Butterfly made of paper - a piece of summer all year round

A blossoming summer meadow, red poppy heads and insects fluttering over them - such a picture stands before the eyes, when a butterfly from a paper lies on an open palm. The symbol of bright sun, fragrant grass and serene childhood will give happiness, just cut it with scissors.

Butterfly with the hands of a child

What could be better than on the threshold of summer together with the child to create bright butterflies? And if you combine the application and drawing, then a pleasant pastime turns into a useful lesson.

Mirror Butterfly . How to make a hand-made paper in a mirror technique? Just. To do this, you need a sheet of white cardboard, gouache or watercolor paints, scissors, soft wire and a reel from toilet paper.

From paper folded in half, half of the wings, trunk and butterfly's head are cut out so that the fold line is simultaneously the middle of the future insect body. Further, with preservation of a fold of a sheet on a workpiece in an arbitrary order the paint of various shades is plentifully put. After that, without allowing the gouache to dry, you need to unfold the butterfly and bend it again, but already so that the painted and white parts snuggle together. It will be sufficient to keep the wings in this position for about thirty seconds, after which the workpiece is again turned around and postponed for a time to completely dry the paint.

In the meantime, you should start painting the reel, which will become the torso of the butterfly. To do this, it is applied with a brush or just fingers with the same colors as on the wings, and also in an arbitrary order.

When both parts are dry enough, the bobbin is fixed to the wings with the help of glue, and a six to seven centimeter long antennae is cut from the soft wire and also connected to the wings. Butterfly of paper in the mirror technique is ready.

Butterfly-accordion . It will take very little time and money to produce it. From the newspaper or magazine, you need to cut out two color reproductions in the form of squares of 8 * 8 and 10 * 10 cm. Combine the two blanks with an accordion. In this case, it should be noted that the smaller the square, the more beautiful and large the butterfly will be. Then folded rectangles should be cut so that two diagonally extended rhombuses are obtained. After that, both blanks are fastened with a dense wool thread. Butterfly made of paper in the technique of "accordion" is ready.

Quilling butterfly

Butterfly from paper in the technique of quilling - it's beautiful and original. Such an article will be an excellent basis for creating both cards and decorations. It will need two paper strips of 15 cm, six by 8 cm and four by 4 cm. These blanks for quilling should be of the same tone. Also, one strip of black color 30 cm long will be needed. In addition, you should stock up with a slot for quilling rings, glue and scissors.

How to make a butterfly from quilling paper? All the strips of the same color are twisted into loose circles and placed in the slot according to the size. As soon as they take the necessary shape, they should be carefully removed from the cells in order to gently fix their ends with glue. Then a petal forms from each circle. Now you can begin to form the "body" of the wings. The elements are glued together in the following order:

1. For a larger wing to the petal from the strip at 15 cm on both sides are attached those that were created from an eight-centimeter tape;
2. For a smaller wing, the base is a petal made from an 8-centimeter strip, and on both sides the smallest elements are fastened.

The obtained wings are edged with the help of a black strip for quilling. Butterfly made of paper is ready.