What to do if the design of the room is tired, and there is no money or effort for repairs? The fastest and not very expensive way is to change textiles and decor elements. And not all decor needs to be bought. For example, butterflies for decoration will help to bring an element of lightness. They make panels, wall compositions. Larger and brighter "live" on curtains or flowers.

What are they made of

Butterflies on the walls are made of different materials sometimes even exotic ones. The appearance of the resulting decor depends on this choice. While there is no experience and you do not really imagine the end result, you can make several different decorative butterflies for testing. They can be attached to the location of the planned decor. So it will be easier to evaluate the effect and choose the most suitable option.

Paper

Butterflies for paper decor are the easiest and cheapest to make. There are a few various techniques. If the product is flat and it is glued entirely to the wall / panel, only the front surface is important. If a three-dimensional composition is supposed, the paper should be double-sided - both sides should be painted, because the white often “wrong side” spoils the impression.

Instead of ordinary colored paper, you can take corrugated paper. The effect will be different - it is lighter, airy, translucent, with its help it is easy to make the decor with butterflies voluminous.

Butterflies for decoration made of corrugated paper are airy and light

You can make butterflies from an old magazine, newspaper, postcards, colored napkins, wallpaper of suitable colors, any other printed matter.

As you can see, there are a lot of options only from paper. Considering that they can still be slightly tinted, combined, made multi-layered, it is clear that there is a huge scope for imagination ...

Cardboard

Cardboard is not very dense. It's more of a thick paper. It is also available in color and double sided. With its help, they often make voluminous decor - you can easily bend the wings relative to the body. This material holds its shape even better. It is only worth remembering that you can no longer make corrugated wings - the material is too hard to make a small fold.

It is also easier to make openwork butterflies from cardboard. Having a sharp enough knife, they cut out the “extra” leaving only the partitions. Such decorations require perseverance, great patience and accuracy.

Cardboard is also used to make templates for the "mass" production of identical butterflies. With the help of such stencils, you can make insects of the same type and size and spend a minimum of time on it.

Textile

Having a template, you can make butterflies for decoration on a wall or a fabric chandelier lampshade. The fabric will need to be given additional rigidity, but otherwise the process is not much different: a contour is applied, cut out, decorated if necessary and mounted on the wall.

It is more difficult to work with fabric, although it turns out very interesting decorative crafts. This is an option for more advanced decorators and needlework or sewing machine. With their help, you can recreate the veins on the wings.

Exotic materials

Old vinyl records will also be an excellent raw material for making butterfly decor. Since the vinyl is hard, to cut a butterfly out of it, you have to heat it up in the oven. And in order not to spoil the baking sheet, it must be covered with foil.

A contour is applied to the vinyl using chalk, the plate is placed in a preheated oven, as soon as it begins to soften, it is removed, and quickly cut out along the contour with scissors. Often it is necessary to heat the "workpiece" several times. After cutting out, heat for the last time and give the desired shape.

From beer cans or any other relatively soft tin, excellent flying beauties are also obtained. First you need to cut off the bottom and cover and align the piece of tin. Then, using an awl, transfer the contours from the template to the sheet, connect them with a marker and cut along the resulting contour.

Even beer cans can be used for "butterfly" wall decor.

You can decorate the back - the shiny part. This will require markers or felt-tip pens, you can try decorating with nail polish. Painted beauties are given the desired shape. One caveat: the edges are very sharp, you need to work carefully, otherwise cuts cannot be avoided.

How to make contour paper butterflies

We start with the simplest, but spectacular - contour butterflies. Will need colored paper or magazine pages, contour maps, etc. You can use old postcards or colored cardboard. You will also need ordinary cardboard - to cut out the template.

These are contour butterflies for decor - they are easy to make, but they look great.

Preparing a template

We take a piece of cardboard - any, you can even some kind of packaging (tea, breakfast cereals, cereals, etc.), the main thing is that the cardboard is dense and not cellular. We find the silhouette of a butterfly that you like, transfer it to cardboard and cut it out. There are several silhouettes in the photo gallery. They can be printed, then cut out and transferred to cardboard.

Moth on the wall - it will be good in color Swallowtail is attractive with its “tail”, but paper consumption is greater and work requires more accuracy Paper butterfly patterns for interior decoration are made by half. The second is obtained “automatically” after turning a piece of paper folded in half

Some tips for working with templates. Many butterfly outlines are given with two wings, but it is better to cut off one wing - it will definitely turn out symmetrically.

