Tag: Spring craft projects

Craft Project #14 – Butterfly Picks

This is a quick and easy project that took very little time to make. I decided that I want to add some butterflies to the garland that I will be putting around my mom’s door as part of her Spring decorations. It is also a very inexpensive project.

The supplies needed for this craft project are:

Main Street Wall Creations Jumbo Stickers and poster board that were purchased at Dollar Tree. You will also need E6000 adhesive and chenille stems/pipe cleaners which I had on hand.

Step one in this project is to attach the butterflies to poster board. This will give them a strong backing.

Step two: cut out the butterflies. Luckily, this does not have to be perfect.

Step three: gather the supplies needed to attach the chenille stems/pipe cleaners to the back of the butterflies. This is something you probably have already done.

Step four: fold the chenille stems/pipe cleaners in half. Add a generous amount of E6000 to the back of the butterfly. Place the chenille stem/pipe cleaner in the E6000 and press down. It is important to press down on the center of the chenille stem/pipe cleaner to make sure the E6000 covers the center of the stem as completely as possible.

Step five: put the butterflies in an area that the will not be disturbed/moved/touched and allow to dry. I allowed mine to dry overnight.

And now they are ready to attach to the garland when it is time to decorate my mom’s door for Spring.

Now it is time to start working on the next craft project for mom’s spring decorations. I wonder what it will be!

Things I have purchased for the spring craft projects and decorations.

I love shopping for decorations and things to use for craft projects. And the spring items are no exception.

Beginning with Amazon. I actually did not purchase as much as I usually do. I purchased several yellow rose garlands. Obviously more that I would usually purchased, but we will be using most of the garlands to decorate her very large window area. The wood flowers and butterflies will be used on several different projects. Of course I purchased a banner for the door as well.

Dollar Tree purchases was definitely on the small side for the spring season purchases.. From the Dollar General section in Dollar Tree, I purchased some floral garland that will adorn her walker as well as the tree. I also purchased some individual floral stems to use on the tree as well. I purchased some removable wall stickers that I want to try to use on the wall around the front door.

I purchased most of the spring items from Hobby Lobby this time. What can I say, when they have 50% off in their floral department, I do tend to go a little crazy, but not as crazy as I would have wanted to. I purchased wood letters and one word, for two separate projects. Other items included a lot of fabric for wreaths, scrapbook paper that may or may not be used on some letters, a wood frame which I have already started working on, wire ribbon, and pom poms.

I realize this appears that I only purchased one item from Michaels, but that is not the case.

I purchased a lot of acrylic paints for the spring projects. Some came from Hobby Lobby, some from Michaels, and some from Walmart.

I also purchased a lot of items for Easter while purchasing the spring items, but those will be in a different blog.

Thanks for reading my blog. I hope you have enjoyed it. Please return to see the craft project I make with these items and how I use them when decorating mom’s door, walker, and room.