and get a http://www.instructables.com/member/Axelion_burnout/ heart... awsome man!!!!

[fighterG]

folding this for my Girlfriend

[rikiardo93]

nice man, i like it very much!

[KC-Dimples]

  Wow! I made one while watching all your steps on the video, and it's SO COOL! I enjoy dollar bill origamis :3