Decorations from winged insects of different sizes look good. Therefore, the same contour can be increased, reduced using the simplest functions graphic editors- the same Paint that is in any computer. Since only the contour is important in this case, the quality of the drawing is not so important, so feel free to experiment with sizes. We cut out the printed template, apply it to the cardboard and circle it. We cut out a hard working template with which you can make dozens of identical elements.

Cut and fasten

We take a sheet of paper, fold it in half, apply a template, circle it. Cut along the drawn line. Next, we bend the wings from the "body", we get a workpiece. Having cut out a certain number of butterflies, we attach them to the chosen place - on the wall, a piece of cardboard, etc.

You can mount it on ordinary glue (PVA usually the best option), small strips of double-sided adhesive. Wallpaper paste, etc. can be used. If in doubt about the result, stock up on sewing pins. They can be mounted on the wall several times without much risk of damaging the surface. When you place all the butterflies and the result suits you, you can glue or use adhesive tape.

Openwork

The situation is a little more complicated with openwork butterflies. They are made from paper or cardboard. It is important to have a good sharp knife and a template with lines printed on it, along which you will need to cut out excess paper. Needless to say, this is hard work.

Patterns of butterflies with openwork wings - a variant of medium complexity The second half is symmetrical

The process is the same as described above: a template is prepared, then the required number of elements is cut out from it. The peculiarity is that small fragments are first cut out and removed, and then a contour is already cut out of a piece of paper. With such a sequence of actions, there is less chance of breaking thin jumpers, and it’s easier to work this way.

How to make an openwork butterfly out of paper - the process in pictures

You need to work with a knife with a thin and sharp blade. It’s better not on the table, but by placing something solid enough - you can use a piece of plastic, etc. But you need to understand that grooves and cuts will remain on the surface, so it will be problematic to use this piece for some other purpose.

Multilayer bulk

In the manufacture of multilayer voluminous butterflies cut out several pieces of the same shape (size and color may vary). They are stacked one on top of the other, the “bodies” are glued together, and the wings are bent at different angles. So these butterflies are more voluminous.

You can make a combination of openwork and contour butterflies. Take paper in contrasting colors or find the same color, but different shades. Make butterflies of the same shape out of them. Only some will be with openwork, others - without. Arrange them by placing a fragment without a pattern down. It turns out an interesting effect.

There is a technique that allows you to immediately cut out voluminous butterflies from paper. You will need two rectangles of paper - a larger one (for large wings) and a smaller one. We fold them diagonally once, then the second. Got two triangles different size. Now, from two opposite sides, we bend the paper inward so that we get such a triangle as in the third photo (with a newspaper).

On the resulting triangles draw the wings. In large openworks, it can be located only along the edge, in smaller ones - over the entire area. We cut out the blanks and put one into the other, glue it. From above we glue the “body” cut out separately with antennae. Due to the fact that the paper is folded and the wings are double, the products have a larger volume.

Corrugated paper

FROM corrugated paper it is easier to work and butterflies for decor are more airy and light, since the paper is translucent. We select suitable colors, take threads, scissors, glue. Nothing else is required. We cut out rectangles from paper about 7 * 10 cm.

We sew the resulting rectangles in the middle with a needle and thread, tighten, make a couple of turns with a thread. It turns out something resembling a bow. We fold it in half, straighten the paper with our fingers, trying to leave as few folds as possible - we form wings.

When the result satisfies you, we take scissors, cut off a strip of a few millimeters from this edge - into the antennae. On the rest, we form a patterned edge resembling a butterfly wing.

We twist the strips of antennae with our fingers into thin tubes. Now they definitely resemble antennae. We unfold the wings and finally straighten them. We got light butterflies.

From folded paper

From double-sided colored paper or old magazines, you can make paper butterflies for decoration by folding them into a small accordion. We cut out two squares or rhombuses from paper (one a little more, the second a little less), fold them into a small "accordion", starting from one of the corners. The smaller the fold, the more interesting the product will turn out.

Two folded rhombuses are folded one with the other, tied in the middle with a thread or flexible wire in a sheath suitable color. From the remnants of the wire we make antennae, straighten the wings, if desired, correct the shape.

