CANDY WRAPPER ORIGAMI BUTTERFLIES

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Candy Wrapper Origami Butterflies

Colorful candy and gum wrappers metamorphose into lovely butterflies. This project uses commonly found rectangles, which quickly and easily develop into butterflies with a wide variety of proportions, angles, and designs. (Designed by Michael G. LaFosse)

Step 1

Begin with the display side of the paper facing up. Fold in half, short edge to short edge.

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Step 2

Fold in half by bringing the two double edges together. Unfold.

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Step 3

Squash-fold.

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Step 4

Turn the model over.

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Step 5

Squash-fold.

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Step 6

Fold the bottom square corner up to the top of the split. Unfold.

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Step 7

Use the crease from the previous step as a hinge to squash-fold the left and right upper layers for the wings.

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Step 8

Mountain-fold the center of the paper to form a flap for the body. Rotate the flap over onto the right-side wing. Look ahead at the next diagram for the angle and the shape.

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Step 9

Fold the left-side wing over to cover the body and the right-side wing.

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Step 10

(1) Fold in the indicated edges of the underside of the body, forming a tapered shape. (2) Open the wings.

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Step 11

Flatten the top corner and fold it flat to the back, forming the head.

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Step 12

This project is excerpted with permission from Trash Origami: 25 Paper Folding Projects Reusing Everyday Materials by Michael G. LaFosse and Richard L. Alexander (Tuttle Publishing).

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