Origami Butterfly
Everyone knows that the art of paper-folding has been around for a long time; probably over a 1000 years. But, did you know that two of the oldest examples of recreational origami are butterflies called “Mecho” and “Ocho”? Mecho (female) and Ocho (male) are two paper butterflies that adorn sake wine bottles during Japanese wedding ceremonies. Read more here. A butterfly attracts our attention because of its beautiful, showy wings. But how can you appreciate it if it flutters away? And if it landed on you, you will quickly discover that under those angelic wings – it is just a bug. In contrast, an origami butterfly:
In essence, if you can fold it, it is yours forever.
Origami Butterfly Diagrams
- A Butterfly for Alice Gray (M LaFosse)
- Australian Butterfly (S Aoyagi)
- Boaz’s Butterfly or here (B Shuval)
- Butterfly (H Birkeland)
- Butterfly (R Katz)
- Butterfly and here (A Yoshizawa)
. . . . . easy variation - Butterfly (F Granadeiro)
- Butterfly (M Kirschenbaum)
- Butterfly (TP Kong)
- Butterfly (D Abbey)
- Butterfly (fabricorigami.com)
- Butterfly (R Donachie)
- Butterfly (origamicalendar.com)
- Butterfly (K-D Ennen)
- Butterfly (C Weber)
- Butterfly (Y Kiat)
- Butterfly pg 6 (J Koppel)
- Butterfly Heart Card (J Shafer)
- Butterfly Origami (T Yee)
- Butterfly Ring , video (S Kase)
- Cabbage butterfly (origami-club)
- Cabbage White (A Barbour)
Big Squash Butterfly: pg 1 , pg 2 (C Santee)
Butterfly/Farfalla Pg 1, 2 (D Derudas)
- Farfalla/Butterfly (P D’Auria)
- Farfalla/Butterfly (creareconlacarta.it)
- Flapping Butterfly (P Bailey)
- Flapping Butterfly (L Woodrow)
- Flapping Butterflies (d farrelly)
- Flutterby (P Bailey)
- Janneke’s Vlinder (R Donachie)
- Lily-fly (KA Lundberg)
- Lindenhof Butterfly (K-D Ennen)
- Mariposa/Butterfly (DF Naranjo V)
- Mariposa/Butterfly (S Taro)
- Mariposa/Butterfly (JL Figueroa)
- Origami Butterfly (K Kasahara)
- Origami Butterfly (J Aston)
- Origami Butterfly (enchantedlearning)
- Origami Butterfly for Eric Joisel (M LaFosse)
- Pureland Butterfly (J Smith)
- Simple Butterfly pg 5 (J Koppel)
- Snout Butterfly (AF Barbour)
- Spotted Butterfly (A Guinta)
- Traditional Butterfly (D Petty)
- Waterbomb Butterfly (traditional)
Money Origami Butterfly
- $Butterfly (M LaFosse)
- $Butterfly (S Hecht)
- $Butterfly (C Randall)
- $Butterfly (J Gilardi)
- $Butterfly (C Edison)
- $Butterfly Ring (C Edison)
- Butterfly $ Tips (Kathy)
- Ed’s $Butterfly and here (E Halley)
- $Fluttering Butterfly (J Andrisan)
- $Fluttering Butterfly (R Neale)
- Money Butterfly (H Tom)
- $Stand Up Butterfly (A Anselmo)
- $ Twist Tie Butterfly (make-origami.com)
Books about Origami Butterflies
- Butterfly Origami by Roman Diaz
- Butterflies in Origami by Nick Robinson
- Easy Butterfly Origami by Tammy Yee
- Origami Butterflies Mini Kit: Kit with Origami Book, and Instructional DVD by LaFosse and Alexander
- See books with origami butterflies
