What do the nine pictures show?

Butterfly sheets in three uses, wall butterflies, a symmetry half and monarchs, each in three styles.

How do the wings lift?

Cut the solid outline, then fold along the dashed line down the body so each wing tilts up from the surface.

How does the symmetry activity work?

The half butterfly is drawn against a fold line. Its wing pattern is half drawn, and the other half is blank for the child to complete.

Can I ask for a different butterfly?

Yes, type a species or a pattern. That is a request, and the butterfly may not match the sample.

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Paper butterfly templates: wall butterflies, symmetry half, monarch

Paper butterfly templates — a printable sheet of butterfly outlines in three sizes for a 3D wall display, solid cut lines and a dashed fold line down each body so the wings lift, clean closed black line art in one uniform thin stroke, no shading, no gray tones, no fills

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Reading 1Wall butterflies

Reading 2Symmetry half

Reading 3Monarch

A paper butterfly is cut out and folded down the body, so its wings lift from the wall or card. These nine pictures give three uses: butterflies in three sizes for a 3D wall display, a half butterfly for a symmetry activity, and monarchs with orange wings and black veins. Each comes as black line art, printed colour and a children's sheet. Type another butterfly, such as a blue morpho or a ladybug, and the fold layout stays the same.

a wall display in a classroom
a card with a lifted butterfly
a symmetry lesson for young children
a decoration for a nursery

Frequently asked questions

What do the nine pictures show?: Butterfly sheets in three uses, wall butterflies, a symmetry half and monarchs, each in three styles.
How do the wings lift?: Cut the solid outline, then fold along the dashed line down the body so each wing tilts up from the surface.
How does the symmetry activity work?: The half butterfly is drawn against a fold line. Its wing pattern is half drawn, and the other half is blank for the child to complete.
Can I ask for a different butterfly?: Yes, type a species or a pattern. That is a request, and the butterfly may not match the sample.

About toile

This page is a showcase and a starting point: nine samples already rendered, three readings of the pack crossed with three styles, each shown at the size and ratio it was made for. Take any of them further on the wall with a few words, or ask for all nine again under your own direction; a sign-in keeps what you make, and it is free while Toile is new. The recipe behind each sample — the subject, the style, the palette, the framing — travels with the image rather than staying private to the render: it is in the alt text of every sample and in the page's own structured data, so a search engine reads the same handles a person would.