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March 20, 2021 By Cyn Gagen Leave a Comment

Paper Butterfly Corner Bookmark

Filed Under: CELEBRATE, CREATE, paper art, Spring

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This Paper Butterfly Corner Bookmark is so pretty and so much fun to make! I’ve been making corner bookmarks for years and they’re such a quick and easy little gift.

Send one inside a greeting card – it’s a great way to let loved ones you can’t see in person know that you are thinking of them. Or include as part of a bigger gift – place inside a special book for someone who loves to read.

Paper Butterfly Corner Bookmark Tutorial

Paper Butterfly Corner Bookmark

Once you know how to make the origami corner bookmark, being used as a base here for the butterfly, you can make all kinds of different shapes and themes!

supplies needed to make corner bookmarks

List of Supplies:

  1. Colored craft paper
  2. Pencil
  3. Scissors
  4. Craft glue
  5. Black sharpie

Grab the butterfly template here.

Instructions for making butterfly shaped corner bookmark:

Tracing and cutting out the butterfly template

Step -1:

Select different colored craft papers and trace the template patterns on them. Cut out the traced patterns using scissors. The template includes the wings of the butterfly, 1 body, 2 antennas and teardrop shapes for decorating the wings.

Gluing the teardrop shapes onto the wings of the butterfly corner bookmark

Step -2:

Grab the teardrop paper cut-outs and attach them on any one of the wings.  

Adding the body and antennae to the butterfly corner bookmarks

Step – 3:

Keeping the previous pattern on mind, similarly attach the rest of the teardrop paper cut-outs on the other wing. Also attach the antenna cut outs on the top side of the body cut-out.

Adding face to the butterfly corner bookmark with Sharpie

Step – 4:

Attach the body pattern right on the middle of the wings. Use a black sharpie to trace a smiley face for the butterfly. You can also use pink highlighter pen to add 2 blushes on both cheeks of the butterfly.

Make an origami paper corner bookmark to form the base for the butterfly

Step – 5:

Use an 8 x 8 inches regular paper to make an origami corner bookmark.

Butterfly design added to origami corner bookmark

Step – 6:

Attach the paper butterfly on the triangle side of the origami bookmark and allow the glue to dry completely before using the bookmark.

Looking for more fun spring craft projects?

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