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Day Of The Dead Butterfly

  • Completed Project: Day Of The Dead Butterfly Picture #1
  • Completed Project: Day Of The Dead Butterfly Picture #2

A Dia de los Muertos Mariposa
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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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  1. Step 1

    Step 1

    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.

  2. Step 2

    Step 2

    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.


  3. Step 3

    Step 3

    Next place the leaves with the veins to the front in the arrangement you like.

  4. Step 4

    Step 4

    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.


  5. Step 5

    Step 5

    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.

  6. Step 6

    Step 6

    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.

  7. Step 7

    Step 7

    Use some glitter glue to "paint" your skeleton so that the bones will glisten !

  8. Step 8

    Step 8

    Next Dot the Eyes with some contrasting glitter glue.

  9. Step 9

    Step 9

    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

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.

michelle G.

21 Oct 14:42

this is so awesome

JamO

JamO

21 Oct 20:43

Thanks so much ! Wow, I'd love to see the fairy ones -- maybe some iridescent leaves... ooooohhhhh

JennBunny

JennBunny

01 Nov 20:42

That is really cute. I just made sugar skulls this year for the first time.

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October 21, 2009 02:06

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