Photo for inspiration

To begin with, a little about how and on what you can attach already made paper butterflies. The easiest way is on walls or panels with glue. The second no less simple way is with double-sided tape. But to make the decoration more voluminous, it is best to glue it not directly to the wall, but on a small piece of foam rubber. You will get a more airy composition, with clear shadows.

Paper butterflies are used to create voluminous decorative compositions on small hoops with a fishing line tied to them. Cut out paper insects are fixed on the fishing line. You can’t hang them on the wall, but they look very original, although creating such a composition is more difficult than on the wall.

Hoops and fishing line - all you need to create this beauty

And several wall compositions that use butterflies for decoration, made from different types paper.

Another option with a big butterfly…

Colored tornado….

The main thing is to find bright picture and even a simple silhouette will look great

The theme of butterflies in the interior has been popular for not only several decades, but for centuries. They have always been a symbol of joy, carelessness, a positive attitude to life, romance and love. Adherents of mysticism, on the contrary, saw in them a hint of otherworldly forces, subtle worlds, carriers of ancient magic. One way or another, this is a hot topic for interior decor, and making butterflies with your own hands is not at all difficult. In this article, we will look at many methods and materials from which you can choose the most preferable.

• Butterfly in quilling technique
  • Materials for creation
  • Mini video lesson
• Butterflies from book pages
  • We will need
  • Instructions for creating

• Butterflies within
• Butterflies under glass

• Double cardboard butterflies
• Butterflies, circles and flowers
• Felt butterflies

• From photos
• From the atlas

• At the front door
• On the ceiling
• Over the bed

• Butterfly pillows
• Prints
• Canopy with butterflies

"Paper Butterflies"

Paper is one of the most common materials for hand-made in general, and for making such a simple shape as a butterfly, it is hard to find a better one. Even for those who are taking their first steps along the path of independent decor, it will be easy to join the work with it.

"Butterfly in quilling technique"

• If you have never heard of the art of quilling, it is time to envy you, because there are so many interesting things ahead! First, let's talk a little about what it is.

Quilling is the creation of volumetric compositions from strips of paper twisted in a spiral. The size and shape of the curl varies, and these tiny elements make up quite large-scale works. It sounds quite simple, but the resulting things surprise with their thoughtfulness. This hobby is a craft with a history that has been practiced since the distant Renaissance. And in the 19th century, it became one of the most popular ladies' hobbies.

Quilling is a rather complicated technique, do not expect everything to work out perfectly the first time. But over time, crafts will look more and more elegant, and less and less time will be spent on them.

"Materials for Creation"

What tools will be needed in order to make butterflies with your own hands using the quilling technique?

1. Colored paper of the usual grade, which must be cut into strips, 3-5 mm wide. In specialized stores, you can also purchase ready-made cuts, but there is nothing difficult in doing it yourself.

1. A twisting tool, which is a thin stick with a blunt end. Specialty sticks of the right thickness are sold in stores, but if you are still not sure whether you will seriously practice quilling, you can make it from a toothpick or rod ballpoint pen. In the rod or toothpick, you need to make an incision directly along the section with which you will grab the paper.

1. Glue - regular PVA is perfect. But for some operations, a glue stick may come in handy, so grab that too.

1. The paper that will serve as the base. This is left to your choice. You can use thin white, thick black, cardboard, craft - in general, anything.

1. Scissors with thin tips.

1. Tweezers to capture the resulting curls.

"Mini video lesson"

It does not make sense to explain the technique in brief, it is best to watch a few video tutorials that will save you from common mistakes. If you want to create the same complex designs for the interior as do-it-yourself butterflies in the photo below, start learning. Then the unusual will not keep you waiting!

"Butterflies from book pages"

• Intelligent and very gentle design of the room - butterflies made from old books. This, again, is not at all difficult and very exciting! Original simplicity is now in vogue!

"We will need"

"Creation Instructions"

1. Tear two pages out of an old book.

2. Place a roughly cut butterfly on top of a white piece of paper.

3. Trim the book pages around the outline of the picture, making sure they match exactly.

4. On one cut, place a thin wire laid crosswise. This is necessary so that the finished butterfly can be shaped.

5. Spread one butterfly well with liquid glue.

6. Put a wire on it and connect it to the second half.

7. By pressing on the wire, give the piece any shape you like.

That's it, library butterflies are ready! They can decorate walls, bookshelves, hang on the ceiling and mirrors, in a word, anything.

