Crafts: Tissue Paper Butterfly

It’s amazing what you can make out of discarded wire coat hangers! These colorful butterflies can be used to decorate a classroom or bedroom or for a party.

What you needto make your Tissue Paper Butterfly

• 2 wire coat hangers
• Several chenille sticks (pipe cleaners)
• White tissue paper
• White glue
• Decorating media such as watercolor paints, markers, and/or glitter
• Monofilament line (fishing line) to hang completed butterfly

What you do

1. Begin by bending the “hook” of the coat hanger toward the “shoulder” of the coat hanger, open end down to become the butterfly’s antennae. Repeat with the second coat hanger.

2. Attach the two hangers together using a pipe cleaner to be the butterfly’s body.

3. Use a fingertip to lightly cover edges of the hanger with white glue.

4. Put one hanger at a time between two sheets of tissue paper, smooth, and trim to fit.

5. Decorate as desired with watercolor paints, markers, and/or glitter.

Enjoy your Tissue Paper Butterfly