Dollar Bill Origami Heart by LegoBrickMaster7
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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.


 
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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.
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dopman says: Mar 16, 2010. 12:59 PM
 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!

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LegoBrickMaster7 (author) says: Mar 19, 2010. 12:35 PM
Thanks for posting a picture! It looks great with different currency!
adamazing says: Jul 13, 2010. 8:24 PM
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 says: Jan 13, 2011. 4:32 PM
Nice work, here's mine:
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Shany120 says: Apr 14, 2011. 12:24 PM
awesome!!
jeffreyshi says: Apr 19, 2011. 9:28 AM
It looks great!
andreitaa says: Nov 4, 2011. 9:10 AM
Here's mine with a 100 Taiwanese Dollar :)
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LegoBrickMaster7 (author) says: Nov 4, 2011. 12:15 PM
Great job! It looks amazing!
shoppe says: Dec 16, 2011. 2:39 PM
Canadian 20s and quarters.
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LegoBrickMaster7 (author) says: Dec 16, 2011. 10:23 PM
Great work!
a_amberger says: Oct 22, 2012. 7:19 AM
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...
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LegoBrickMaster7 (author) says: Oct 22, 2012. 7:46 PM
Very impressive!
hhuebner says: Feb 25, 2013. 5:36 AM
Awesome and easy to follow..
Zizalaviva says: Nov 5, 2012. 3:43 PM
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 says: Oct 8, 2012. 12:47 PM
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 says: Sep 30, 2012. 5:37 PM
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 (author) says: Sep 30, 2012. 10:03 PM
Haha, that's AWESOME!
slym says: Jul 7, 2012. 5:41 PM
Best steps ever! So clear and easy after following your steps. Thanks!
wiccanbear says: Nov 11, 2011. 3:19 PM
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 says: Sep 6, 2011. 1:11 PM
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 says: Jun 25, 2011. 10:46 PM
I just did a couple test folds with an Aussie $20... Folds like a CHARM. Don't be intimidated by the polymer. It IS a little poufier. I'd like to finish it, but it's rent money. ;)
Maybe next month. :)
barnabyrks says: Feb 15, 2011. 9:12 PM
I made one of these for the tooth fairy to leave under my 6 year old son's pillow tonight. He just lost his 2nd tooth. He's got 18 more teeth to lose and my younger son still has 20 to go, so I'll be an origami pro in a few years! (hopefully)
destructopop says: Jun 25, 2011. 10:44 PM
That is TOO cool. That will be a great memory for them!
AssistantToTheRegionalManager says: Jun 23, 2011. 6:00 PM
Cool, lol, making one for my gf. Thanks
smccoy1 says: May 30, 2011. 2:04 PM
Great Job! Thanks for the Instructable. I just found this site and love it.
00700 says: May 21, 2011. 3:40 PM
Really well done and very easy to follow. I'm definitely putting these in the offering plate at church, can't wait to see their faces!
Thinking of hiding ten of these around the house with clues to the location of the next one on the inside for my niece's tenth birthday.
tom suzuki says: Aug 23, 2009. 12:44 AM
AWWWWWWWWWEEEEEEEEESOMMMMMEEEEE Thanks for the instructable. helped me make my own. Why did u choose to make one out of a 2$ bill, not a 1$ one? But still, a nice instructable, thanks again.
LegoBrickMaster7 (author) says: Sep 18, 2009. 10:19 PM
Two dollar bills are amazing, and underused.
thedurka666 says: Apr 24, 2010. 1:37 PM
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 (author) says: Apr 24, 2010. 4:57 PM
Aww, thanks!

[Cyber bro-hug}

NRIK says: Mar 31, 2010. 1:56 PM
Thanks this was really easy and smooth thanks for showing.
joeydee says: Mar 23, 2010. 11:34 AM
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 says: Mar 20, 2010. 8:14 PM
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 says: Mar 20, 2010. 7:07 PM
ahhhhmazing!
weebmistress says: Mar 19, 2010. 8:25 AM
Who is the band playing in the  video? I also loved your heart.
Thank you
LegoBrickMaster7 (author) says: Mar 19, 2010. 12:34 PM
The band is Primus. The song is Southbound Pachyderm.
XxTECHxX says: Mar 15, 2010. 10:13 AM
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 says: Mar 14, 2010. 2:56 PM
folding this for my Girlfriend
rikiardo93 says: Mar 14, 2010. 12:22 PM
nice man, i like it very much!
KC-Dimples says: Mar 14, 2010. 11:20 AM
  Wow! I made one while watching all your steps on the video, and it's SO COOL! I enjoy dollar bill origamis :3
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