- Easy
- 20–30 minutes
- No glue
- about 3.9 × 3.8 in (9.9 × 9.5 cm)
A golden slice of toast topped with a melting, rosy-cheeked pat of butter makes the sweetest desk buddy. Grab our free butter paper squishy template to craft your own puffy butter toast in about 30 minutes. The PDF comes in US Letter and A4 sizes with 3 versions: full color, a coloring page, and a blank outline. Pair it with a strawberry jam jar squishy for the ultimate breakfast set!
What you need
How to make it, step by step
1Print the template
Print your butter toast sheet at 100% scale on plain printer paper, making sure “fit to page” is turned off. Check the scale line in the top corner; it should measure exactly 2 inches (50 mm on A4). If you picked the coloring page, color the golden crust and sunny yellow butter pat now, and let marker ink dry completely.
2Tape the pieces
Laminate just the front and back toast illustrations with wide clear packing tape instead of taping the whole page. Smooth each strip down from the middle out toward the crust edges without pulling or stretching the tape, because stretched tape wrinkles later. This glossy coat makes your paper squishy shiny, strong, and extra squishy.
3Cut out both pieces
Cut out the front and back butter toast shapes right along the solid black outer line. Take your time curving around the two rounded top bumps of the bread and the slight indents on the sides. Be sure to keep the small white border intact all the way around both pieces.
4Add a tape border to the back
Flip the back toast piece printed side down and lay it onto strips of regular clear tape with the sticky side facing up. Cut the tape so it extends about 1 cm (½ inch) past the paper edge, then snip this sticky border every 2 cm (1 inch) right up to the paper to create little flaps around the crust.
5Join front and back
Place the front piece with the smiling butter face right on top of the back piece, keeping the white unprinted sides together. Fold the sticky tape flaps over the front edge one by one and press them down. Leave a 4 cm (1½ in) gap open along the bottom crust for stuffing, just like the pink line in the picture shows.
6Stuff it
Tear your plastic bags, cotton, or fiberfill into small, fluffy bits and push them inside through the bottom gap. Fill the far corners first, pushing stuffing all the way up into the rounded top bumps of the toast before filling the center under the butter pat. Stop when it feels soft and puffy, since too much stuffing makes the seams pop.
7Close the gap
Fold the last tape flaps over the bottom crust to close the opening, then tape the gap shut with an extra strip of clear tape. Run your finger firmly along all edges of the toast outline, especially around the side indents, to press the tape down well.
8Squish!
Your kawaii butter toast is done and ready to squish! Give the chubby golden slice a squeeze and watch the smiling butter pat puff right back up. Want a slow-rising squishy? Prick one tiny pinhole in the back of the toast so the air escapes slowly.
Free Butter Toast Squishy Template
- Color
- Coloring page
- Blank, design your own
- Step-by-step guide
One free PDF: the template in three versions (pages 1–3) and the step-by-step guide (pages 4–5). Print the template at 100% on plain printer paper.
Tips for the perfect squish
- Toast feels too hard. If the butter toast feels stiff instead of puffy, it has too much stuffing inside. Open the bottom gap, take some filling out, and tape the crust shut again.
- Wrinkles across the butter face. Tape wrinkles when it gets pulled tight while you lay it down. Use shorter strips across the toast and lay them on from the smiling butter center outward without pulling.
- Side indent splits open. The curved indents below the top crust bumps take extra tension when squished. Put a new short strip of clear tape right across the split edge, overlapping the old ones.
- The colors smeared. Fresh marker ink can smear under packing tape and dull the sunny butter glow. Let markers dry fully before taping; printer ink is fine right away.
Questions
How do you make a paper butter squishy without glue?
You only need clear tape to assemble the edges of this squishy! Glue does not stick to tape-covered paper, so the seams would open, whereas the snipped tape border folded over the edge holds best.
What paper works best for a butter squishy template?
Plain printer paper (80–100 gsm / 20–24 lb) works best. Cardstock makes the butter toast stiff and it won’t squish as nicely.
What can I stuff my butter toast squishy with?
You can use plastic grocery bags for a crinkly and light feel, or cotton balls and fiberfill to keep it soft. Small pieces of memory foam also work great for a slow-rising squishy.
Can I make the butter paper squishy template bigger?
Yes! Print the page at a larger scale, for example 120%, and print the front and the back together on the same sheet so they match.
Can I make these with a class or a group?
Yes—plan about 30 minutes, print one sheet per person, and cut tape strips in advance so kids can color the coloring page while you help with taping. If your group wants a whole breakfast theme, they can also make a butter stick squishy!
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