This origami bookmark, designed in the shape of a butterfly, is simple to make and looks vivid and lively. In the tutorial, we used a piece of yellow paper. Once the bookmark was finished, we outlined the lines with a black pen to create the butterfly texture and added spots with a white pen to form the butterfly pattern. The final product resembles a monarch butterfly, making it super beautiful, as if it could flap its wings and fly away in the next moment.
It is simple to make and suitable for beginners and children. You can also be creative and imaginative and use other colors or textures of paper to make different, special butterflies. You can get a fantastic flash butterfly with a piece of blue paper, just like the butterfly in the emoji.
It is not only a bookmark: it helps you to better mark the progress of reading, making your reading time more wonderful and convenient. It also makes a great gift for your friends who love reading. Moreover, due to its fabulous outlook and the patterns you create, it will be an outstanding project in your origami collections.
You can even make a bunch of butterflies in various colors of paper, as the following picture shows, and hang them in your room for a decorating purpose.
If you are new to origami, start here from our beginner guide to know the basics and how to read the step-by-step instructions.
- Folding time: 15 minutes
- Paper: 15×15 cm
- Difficulty: Easy
Material
Get 15×15 cm square paper to create a 5.85×7 cm origami butterfly bookmark. Use various colors of paper to create a unique bookmark that suits your style.
About the paper, you can choose paper with a length-width ratio of 2:1, for example, 10cm long and 5cm wide. If you only have square paper, you can fold it in half and cut it, and use one half of the paper.
Step by Step Instructions
Step 1
Fold the paper in half vertically, leaving a crease, and unfold it. Then, cut the paper along this crease.
Step 2
Take one of the rectangular pieces of paper, fold it in half vertically, leaving a crease, and unfold it.
Step 3
Fold down the top edge to align with the bottom edge.
Step 4
Fold down the top left and right points diagonally and unfold them.
Step 5
Unfold the paper and turn over it from left to right.
Step 6
Fold the top edge to align with the red line which connects the two red spots.
Repeat this for the bottom edge.
Step 7
Fold the left edge of the paper along the crease shown by the black dotted line, crease it well, and unfold it.
Repeat this for the right edge.
Step 8
Mountain fold the creases shown by the red dotted lines, lift them and press the top edge to align with the bottom edge.
Step 9
Rotate the paper 90 degrees from front to back, then bring the upper two flaps together on the top, and bring the lower two flaps together on the bottom. Next, rotate it 90 degrees clockwise and another 90 degrees from back to front to lay it flat.
Step 10
Fold up the two corners at the middle of the bottom diagonally along the dotted lines, leaving two creases, and unfold them.
Step 11
Fold up the two corners again along the black dotted lines, and unfold them.
Step 12
Mountain fold the crease indicated by the red dotted line, then fold this crease to align with the vertical crease, and finally, flatten the fold.
Step 13
Repeat this for the left side.
Mountain fold the crease indicated by the red dotted line, then fold this crease to align with the vertical crease, and finally, flatten the fold.
Step 14
Rotate the paper 180 degrees clockwise, that’s the final shape of a butterfly bookmark.
Step 15
Now start painting, first, outline the edges, then paint the stripes and dots as shown in the pictures.
Step 16
Lift the top edge and extend the lines on the left side to the center.
Step 17
Do the same with the lines on the right side.
If you want another origami bookmark idea, then don’t miss our origami cat bookmark, it is simple to make and designed with a cat head on the top, which is very adorable.
For the origami with butterfly design, we would recommend our origami butterfly, it is truly delicate and beautiful. Using glitter paper may bring a more surprising effect!
Origami Cat Bookmark
Origami Butterfly
What’s Next
Such a beautiful origami butterfly bookmark is done. You can now explore our other interesting origami bookmark instructions. Happy folding!
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