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)
Candy Wrapper Origami Butterflies
Step 1
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Begin with the display side of the paper facing up. Fold in half, short edge to short edge.
Step 7
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Use the crease from the previous step as a hinge to squash-fold the left and right upper layers for the wings.
Step 8
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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.
Step 10
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(1) Fold in the indicated edges of the underside of the body, forming a tapered shape. (2) Open the wings.
Step 12
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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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