Easy Butterfly Origami: 30 Pre-Printed Butterfly Designs! (Dover Crafts: Origami & Papercrafts) - Softcover

Yee, Tammy

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0486784576 ISBN 13: 9780486784571

Publisher: Dover Publications, 2015

Synopsis

Discover the beauty of nature! Fold up to 30 beautiful butterflies, each with its own unique color and pattern. Simple instructions for folding are included, along with fun facts about the insects' behavior and distribution.
 
Butterflies are among the world’s most beautiful insects. As pollinators, they play a very important role in nature, but are most often noticed due to their striking colors and patterns. From the vivid Green Cairns birdwing to the striped Tiger Swallowtail and the Blood Red Glider, these beautiful butterflies feature a kaleidoscopic array of colors and patterns. Includes simple instructions for folding and perforated pages for easy removal.
All of the origami patterns are designed to highlight the diversity of species, with accurate portrayals of variations in the insects' dorsal (top) and ventral (bottom) views. Each butterfly model is accompanied by fun facts about behavior and distribution.

• Simple folding instructions! Learn to fold beautiful butterflies with our easy-to-follow instructions. Perforated pages make it easier than ever to remove your finished works of art. Let your creativity take flight with these colorful and resplendent creatures.
•  Perfect for all ages! Enjoyable for butterfly lovers of all ages, from children learning craftsmanship to adults perfecting their origami techniques. Get creative, have fun, and be rewarded with marvels of nature's design.
•  30 Beautiful Butterflies! Our collection of butterflies is bursting with a kaleidoscope of colors and patterns from all around the world. Delight in the following colorful butterfly models: Apollo, Black Swallowtail, Blood Red Glider, Blue Morpho, Boulder Copper, Cairns Birdwing, Chestnut Tiger, Claudina, Cleopatra, Colorado Hairstreak, Common Buckeye, Dead Leaf, Emperor of India, Malachite, Malaysian Clipper, Mocker Swallowtail, Monarch, Moth Butterfly, Mountain Alcon Blue, Noble Leafwing, Painted Beauty, Painted Lady, Pansy Daggerwing, Peacock, Purple Spotted Swallowtail, Queen Purple Tip, Red Flasher, Shining Red Charaxes, Tentyris Forester, and Tiger Swallowtail.
•  Accurate portrayals! Each butterfly model is crafted with accuracy to highlight its diversity. Get two views for each species - top view and bottom view - to understand its unique characteristics better.
•  ​Fun facts about behavior and distribution! Allow yourself to be intrigued by some fun facts about how these insects behave in natural settings! Know more about their distribution as well as ways they differ from other species.

 These 30 colorful butterfly models offer paper folding fun for entomologists, nature enthusiasts, origamists, and paper crafters of all ages.


 

About this title

About the Author

 Award-winning author/illustrator Tammy Yee has worked on more than thirty children's books including "The Tsunami Quilt" (written by Anthony Fredericks, Sleeping Bear Press), Honor Awards winner for the 2008 Storytelling World Awards in the Stories for Pre-Adolescent Listeners category; "A is for Aloha" (written by Uilani Goldsberry, Sleeping Bear Press), selected by the Hawaii Center for the Book to represent the state at the2006 National Book Festival; "Lullaby Moon" (written by Elaine Masters, Island Heritage Publishing), winner of the 2003 Ka Palapala Po'okela Award for Excellence in Children's Books; and the island children's classic, "Baby Honu's Incredible Journey" (Island Heritage Publishing). 

Edition details

• Publisher: Dover Publications
• Publication date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0486784576
• ISBN 13: 9780486784571
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 64