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Four origami butterflies in pastel shades of blue, yellow, orange and pink.
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Easy Folded Origami Butterfly for Kids

Springtime is here and with it comes beautiful butterflies and springtime crafts! Follow the steps to fold an Easy Origami Butterfly for Kids that can be added to cards, hung by strings, or made into garlands to brighten the day!
Prep Time5 minutes
Cook Time10 minutes
Total Time15 minutes
Course: Craft, Nature craft/activity, Paper Craft
Cuisine: Craft
Keyword: butterfly origami, Easy origami butterfly, how to make an origami butterfly, How to make origami butterfly, origami butterflies, Origami butterfly, origami butterfly easy, origami butterfly instructions, origami butterfly step by step, simple origami butterfly, Step by step origami butterfly
Servings: 1 Origami Butterfly
Author: Shelly
Cost: $1

Equipment

  • none needed

Ingredients

Instructions

  • Cut your paper (I used colored copy paper) into a square.
    Fold the square paper corner to corner into a triangle.
    Unfold and fold corner to corner the other way.
    Unfold and turn the paper over.
  • Fold the square in half into a rectangle.
    Unfold and fold into a rectangle the other direction.
    Tuck each folded corner of the rectangle inwards, tucking them inside creating a triangle.
  • Fold this triangle in half along the center vertical fold line.
    Use a scissors to cut and round the ends of the set of tips on the triangle. These will create the rounded tips on the end of the origami butterflies wings.
    Unfold into the larger triangle again, hold it so it looks like a mountain.
  • Fold the top of the two right hand bottom flaps of the triangle up- so what was the bottom edge lines up with the center fold.
    Do the same thing with the top left hand flap.
  • Take the top corner of the triangle in your hand and turn the triangle over while bringing the top corner to the bottom. Now it is an upside down mountain!
    Bend that same corner of the triangle back up to the top without creating a fold. That corner will stick up over the flat edge. Bend this part of the corner down and behind the butterfly origami. 
    Turn the butterfly over and bend the butterfly in half on the center line, pinching it tightly where the small triangle folds over. This should hold the butterfly in place. See the tips section if the folds don’t stay folded.

Video

Notes

Tips and variations are found on the post.
There is a link to the full length tutorial video on the post.