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Butterfly Tattoo Stencils

Free butterfly tattoo stencils from public-domain natural-history plates: open-wing butterflies in outline and solid black. Print true to size or edit the line weight first.

Printing a butterfly stencil at the right size

Click Resize & print on any design. It opens in the stencil maker with the size set to 10 cm tall; change it to the size you want on skin, tick Mirror if you transfer with thermal or hectograph paper, and download the PDF. Print at 100% (“Actual size”). Larger designs are split across sheets with crop marks. Need help choosing a size? See the size guide.

Butterfly tattoo ideas

Butterflies symbolise change, freedom and lightness. Symmetrical open-wing designs work well centred on the back of the neck, the sternum or between the shoulder blades. Smaller side views fit the wrist, ankle or behind the ear.

Put several designs on one sheet

The flash sheet maker lays out up to nine of these designs on one page of A4, Letter or tabloid paper, at true size, with credits in the footer.

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