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Paper Doily Butterflies

Author by Amanda Davis on March 29, 2019 Updated on March 30, 2019

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Butterflies are so beautiful, they are one of my favorite elements of spring! There are lots of butterfly crafts you can make with the kids. They are made from many different materials ranging from coffee filter butterflies to cardboard tube butterflies. Today we are going to make paper doily butterflies using paper doilies and food coloring.

Beautiful Paper Doily Butterflies

 

Butterfly Craft: Paper Doily Butterflies

I love crafts that are full of color. Kids do too. These paper doily butterflies can be as colorful as you like, but be careful not to use too much or they’ll all blend together and turn into a brownish blob.

Paper Doily Butterfly Craft

You can get paper doilies at the craft store or the discount department store. You might even be able find them at the dollar store. Check the wedding and party sections. A package comes with quite a few, so you can get plenty of butterflies out of a package.

Colorful paper doily butterfly

What you’ll need to make paper doily butterflies

  • 1 large paper doily
  • 1 medium paper doily
  • Food coloring or watercolor paints
  • Paintbrush
  • Water
  • 2 black pipe cleaners
  • Scissors


Making the Paper Doily Butterflies

Paper Doily Butterflies step 1
Place an old towel down on your work surface and place the doilies on top of it. Use a paintbrush to get the doilies wet.
Paper Doily Butterflies step 2
Drip food coloring onto the wet doilies.

Paper Doily Butterflies step 3
Blend the color and water with a paintbrush.
Paper Doily Butterflies step 4
Turn them over, the towel will absorb the extra moisture. Let them dry.

 

Paper Doily Butterflies step 5
Fold doilies in half and then in half again.
Paper Doily Butterflies step 6
Use scissors to cut a simple butterfly shape by cutting a small triangle section out of the center of the doily’s side.

Paper Doily Butterflies step 7
Fold a pipe cleaner in half. Run the pipe cleaner up the center of the doily and twist at the “head” of the butterfly to create the antennae.
Paper Doily Butterflies step 8
Trim ends.

Butterfly Paper Doilies

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Butterfly Craft: Paper Doily Butterflies

Author: Amanda Formaro

Supplies

  • 1 large paper doily
  • 1 medium paper doily
  • Food coloring or watercolor paints
  • Paintbrush
  • Water
  • 2 black pipe cleaners
  • Scissors

Instructions

  • Place the doilies on a towel that you are not concerned about staining. Paint both sides of each doily with water. Be sure to handle them carefully as they are delicate and can tear easily.
  • Drip food coloring onto the wet doilies and spread it around with a paintbrush dipped in water.
  • Turn the doilies over so that the towel will soak up the excess moisture. Let the doilies dry completely.
  • Fold doilies in half and then in half again. use scissors to cut a simple butterfly shape by cutting a small triangle section out of the center of the doily's side.
  • Fold a pipe cleaner in half. Run the pipe cleaner up the center of the doily and twist at the "head" of the butterfly to create the antennae. Trim ends.

This post was originally published on this blog on April 29, 2013.

Paper Doily Butterflies

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Amanda Davis is the crafty, entrepreneurial mother of four children. She loves to bake, cook, make kid's crafts and create decorative items for her home. She is a crafting expert and guru in the kitchen and has appeared online and in print publications many times over the years.
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  1. krystie says

    May 23, 2013 at 9:59 am

    Cute and so colorful! I provided a link to your butterfly on my blog that also makes a butterfly from doilies.

    If you are not okay with this please let me know, thanks.

    http://krystiescreativekorner.blogspot.com/2013/05/how-to-make-butterfly-using-doilies.html

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    • Amanda Formaro says

      May 25, 2013 at 6:35 am

      Thanks for the link Krystie! I’ll get yours added to Fun Family Crafts, another site that I own :)

      Reply
  2. Casse-bonbec says

    April 29, 2013 at 12:09 pm

    how lovely!

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