How to Make a Butterfly Origami Bookmark

this is a super simple and customizable butterfly bookmark, with barely any materials!

Supplies

paper (colored, plain or printed), glue, markers (optional)

Step 1: Fold #1

take your paper and fold it in half

Step 2: 2nd Set of Folds

fold the folded paper in half and open to get a line in the middle.
fold the first corner into the line made like in the second picture. repeat on the other corner.
unfold both corners

Step 3:

this is the trickiest step:
take the first folded corner and fold the entire half into the middle like the picture shows. flatten the half and make a triangle on the upper part. fold it in like in the picture
repeat on the other side

Step 4: 4th Set

take the pentagon made and fold the sides as shown.
make a fold that looks like a triangle on the rectangles that should look like the picture. repeat on the other side.

Step 5: Final Folds

turn the paper upside down. take the top part and fold out as shown. repeat on the other side for both the wings.
glue the wing to the body.
there should be a pocket made- dont glue it closed! that’s where the paper will go

Step 6: Decoration

colour the butterfly in any pattern you want- i went with a blue-ish pattern

Step 7: All Done!

now you can put it in a book and use it as a bookmark!