"Vintage Butterflies"

Butterflies are mythical and somewhat mysterious creatures. They are often used to embellish classic designs. We will show you two that you can make with your own hands, where butterflies are not cheerful and frivolous creatures, but more mysterious and mysterious.

"Butterflies within"

• We can offer you a very elegant solution in a sophisticated Victorian style. Such butterflies can be hung in an old office or living room decorated in vintage style. The harmonious ratio of photo frames is very important here - in addition, you will have to work on the art of decorating them or buy retro accessories at the flea market.

Butterfly silhouettes are easiest to print on a printer, and if you know how to draw, do it in watercolor. Our advice - do not use plain office paper for printing. Get something interesting - textured rough sheets or paper with bamboo fibers. If this is not possible, tint the sheets yourself, with tea or brewed coffee, to get the effect of old paper.

"Butterflies under glass"

• Another accessory reminiscent of a bygone era is handmade butterflies placed under a glass jar. You can make the butterflies yourself or buy them in a flower shop; florists often use such specimens to decorate their magnificent arrangements. There you can also find a foam base, which you will be happy to decorate beautifully. And then you just have to cover them with glass and put them in a conspicuous place. It is advisable to allocate a separate nightstand or console for this.

"Garlands of butterflies"

Garlands are optional Christmas decoration. They can be useful for the usual weekday decoration of the room. Moreover, DIY-made butterfly crafts will doubly “please the eye”.

"Double Cardboard Butterflies"

• Double butterflies made of thick multi-colored cardboard can be used to assemble a variety of garlands. This decoration is very simple, but also very popular because it looks more spectacular than you might think. Despite the number of elements, it is done quite quickly. After all, butterflies for this can be cut out in whole bundles. Be sure to use thicker paper because you will end up having to bend the butterfly's wings to the desired angle, otherwise the garland will look flat and implausible.

"Butterflies, circles and flowers"

• Moreover, you can create garlands consisting exclusively of butterflies. And you can mix them with other paper elements to make the composition look even more interesting. In the photo below, the butterflies are harmoniously woven into "beads" made of paper circles and.

"Butterflies from felt"

• And it's not even limited to paper. If you are making garlands for a children's room, you need to be aware that paper products won't live long. Whether it's fabric, but sewing so many butterflies with your own hands is a task too time-consuming. So, we need a dense fabric for cutting, for example, felt. As you can see in the photo below, the central thread is simply passed through the parts with a needle. By the way, butterflies look very nice, being interspersed with felt pompoms. Additionally, they can be decorated with beads or sequins.

"Butterfly-paintings"

Such masterpieces are mastered very easily! We select, cut out and framed or under glass. Matte photographs, aged school atlases, and glossy magazine pages will do.

"From Photos"

• In photo albums, not the most successful photos were stale, which it is high time to throw away? Don't make hasty decisions. We may need them to create mini-paintings to help you decorate your bookcase shelves. You already know the algorithm of work - cut out several butterflies on a stencil, glue or wrap with a thread, then glue to thick cardboard.

"From the Atlas"

• As you understand, butterflies can be cut from anything - their sophisticated and exotic shape will look good on any medium. For example, you can use an old school atlas, and make unusual butterflies with your own hands, as in the illustration below.

"Pendant Butterflies"

Butterflies are supposed to flutter, so hanging them from the ceiling seems like the most obvious solution. Or against the wall, perhaps to the door, or maybe over the bed? Let's take a look at some options...

"At the front door"

• Decorative wreaths on the doors are appropriate not only for holidays. Why not decorate your home with these cheerful symbols all year round? You can print images of butterflies on colored paper or buy a ready-made set of pictures, and then paste them over a wicker wreath.

"On the ceiling"

• To make it beautiful, we will use nothing more than an embroidery hoop. We connect the hoops with each other with cords or a thick fishing line, around them we tie threads with our butterflies. The lighter your tropical creatures are, the more believable they will move their wings at the slightest breath of wind. Therefore, instead of cardboard, use thin paper, and if you want to hear the rustle of wings, then foil.

"Over the bed"

• Do wooden hoops seem too heavy for you? If yes, then you can make the base with plain white ribbons like in the photo below. The basis is the same hoop, but this time wrapped in translucent chiffon. Such butterflies can decorate the interior of both a children's room and an adult bedroom.

