Simple Origami Butterfly

easy 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 &.&

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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 =]