Heart-shaped Ang Pao (Chinese Red Envelope)

Hello everyone,

It’s been a while since our last project.  This time round we are gonna teach you something really sweet for the Chinese New Year – craft your own Heart-Shaped Ang Pao (Chinese Red Envelope)!

Since young I’ve always been intrigued by origami, and I thought I could do something really special for the upcoming Chinese New Year, which also happens to coincide with Valentine’s Day!  After some engineering, I came up with this heart-shaped ang pao to symbolise this really special occasion.

How often do the 2 special occasions fall on the same day?  This heart-shaped ang bao succinctly symbolises the significance of the union of the 2 really special occasions. Of course, you may also use it as an envelope for your Valentine’s love note.

 
Download templates here:
CNY Heart-Shaped Ang Pao Template
Blank Heart-Shaped Ang Pao Template

Step 1 Materials

1. 80 gsm A4 size red colored papers
2. Stick glue/double side tape
3. Ruler
4. Cutter Knife/Scissors
5. Paper scorer
6. Cutting mat

Download and print template over red colored papers.
Don’t forget to fit to A4 size when printing.

Comments

[Sagi]

Cute! I always had a love to origami... ♥♥♥

[555mst555]

whoo! another singaporean found!! :D

[Alberta Leong]

heyo! wusssup wussp :D

[555mst555]

:D i nv thought i would stumble upon  my fellow singaporeans....i've seen met 2 so far....

[ZonariAn]

 All of my cardstock is letter-sized.  I'm going to have to shrink it down a little so I can print it out.  This is really cute, and I'm going to make it and put it on my mantle with all of my other oriental decor.  

[Doctor What]

 Did you create the template yourself?

[lemonie]

I would think so.

L

[Doctor What]

 Eh, you never know.  There's a ton of copypasta in ibles, where people find images and instructions elsewhere, and post them here.

[Father Christmas]

"Copypasta"?   *Right clicks*   O_o    why is there a "spaghetti" option just under  "copy"  

lol sorry
i love bad jokes, and couldn't resist.

[Doctor What]

 *groan*

:-)

[lemonie]

It's on their profile.

L

[oddstray]

I like this!!!  I buy Chinese New Year's teddy bears from a lady in Taiwan.  Next year I might send my payment in an envelope like this!

A paper scorer is a rather specialized tool.  You might want to substitute:
   the non-cutting side of a butter knife
   a mechanical pencil with the lead retracted (you want to press a thin 'ditch' into the paper but not draw a line
   the edge of a coin.

Similarly, a cutting mat is specialized.  You might want to substitute a thick, no-longer-needed magazine or newspaper (be careful that the newsprint doesn't mark your project, though).

[Alberta Leong]

Yup! I engineered the template from scratch. Didn't steal it from any where. :S Hope you like it! :D