Beautiful Upcycled Butterfly Art

A CRAFT A DAY 2013

DAY 3

So here we go onto the third craft of the year! Boy I cannot wait till I get to day 300... 

Today's craft is from my daughter. You see last night during our trip to the Hobby Craft January Sale I purchased a half price 2"butterfly punch. As soon as my 4 year old had wrestled it from its packet she informed me that she needed to make a picture from the butterfly's. Well I thought about this last night and came up with this idea today I hope you enjoy it.

Beautiful Upcycled Butterfly Art

Materials:

PVA Glue

Old papers

White Card

2" Butterfly Punch

STEP 1: 

Punch some butterfly's out of some coloured paper. You need about five or six.

STEP 2:

Now punch some butterfly's out of some different paper. You will need about 9 or 10.

STEP 3:

Place the coloured butterfly's wing to wing to create a flower shape in the bottom corner of the sheet of card. Stick these down.

STEP 4: 

Fold the wings of the butterfly over so that they stick up to make a 3D butterfly. You need to repeat this for every butterfly.

STEP 5: 

Stick one of the folded butterfly's on the flower.

STEP 6:

Now stick the rest of the butterfly's on like they are fluttering away from the flower. Voila! A beautiful yet simple piece of art that even the kids can do.

We will be using these in a future craft... can you imagine what were going to make with them?

You could do this on card and frame it, you could do it on canvas or even use it as a card embellishment. You can use any colour card, paper or other recycled materials you like to make this piece its fully customisable. 

Have a go and then let me know how it goes! I would love to see your own pieces and how you customise them. Happy crafting!

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