Make Some Fluttering Butterflies
Tissue paper butterflies are a great kid's craft and science project
© Belinda Mooney
Apr 10, 2007
Easy enough for preschoolers but so much fun the older kids will want to make them to - these easy to make butterflies
are the perfect easy kids craft for spring.
Butterflies begin to come out in the spring but you won't have to wait for them when you make your own fluttering
butterflies.
These delightful tissue paper butterflies will look wonderful hanging from a mobile, fluttering from a window or posted on
the fridge. They are not only the perfect craft for spring but make a great science fair project for a younger child as well.
Make Some Fluttering Butterflies
What you need:
Aluminium foil
Coloured tissue paper
Sequins
Glue
Pipe cleaners or chenille stems
Cardboard (the backs of old cereal boxes work great)
Paper hole punch
Thread
What you do:
1. On your piece of cardboard draw a butterfly pattern. Now cut it out. This will be the pattern you use to trace.
2. Next trace around your cardboard pattern onto the tissue paper. Carefully cut out your tissue paper butterfly. If you
stack several sheets of tissue paper together you can cut out several butterflies at once.
3. Now trace your butterfly onto the aluminium foil. You will need one aluminium butterfly for every tissue paper one. So
if you cut out five tissue paper butterflies cut five out of tin foil.
4. Place a coloured tissue paper butterfly on top of an aluminium foil one. Fold in half. Punch two holes on the folded
side. Make one hold close to the top of the butterfly and one hole close to the bottom. Unfold you butterfly so it is flat
again.
5.Take a pipe cleaner and fold it in half, making a U shape at the folded end. This is the bottom. Insert the open ends of
the pipe cleaner from the BACK of the butterfly into the two holes at the bottom. Pull the pipe cleaner through slowly.
6. Pull the pipe cleaner up and over the front of the butterfly. Now put the ends down through the top two holes.
7. Twist the ends to make a “head” leaving small bit on each end untwisted. Bend to look like antennae.
8.Glue sequins to your butterfly. Use string to hang them all around the house.
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