These are so easy to make even for little hands, so I thought I'd post this tutorial just for you. (I realised that I had never posted one before on this blog. I felt quite bad about it, because there's nothing I'd like more than to share with other people my love for drawing and making things. But as I started taking photos for this post, I immediately remembered why I had shied away from posting tutorials. I don't like taking close-up shots of my hands because I have dreary fingernails. And now that I've drawn your attention to them, please just pretend not to see them when you look at the photos below. Thank you.)
First, take a square sheet of paper like this one. You can use whichever size you want. (I used a 3-inch square for this tutorial.)
Fold your sheet of paper in half. Now get your scissors ready.
Cut along the open edge of the paper so you get the shape shown above.
Now open up your paper and fold it into a concertina. . .
. . . until you have this.
Take a piece of thin wire or a paper clip and wrap it around the centre of your folded paper.
Open up the folds, et voila! A beautiful paper butterfly!
Make a whole load of butterflies and string them together to make a garland or hang them on the wall. They'd make pretty mobiles too!
