Paper Butterfly

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You will need:

• Scrap paper, ruler and compass to trace a shape that is basically a square overlapped by a circle, and some scissors to cut it out. The smaller you make your pattern, the smaller your butterfly will be (and the harder to fold!)
  
  
  
• Some patterned paper (I used double sided but you can use paper with a single printed side - the thinner the paper is the easier it is to get lots of little folds and the butterfly looks better)
  
• A bone folder helps to get the creases sharp
  
• A length of Ribbon - thinner is better
  

What to do:

• Cut out your pattern, then trace it onto the patterned paper you chose
  
• Cut out the shape
  
  
• Pleat the butterfly shape up as finely as you can, using the bone folder to make the creases sharp. Keep going until the whole shape looks like an accordion
  
  
• Now take some ribbon and tie the shape in the middle. The ribbon ends will become the antennae and head
  
• Next, spread out the folds to make wings. I used my bone folder again to make the wings fold upward and downward the way I wanted them to
  
  
  
  

How to Use a Paper Butterfly

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