Bug Display Case

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  Step 1

  Remove the backside of the shadow box; set top part aside.
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  (Mine had a picture glued to it, i had to rip off. Make sure you buy a frame with a "pull-tab" on the back also ...or theyll be extremely difficult to open.)

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  Step 2

  Measure & cut a piece of cardboard from a box, so that it fits just inside the back-board
  ...leaving little space all around (mines about a 1/4 in from edge).

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  Step 3

  Hot Glue the cardboard down well, evenly spaced around.

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  Step 4

  Cut a piece of felt about same size as cardboard.
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  (You will use this to stretch overtop the cardboard, kinda like a canvas)

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  Step 5

  Glue down the felt across the top of the back-board (above the cardboard) very well.
  Hold down to dry. ...u might burn your fingers. :/

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  Step 6

  Grab the opposite end of the felt, and tightly stretch it down to the bottom edge. Glue it down also.
  ...its okay if it overlaps the back-board, your gonna cut it off later. As long as its tight.
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  (It helps to glue down the middle first, to hold the stretch, then glue rest)

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  Step 7

  Repeat for other sides ...making it as flat & tight as possible.

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  Step 8

  Cut off excess felt hanging over edge.

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  Step 9

  And your done!
  
  <--- Should look like this

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  Step 10

  VERY carefully pin your bugs to it, pushing it all the way thru into the cardboard. And carefully place it back in the frame, & display on wall!!
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  The cardboard & felt hold the pin VERY firmly & secure, so ur bugs dont move or wobble at all ...unlike most displays. It does take some force to get the pin thru cardboard, so id practice first before trying one with a bug on it.

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Hella · Rotterdam, South Holland, NL · 60 projects 6th October 2012

Thanks for your answer, I will try it soon

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DarkAshHurts · 119 projects 30th September 2012

All of them are real, i caught & killed them with a "killing jar". Once bugs are dead for a few days, they dry out & you cant move them or they fall apart. Most moths/butterflies die with closed wings, it sucks.
If u want to use the moth, you'll have to re-hydrate it, to make it soft again. Put a wet cottonball into a jar, cover it with cardboard (so the bug doesnt touch it). Then put the bug inside & close the jar. The moist air should re-hydrate it within 2 days, & you can open its wings & pin it.
...i should probably make a bug collecting/pinning tutorial too. lol its not easy.

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Hella · Rotterdam, South Holland, NL · 60 projects 27th September 2012

I love it but I have A question. The butterflies, are they real? And if they are, did you kill them or did you find them dead. I found a moth but the wings are closed. Do you know how I can open them without breaking them?

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