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Simple Origami Butterfly

easy origami butterfly

https://www.cutoutandkeep.net/projects/simple-origami-butterfly • Posted by Ceres

i found it really fun to make origami and so i decided to share with you this simple but really pretty butterfly =] have fun making it &.&

You will need

Project Budget
Free

Time

0 h 01

Difficulty

Pretty Easy
Medium butterfly l 1269789062

Description

i found it really fun to make origami and so i decided to share with you this simple but really pretty butterfly =] have fun making it &.&

Instructions

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    So let's start. first take a piece of square paper ( mine is folded diagonally but yours should be perfectly flat )

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    Next fold the paper in half like shown

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    then you unfold it and fold it again in the other direction

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    next turn the paper around and flip it diagonally by both sides. then you should have something looking like this

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    Next you take the paper and fold it like this <= sorry i can't really explain it

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    after doing that you should have a triangle

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    next you take the side corner and flip it up like shown

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    so fold it and flatten nicely

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    repeat on the other side. then the paper should look like this <=

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    next turn the triangle on the other direction. take the top and fold it till there is a little corner showing on top of the ... oww you'll see in the nest step lol

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    it should look like this <= flatten nicely

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    now you'll notice that your wings-to-be are not looking ... well lol don't worry about that. just flatten them a little ( it looks better that way anyway =] ) repeat with the other wing

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    'kay now your butterfly must be looking like that <=

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    now fold the butterfly in half

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    flatten it nicely

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    next unfold the butterfly and fold it again along that line <= repeat on the other side

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    and now you're actually done ^.^ enjoy your new butterfly and have fun with it =]