3D Butterfly Picture
This is a nice, simple way to add decoration to a room, or make a quick gift for someone, with very little hanging around!
Materials:
A background - I've used a canvas that I had hanging around, but you could use any piece of stiff board, MDF, or similar
Printer
Card
Paint
Paint brush
Pencil
Scissors
Glue
Materials:
A background - I've used a canvas that I had hanging around, but you could use any piece of stiff board, MDF, or similar
Printer
Card
Paint
Paint brush
Pencil
Scissors
Glue
Prepare the Background
Depending on how artistic you are, depends on what you can do with your background. Me, I can't draw/paint, so my background is flat blue - on an adventurous day, I might add white streaks for some clouds...........
Get the background painted, and pop to one side to dry off.
Get the background painted, and pop to one side to dry off.
Make the Butterflies
Going back to me "I can't draw" problem, I got round this by hunting for images on google, restricting my search to line drawings, and resizing them to suit my project... I forgot to save the files I used, but there's plenty of nice images on this link
Once I'd got my sheet of templates printed, I drew round them on coloured card, and cut them all out.
To give the 3D effect, I folded the wings along the edge of the body, leaving the body flat.
Once I'd got my sheet of templates printed, I drew round them on coloured card, and cut them all out.
To give the 3D effect, I folded the wings along the edge of the body, leaving the body flat.
Get Sticking
Before I stuck my butterflies down, I arranged them a few different times on paper, to see how I wanted them. Once I was happy, I transferred them one at a time to the proper canvas, putting a stripe of glue down the body of the butterfly, and leaving the wings folded up.
Once it's all dried, either find a nice big bag to gift it in (I wouldn't recommend wrapping - you'll squish the butterflies!), or find a bit of wall to hang it on... It'll look best somewhere that sees a bit of light, so that you get shadowing around the wings.
Enjoy!
Once it's all dried, either find a nice big bag to gift it in (I wouldn't recommend wrapping - you'll squish the butterflies!), or find a bit of wall to hang it on... It'll look best somewhere that sees a bit of light, so that you get shadowing around the wings.
Enjoy!