- Valley fold paper from edge to edge , making a
rectangle. Crease well and then unfold.
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- Valley fold the triangle from the other edge to edge,
crease and unfold. You'll now have a square with a
creased plus sign splitting it into 4 quarters.
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- Valley fold paper from corner to corner , making a
triangle. Crease well and then unfold.
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- and you end up with a square of paper with creases like
this.
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- Rotate your paper so one of the creased points is facing
you.
- Valley fold the left hand point to the center of the
paper (where the creases cross).
- Crease well!
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- Valley fold the right hand point to the center of the
paper (where the creases cross).
- Crease well!
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- Valley fold bottom left side point to touch the center
crease
- Crease well!
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- Valley fold bottom right side point to touch the center
crease
- Crease well!
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- And you have a petal! You can see that if you're
using double sided paper, you get a cute pattern with the
two colours.
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- Make 4 more petals. One of them can be a different
color (this will be the body).
- Take the body petal and fold it three more times --
first valley fold the left hand edge to the center crease.
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- Second, valley fold the right hand edge to the center
crease
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- Last, valley fold the top point down about 1/4 of the
way to make the head.
- Crease well or put a drop of glue so it stays down.
- Optional: Glue two wiggly eyes
 onto the head.
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- Tape the full sized petals, two per side onto the body
to complete your butterfly!
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