How to Make Butterfly Popup Cards!

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How to Make Butterfly Popup Cards!

Make the cutest cards for quick gifts, thank you notes or just because cards! These butterfly pop-up cards are easy to make and take less than 5 minutes from start to finish.

Let's make 4 butterfly pop-up cards with just 4 supplies and 5 spare minutes!

At the end of this post, I'm sharing a fun childhood memory of the time I almost had a caterpillar transform into a butterfly! 😂😂😂

Supplies Needed for Butterfly Pop-up Cards:

Butterfly Dimensional Stickers (4 pack from the Dollar Tree)
Colored Cardstock Paper
Paper Cutter
Paper Scoring Board

Step 1 for Butterfly Pop-up Cards:

Begin by cutting the cardstock paper in half, so the dimensions are 8.5 x 5.5 inches.

Step 2 for Butterfly Pop-up Cards:

Score the cardstock in half and fold the cards.

(this step can be done without a score board, but it might be harder to get a crisp fold depending on the thickness of the paper)

Step 3 for Butterfly Pop-up Cards:

Simply adhere one butterfly sticker on each of the folded cardstock card faces.

This is the simplest way to create a custom card without a lot of supplies or high cost!

Which of these vibrant butterfly cards do you like best?

I love the green card with the bright pink butterfly!

When I was little I loved finding and collecting monarch butterfly caterpillars and raising them in my backyard in a jar or a shoe box. I'd collect leaves and milk weed plants and stick them in the box with my caterpillars.

With one particular caterpillar, I wanted to make him so comfy that he'd transform into a butterfly before my eyes. I put him in a shoe box with all the food and a little lid of water. Perfect, right?

Well, I he never even had a chance to make a cocoon.

I came home from school the next day to find that my older brother had taken my caterpillar out of it's little shoe box home. I'm guessing he played with it for a while...and then shoved it into the fan of the air conditioning unit in our backyard. 😠

Ugh. I was so mad. Clearly, I still haven't forgiven him completely for this! 😂 Haha. Poor little caterpillar.

Now I just enjoy seeing butterflies around my yard. I love their vibrant colors and graceful demeanor.

The perfect subject for a pop-up card!