Guide how to cut a butterfly from paper( several ways for every taste)

One of the simple and very beautiful ornaments is a butterfly made of paper. Such craftsmanship can decorate gifts, postcards and even rooms. Today we will give you an instruction on how to cut a butterfly from paper, as well as photos of finished products, and, of course, the most common schemes.

Instructions for creating the most simple butterfly

Prepare paper, scissors, fishing line or strong thread, glue, plasticine.

1) On paper, draw simple patterns with paints or crayons.

2) To make the upper wings of a butterfly, cut out a piece of paper or foil square with a side length of 15 cm. For the lower wings you need a smaller square, with a side length of 12 cm.

3) Big square folded in half diagonally, Make a bend 5 mm above the original. Thus, bend the sheet to make it into an accordion.

4) Take the second square to make the lower wings and do the same with it as with the first square.

5) Put the upper and lower wings into an accordion and press against each other, wind in the middle with a fishing line, wire or thread, secure with a knot. Spread the four wings, trim the corners with scissors, giving them a rounded shape.

6) To make a butterfly trunk, you can use plasticine: to sculpt an elongated body and to attach wings to it. Or cut from the paper two parts of the trunk, put the wings between them and glue together.

Production of a postcard in the form of a butterfly

You can make crafts from ready-made paper butterflies. The process is very interesting and fascinating. Consider, for example, how to cut a butterfly from paper with your own hands and make a postcard out of it.

Materials:

• decorative cardboard;
• a sheet in the box for the template;
• adhesive;
• scissors;
• pencil.

1) Bend the sheet in half for the template, draw a butterfly on it and cut it out.

2) On the cardboard bent in half, circle the pattern by placing the upper parts of the wings on the fold.

3) Cut, but do not touch the fold. It turned out the preparation of a postcard.

4) Bend in half the front part along the line of separation of the upper and lower wings.

5) Cut out a cardboard butterfly with another pattern and another smaller size for decorating the postcard.

6) The butterfly cut out from the template is glued to the front of the postcard, just below the fold line so that the postcard can be placed.

7) It remains to decorate the card. Done.

Production of fishnet butterfly using a stencil

Patterns and stencils are used to cut openwork butterflies. The principle is very similar to making New Year's snowflakes, you need to fold a sheet of paper and cut the half of the butterfly along the drawn line.

Materials that will be required:

• colored paper;
• old postcards;
• old magazine pictures;
• pencil;
• scissors;
• cardboard;
• double-sided adhesive tape.

1) Print the stencil of a butterfly, cut it out of cardboard.

2) Cut butterflies from colored paper and postcards.

3) Decorate the room with butterflies, sticking them to any objects on a double-sided scotch.

To paste openwork butterflies on the glass, they need to be cut out of thin office paper. Dense glossy or matte photo paper is suitable for making butterfly-pendants. Thus, how to cut a beautiful butterfly from paper, the structure of the paper itself will tell.

1) Draw a butterfly on a sheet of paper, or you can use a drawing-outline.

2) Put a piece of paper on the plywood and fix it with tape or buttons so that it does not move.

3) Using a prototype knife, carefully cut out the pattern along the lines. To cut out the outer contour, you can use scissors, the inner contour is cut only with a knife.

4) If the pencil lines are visible, they must be erased.

5) Cut out the outer contour after the inner cut. If you do the opposite, then cut out the patterns on the wings will be much more difficult.

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This technology does not require any skills, only patience and accuracy are needed. Insanely beautiful works are presented in the photo:

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