Beautiful origami birds and butterflies can be more than just short art projects–they can be lovely decorations, too! Readers will love creating their own art through step-by-step instructions with helpful pictures. An overview to common folds and origami techniques will introduce readers to the art of paper folding before they begin creating swans, doves, and butterflies out of colored paper. Full-color photographs of each delicate creature further draw readers in while they learn about each in accompanying fact boxes.