How to fold a Paper Butterfly?

Step by step: It is easy to make a beautiful paper butterfly!

How to fold paper butterflies

What you need

  • 2 paper squares with a side length of approx. 3 " (7,5 cm)
  • 2 equally-sized rounded strips for the body
  • 2 tiny black strips for the feelers
  • Circles for gluing on
  • Scissors
  • Adhesive

What you do

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  • Take a square.
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  • Fold the square along the central diagonal.
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  • Then fold the left hand corner over the right hand corner and open it again.
  • Fold the top edges to the central crease.
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  • Now fold the right middle edge to the right top edge.
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  • Do the same with the other side.
  • Repeat the steps with the other square.
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  • Glue the two wings between the rounded strips for the body.
  • Glue on the feelers and the circles on the wings. Now you have a beautiful butterfly!