These simple tissue paper butterflies are just beautiful! We usually love making these as a fun summer themed craft. This year, however, i found this super cute heart print tissue paper at our local village shop, and i thought how lovely it would be to make a valentines Day version with the kids. They were so pleased with their butterflies that they asked if we could make them for mothers day too!
Here’s what we used
Patterned tissue paper
Plain tissue paper
A wooden Peg
A pipe cleaner
Googly eyes
Scissors
Glue
How to make our tissue paper butterflies
Take your patterned tissue paper and cut out a rectangle to make the large outer part of the wing. The rectangle that we used here measures approximately 18cm x 24cm
Now we’re going to take our tissue paper and accordion fold it by folding a section approximately 1.5cm and folding it upwards..
Then flipping over the tissue and folding it the same amount on that side. Continue this process..
Until you reach the end and are left with one long folded strip of tissue paper.
Now we’re going to take our plain tissue paper and cut out another rectangle this time, making sure it’s slightly smaller than the last. Our plain rectangle measured approximately 14cm x 20cm
Repeat the same process with this strip as with the patterned one and accordion fold the plain tissue paper all the way to the end.
You should now have two folded strips, as you can see above
Take your scissors and trim both ends of both folded tissue paper strips into a round c shaped curve.
Place the plain paper wings centrally on top of the patterned paper wings and then pinch the centre to flatten the middle together. Clip the peg onto the centre of the wings and then carefully and slowly fan the wings out on either side. Gently adjust the peg if necessary to shape the wings and pull them in the right direction
Once you’re happy with your wings, take your pipe cleaner and roll the end into a spiral on both sides to make the antennae
Clip the antennae into the mouth of the peg. You could optionally glue them in place if you’d like them to be a bit more secure. Finally, add two googly eyes onto the peg to make its face, and your super cute tissue paper butterfly is finished and ready to gift or play with!
Valentines Day is right around the corner and today, we’re getting ready with yet another love themed craft! These cute little paper plate love birds are really simple yet fun to make. My children and I each made our own little pair of birds using two colours and we just love how they turned out. This cute little craft idea is great for primary aged children who love to make.
Here’s what we used
Paper plates
Paint
Coloured card
Feathers
Pipe cleaners x 2
Glue/glue gun
Scissors
Paintbrush
How to make our paper plate love birds
Start by taking your paper plate and cutting out a section around 1/3 of the size of the paper plate. Round off one of the corners slightly to make the smooth edge of the lovebirds head.
Use your paint to cover and colour the paper plate to make the body of your cute little love bird. Pop it aside to dry.
Once dry, take your coloured card and cut out a smallish heart. Glue the heart central on the paper plate body with its point facing upwards toward the head to make the wing of your bird. Now cut out a triangular beak and glue it down in position on the front of the bird’s head as you can see in the picture above.
To make the eyes cut out a white circle for the outer eye and then a slightly smaller coloured circle for the inner eye. Glue the two pieces together, and then glue the eye down onto the bird.
Now we need to make the legs. Take your first pipe cleaner and twist three equal bends into one end as above.
Twist the loose end onto the main piper cleaner just above the bends that you just created to make the leg. Repeat this process with your second pipe cleaner and then twist the two together.
Glue the legs in place on the back of the birds body and then add some tail feathers to the back. Your little love bird is finished. Now all that’s left to do is make them a little lovebird friend!
These gorgeous handprint flower cards are perfect for a variety of occasions such as mothers Day, valentines Day, Father’s Day, birthdays, teacher gifts, and more.
They’re quick and easy to make and are perfect for bulk crafting at groups such as preschools and after-school clubs. We love how these not only look great but are super cute little handprint keepsakes. They’re also budget friendly, too!
Here’s what we used
Coloured card
Scissors
Glue
A pen
A pencil
How to make our handprint flower cards
Start by taking the piece of card that you are going to use for the main body of your card. Fold it in half so that your fold stretches along the longest part of your card so that you have a long thin card rather than a regular sized one.
Cut a small section off the bottom of the card, approximately 4cm thick. And then pop the small piece aside for later.
Place your little ones’ hand onto the coloured card that you will be using for your flower head and use a pencil to draw around it. Once you have your handprint, use a pair of scissors to cut it out.
Now take your green card and cut out a long thin strip to make the flower stem, glue the stem onto the back of your handprint flower.
Next, glue the flower onto your card with the handprint near the top. Cut out some little leaves and glue them in position on either the side of the stem, wherever you think looks cute.
Take the small section of card that you snipped off the main body of your card and cut out a small heart from it. Glue the heart onto the handprint flower.
Finally use your pen to add any cute little personalised message; these cards are great for a whole host of occasions!
You’re finished! I bet your cards look beautiful, did you know you can now share them with us on Facebook?!
These adorable 3d heart cards are perfect to personalise for any occasion such as Father’s Day, Mother’s Day, birthdays, teacher cards and more! They’re also great for bulk crafting at groups such as schools and craft clubs because they only require a few basic materials and still look adorable!
Here’s what we used
Coloured card
Coloured paper
Scissors
Glue
A coloured marker
How to make our 3D heart cards
Take your piece of card and fold it in half ready for your design.
Next you will need to cut out 5 identical hearts. We did three of one colour and then two of another. Once you have all your hearts fold them in half at the centre point.
Take one heart of each colour. Glue one half of each heart and then stick them together as can be seen in the image above.
Continue this process by continuing to add hearts on either side alternating the colours until you have your completed 3D heart.
Glue the heart down onto the front of your card and cut out and add a smaller heart on either side.
Finish off your card by adding a special personalised message at the bottom and your card is ready to gift to someone special!
This adorable handprint flower pot art is so simple to make and is a perfect keepsake to gift for birthdays, Mother’s Day, Valentine’s Day and many other occasions!
Here’s what you will need
Coloured paper
Scissors
Glue
Pencil
How to make our handprint flower vase art
Start by drawing around little one’s hand and then cutting out 3-5 handprints from your different coloured paper.
Next cut out an equal amount of green paper stems to match the amount of handprint flowers. Glue the stems onto the back of the flowers. Then glue the flowers down onto your paper with all the stems directing towards the middle of the page
Cut out the shape of your flower pot and add any extra decoration you would like. We used some ribbon to make a bow on ours! Glue the flower pot down at the bottom of your page across the stems.
Finish off by adding a few paper leaves and any optional extra message and your picture is done and ready to display once dry! Don’t these look adorable?
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