The butterfly is a symbol of the soul and immortality among Christians. A pair of these lovely insects denotes love, happiness and harmony in the house. It’s not at all necessary to keep living butterflies in the apartment, they can be made from inanimate material. Let's see how to make a butterfly out of paper with our own hands. A simple and beautiful craft can be done in at least three ways. Take a few minutes to complete the product, and your kids will be happy with the result.
How to make a paper butterfly with your own hands from a napkin
A simple craft from a napkin can be made even by a small child. You should take a regular napkin, bend it diagonally. Now we make wings by folding the paper with an accordion on both sides. Compress the workpiece in the middle and tie with a thread. Now we are preparing the second part of the craft, repeating the procedure with the second napkin. Now we connect the two parts with a stapler or a thread. Sweet butterfly is ready. You can make several of these crafts, hang them around the apartment above the ceiling, and they will flutter over their heads from every blow of the wind.
How to make a paper butterfly with your own hands in origami style
Origami is very fond of young children for its simplicity and originality. What a miracle when a real butterfly suddenly appears out of plain paper! For crafts, it is better to take colored paper to make the toy more expressive. The sheet should be doubled and then transversely. We bend one lower corner so that we get an even triangle. We do the same with the second half of the crafts. As a result, we make a triangle out of paper with our own hands. Next, we bend the corners up. Turn over our future butterfly, and bend the top corner down. Now bend our side bends to straighten the workpiece. We bend the upper corner of the craft so that it goes beyond the cut line. It remains to lay the toy along and spread the wings. The craft is ready. The whole charm lies in the fact that with a slight pressure on the butterfly its wings move, as if she wants to fly. Your baby will love it!
How to make a paper butterfly with your own hands in quilling style
There is another easy way to make a butterfly toy out of paper. The work is very effective and romantic. For work, you will need a special set for quilling or independently made thin long strips of colored paper. Their width should be no more than 3 millimeters. Rolls should be rolled up from long strips by gluing spirals at the base with glue. Rolls are further formed into cones. Gluing together two blanks, we get the body of an insect. For wings, we also roll up rolls, expand each wing, giving it a drop shape. It remains to stick the antennae, making them from thinner strips, 1.5 millimeters. Glue the details and get a charming craft.
Conclusion
So, you can make bright and colorful toys in a few minutes with your children. For work you need only colored paper, napkins and glue. Such paper butterflies, patterns of which you can think of based on your own imagination, will decorate holiday cards and will be a great birthday present.