X ERIC G ARDEN C LUB o f A LBUQUERQUE
Make a Butterfly from a Dollar Bill
1 Start with the dollar
2 Valley-fold the top
edge of the top layer
to the right edge,
then unfold
face up. Side facing up
will show on the display
side of the final butterfly.
Valley-fold in half.
7 Squash-fold lifting the first two layers up and
separating them, evenly, to open a triangular pocket.
folded edge up, creating
a new crease formed in
Step 2 on the left edge.
Unfold the entire bill.
5 Valley-fold in half,
8 Turn over and
9 Valley-fold the bottom 10 Squash-fold the upper
outside creases and
meet them at the
center crease.
squash-fold the
other side.
reverse folding it. The corner paper is pushed
inside the paper layers and makes a V-notch.
Repeat with the other wing.
along the lines shown in
the picture for each wing.
The bottom part of the
wings will roll up in
the process.
15 Valley-fold
corners of wing to
give a rounded effect.
Repeat with the
other wing.
© 2013 Xeric Garden Club of Albuquerque.
6 Squash-fold the right
4 Mountain-fold the
12 Give a rounded effect to the corners by inside-
11 Mountain- and valley-fold
Fold square corners,
in the head area,
inside the model.
3 Valley-fold the bottom
bottom to top.
point up at the level of
the printed border line
of the dollar bill, or
approximately as you see
in the diagram. Unfold.
13 Swivel the abdomen
point across one of the
wings and align it to the
mountain-crease on the
hind wing section.
half of the bill.
right and left halves
one side at a time.
Squash firmly along
the crease line created
in Step 9.
14 Fold the other wing to
cover the body and to
match the first wing.
17 Spread the wings.
Fold body corners inside the model
to make this area more slender. You
can tuck these corners under fold
edged layers inside the underside of
the body paper. The paper gets thick
here so crease well.
Your dollar bill butterfly.
X ERIC G ARDEN C LUB o f A LBUQUERQUE
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