Print a Monarch Butterfly

Butterfly Origami
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Print a Pulelehua
(Kamehameha Butterfly)
Cut out image along outer solid lines.

A. With printed side facing down,

B. Fold in half along diagonal line.
C. Unfold and repeat the diagonal fold on other side.

A. With printed side facing up,

B. Fold in half along horizontal line.
C. Unfold. Your paper should be creased as illustrated.

Carefully fold along creases, forming a "tent" as

illustrated.

A. Fold the right "tent" corner up along line A, as illustrated.

B. Fold the left "tent" corner up along line B, as illustrated.

A. Turn butterfly over, printed side down.

B. Fold down along line C.
C. Pinch or crease in center as illustrated.

Your butterfly is ready to fly!

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Origami butterfly
By Mrs M. Ramsay and Roxanne Ramsay (Aged 7)
Origami is the Japanese art of paper folding.
In this article we'll give you all the instructions you'll need to turn a flat piece of paper into a
beautiful butterfly!

Before you start

It is important that you know how to do two important folds that are referred to in the
instructions below:-

Instructions
1. Start with a (biggish) square of paper. Make a valley fold horizontally across the paper.
Then make mountain folds along the diagonals. Corners A and E will make the front

wings, and C and D will be the back ones.

2. Bring corners A & C together. Then bring corners B and D together. Tuck in the
horizontal creases to make a triangle shape.

3. Fold down corners C & D to the right-angled point of your triangle.

4. Make a valley fold across the triangle.

5. Fold flaps C & D to the front. Fold the outside edge of each flap towards the center to
allow the flaps to lie down flat. (These are the back wings).

6. Make a mountain fold at E. Then make a valley fold to form a little point peeking up
from behind your model (This will be the head).

7. Fold the butterfly in half using a valley fold. Bringing wing A to wing B so that the
butterfly is side on.

8. Valley fold along wings A and C near the head to make the body. Turn over your model
and do the same on the other side with wings B and D.

9. I hope you now have a butterfly. If you pinch the body the wings flap a little.

Why not colour in or decorate the butterflies you've made.

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