What makes these fluttery butterflies so vibrant? Magazine photos!
| Prep Time: About 1 hour | |
| What you need: | |
| Colorful magazine pages
Pipe cleaners | |
| Seasons: Spring | |
| Materials: magazine pages, pipe cleaners | |
| Instructions: | |
| 1. | For each butterfly, choose 2 colorful magazine pages. Cut out 2 squares, one 5 inches on a side, the other 4. |
| 2. | Starting at one corner, accordion-fold the squares on their
diagonals; our folds were 1/4 inch each. |
| 3. | Pinch the center of each folded square. Bend a 12-inch pipe
cleaner in half and create a small loop. Arrange the squares in a
butterfly shape and center them inside the pipe cleaner. |
| 4. | To secure the wings, twist the pipe cleaner above and below the wings and curl the ends for antennae. |
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Starting at one corner, accordion-fold the squares on their
diagonals; our folds were 1/4 inch each.
Pinch the center of each folded square. Bend a 12-inch pipe
cleaner in half and create a small loop. Arrange the squares in a
butterfly shape and center them inside the pipe cleaner.


