Dia de los Muertos is my favorite holiday and to add to my joy the monarch butterflies are migrating through my neighborhood on their way down to mexico, so I decided to create this little one in honor of them !
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Here is what you'll need for this project plus any other embellishments you might want to add to this little butterfly !
I found these little skeletons at our local supermarket as a garland and took them apart. -
Start by selecting 2 sets of Fall Leaves (with the veins if possible) for the wings. I used floral snips to cut them of a garland.
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Next place the leaves with the veins to the front in the arrangement you like.
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Glue each of the leaves onto the skeleton using your hot glue gun. Be careful to attach each leaf to the others so that they are sturdy.
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After all the leaves are glued on, I cut the ring base off of a plastic spider ring and then hot glued the spider to the back of the leaves to hide the joint where they came together.
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Turn your butterfly over and start tracing the veins on the leaves with your glitter glue - if your leaves don't have veins, you can just trace out the veins yourself onto the leaf.
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Use some glitter glue to "paint" your skeleton so that the bones will glisten !
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Next Dot the Eyes with some contrasting glitter glue.
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I also added some little skull sequins for that extra flare. Now you're ready to hang your butterfly !
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Ginger Snapped
21 Oct 02:16
i love this so awesome! they sell something like this at ren fairs, its a dead fairy! they sell for aot of money!! sweet
michelle G.
21 Oct 14:42
this is so awesome
JamO
21 Oct 20:43
Thanks so much ! Wow, I'd love to see the fairy ones -- maybe some iridescent leaves... ooooohhhhh
JennBunny
01 Nov 20:42
That is really cute. I just made sugar skulls this year for the first time.