"Fabric Butterflies"

To convey the brightness and subtlety of the pattern on butterfly wings, it is good to use high-quality textiles. Perhaps you will like the idea to make for the interior? Or replace the boring seat upholstery with a new one? Even sewing is not such a difficult task for a person who has not dealt with sewing machine. But before you open up new possibilities for decorating - it's worth a try!

"Butterfly Pillows"

• Make small sofa cushions in the form of butterflies - as easy as shelling pears, and how much fun they can deliver! Make the most of it bright fabrics or sew appliqués on the top for a tropical theme.

"Prints"

• A more complex interior will go with butterfly prints on a simple plain fabric. For example, in the form of a strict graphic pattern. It can be pillows, and bed linen, and towels, and capes.

"Canopy with butterflies"

• Butterflies have always been considered a symbol of tender love and well-being, so they have a place in your bedroom. How to place them there to make the atmosphere as romantic as possible? Kill two birds with one stone by hanging a thin canopy dotted with moths over your bed. Such an interior decoration with butterflies will certainly bring harmony and comfort to the house!

There is, perhaps, nothing more ordinary and at the same time original than a decoration in the form of a butterfly. This form is good in everything. In the form of butterflies, jewelry, clothing items and accessories are created. Butterflies decorate postcards, notebooks, photo albums, furniture and even just walls. Finished goods you can buy it in the store and just stick it on the right place, or you can make it yourself, which is undoubtedly a more exciting activity.

What can you make a butterfly out of?

Decoration can serve not only a butterfly made of paper. To create this charming decorative element, you can use fabric, threads, ribbons, beads, natural material and even used plastic bottles. In any case, thanks to the presence of patience and indefatigable imagination, you can create miniature masterpieces with your own hands.

It's so exciting! Take a piece of useless garbage and turn it into a beautiful butterfly. This craft is very inspiring. Just dream up and use everything that you have at home unnecessary. Turn it all into your own personal little masterpiece. Consider several ways to make a butterfly out of paper.

Butterflies in quilling technique

The simplest, but no less beautiful decor option is a paper butterfly. With your own hands, you can make it in several ways. And every time you get a unique option. More complex options is a paper butterfly made from double-sided strips. This technique is called quilling and requires certain skills, tools and a lot of time. But the products are amazing. Having made these kinds of insects of different sizes, you can hang them under the ceiling or chandelier, using a very thin fishing line, at different levels, which will create a wonderful effect of weightlessness. They can be used to decorate curtains and walls, postcards and albums, and even as jewelry.

Openwork butterflies

Another option is a do-it-yourself paper butterfly using the vytynanka technique. This technique is one of the types of folk decorative art. Its essence is to cut out paper using scissors or special knives. Works in this style can be simpler, and can reach the heights of elegance.

Most often they decorate windows or mirrors and other glass surfaces. They are attached with soapy water. And also used in the creation of postcards. To make such an ornament, they use paper butterfly patterns, according to which they cut out their products.

Figured butterflies can also be cut using a plotter. It's such a special tool. Then you will of course spend much less effort and time creating them if you need to. a large number of decorating elements.

simple paper butterfly garland

It is absolutely easy to make a garland, the main element of which is a paper butterfly, with your own hands.

Moreover, you will surely find everything you need at home. And all you need to brighten up a dull room or arrange a fun party is a few sheets of multi-colored double-sided paper and decorative or plain wire. A ribbon or rope will also come in handy, on which the garland will be attached.

For one butterfly, you will need 2 squares measuring 15 x 15 cm. Fold each of them diagonally. You should get a triangle. Now fold both triangles towards each other, that is, from the edge to the center, fold with an “accordion”. The width of the fold should be no more than a centimeter. Do the same with the second square. Then connect them together in the center and wrap them with wire, the edges of which are bent in the form of antennae. That's all. Our paper butterfly is ready. Make as many as you need. Now it remains only to attach them to the tape and hang them where they are supposed to be.

Origami Butterfly

Consider another way to make a butterfly out of paper. It cannot be called simple or complex. Rather, both options are present. Everything will depend on the pattern of paper butterflies used. And believe me, there are a huge number of them. And all of different levels of complexity. And, of course, the more complex and intricate the scheme, the more interesting it looks in the end.

