Materials
Construction paper
Pencil
Scissors
Hole punch
Pipe cleaners
Thread
Large upholstery needle
3 twigs that are about 1 foot long
Markers or crayons
Glitter glue or glitter for decoration
Instructions
- Fold a piece of construction paper in half and cut along the fold. Do this 2 times so that you can make at least 4 butterflies for your mobile
- Fold one of these pieces of paper in half
- Draw half of a butterfly along the fold line
- Fold a small piece of black or brown paper in half
- Draw the body and head of a butterfly on it. Make it the same length as the butterfly
- Cut everything out
- Glue a body on each side of your butterfly
- Use a hole punch and make two holes in the butterfly’s head
- Cut a pipe cleaner in half
- Thread it through the holes in the butterfly’s head as antennae
- Decorate both sides of your butterfly using crayons, markers, glitter, or glitter glue
- Repeat this process for every butterfly you want to add to your mobile
- Use a needle to pull a short length of knotted thread through the balancing point of the butterfly, near the middle
- Tie the other end of the thread to the end of a twig
- On the other end of the twig you need to attach another butterfly in the same way
- Tie a thread to the middle of the twig and attach it to the end of another twig
- Attach a butterfly to the other end of this twig
- Use a short length of thread and attach what you have made to the end of another twig
- Attach a butterfly to the other end of this twig
- Tie a longer length of thread to the top twig
- Hang the mobile outside or in the house