When folding your product, make sure each time that all the folds are perfect and do not warp. If you choose material with an interesting color or unusual texture, that origami paper butterfly of yours will not disappoint you.

Lay the square of paper white side up. Fold it twice diagonally and once vertically. Then follow exactly the instructions shown in the figure above.

Having made a large number of such butterflies, you can miraculously decorate any room with their help. You can make them in different sizes and use all rainbow colors. After that, glue it to the original non-bulky driftwood, imitating the color scheme of the rainbow. And nail a snag with butterflies on the wall, for example, in a children's room.

Butterflies on the wall made of paper and more

There are many ways to "settle" such wonderful insects as butterflies on your wall. One of them is a three-dimensional transparent picture, inside of which there is a dried butterfly of a rare species. It looks amazing, but not for those who are for the preservation of wildlife. Such people are unlikely to be pleased with this exposition.

Another, no less beautiful, option would be butterflies created from feathers and wire. They often have variegated colors and look great on plain walls. If you have walls with a pattern, then this option is unlikely to suit you, since such butterflies will be lost against this background.

Or you can buy butterflies made of self-adhesive film and stick them wherever you want.

What can be done with your own hands

You can create butterflies with your own hands not only from paper, but also from cardboard, thin plastic, and even from oracal.

Butterflies made from vinyl records will also look interesting. To make them, you need to circle the butterfly pattern on the plate with a white pencil and heat it in the oven, holding the plate there for no more than 45 seconds. When the vinyl is soft, cut out the butterfly and shape it. It is possible that the heating procedure for each butterfly will need to be repeated several times. After all, this material cools and hardens as quickly as it heats up.

Perhaps the most an easy option to decorate the walls there will be paper butterflies. The photo shows how unusual compositions can be obtained from them.

Composition mounting options

Ornamental insects made or purchased by you can be fixed in a permanent location different ways. In total, four mounting options can be distinguished.

• Fastening with glue. The choice of adhesive material will depend both on what you are going to attach your element of the composition to, and on the material from which the attached object is made. If we are dealing with paper insects, then most often the number one choice is PVA glue. And here the main thing is not to get carried away. If you apply more than necessary, you risk not only getting streaks, but also distorting the color.
• You can use the pin method. It is, of course, much neater than glue, but it will fit only if there is space between the wall and the wallpaper.
• Another fastening option is fixing with adhesive tape. Can be used both flat and bulk version. The latter will add airiness and weightlessness to your composition.
• And last but not least, and perhaps even more original way- using threads and transparent wire. This type of attachment is especially suitable for butterflies that have been folded in the origami technique. This type of fixation will affect your imagination to the maximum and bring a lot of positive emotions in the process.

Preparing to create paper decor

Although paper insects are the cheapest option for decorating, it still gives you options that no other method can. When creating paper butterflies, you can make them flat or voluminous, smooth or textured, as well as layered and even openwork. And even combine everything in one. The main thing is to approach this issue not only creatively, but also wisely. After all, your composition should maximize the room. Breathe life and dynamics into it, and not become an indicator of bad taste. It should also be noted that the paper color range is not only very wide, but can also be easily supplemented with all kinds of colors. Although in fairness it should be noted that the most win-win option is black plain butterflies. In general, before you get down to work, think through everything to the smallest detail. Starting from the shape and color and ending with the ways of fixing the composition.

The process of creating a butterfly for a wall composition

In order for you to get a paper butterfly, which will become one of the elements of the future wall composition, you will need the following materials and tools.

First, it is paper and small decorative elements for decoration, if you want to use them. For example, it can be rhinestones. Secondly, scissors, glue, pencil and everything you need for fastening. Use also ready-made templates, according to which you will cut out insects for your composition.

So, let's look at how to make a butterfly out of paper. Cut the paper you will be using into squares. The sizes of the figures depend on your idea. Fold each square in half and on one side carefully circle half of the sketch of your future butterfly, working through all the details. Without unfolding the square, carefully cut out all the elements, and only then unfold. You will get a completely symmetrical insect.

After all the butterflies are cut out, decorate them as you intended and start attaching to the wall. On the surface that will be the basis of the composition, mark up in advance so that in the end there are no unpleasant surprises.

Helpful Hints

Beautiful butterflies made of paper or fabric can decorate not only a gift, clothes or wall, but the whole room.

Such crafts look great on holidays - birthday, New Year etc.

4. Fold the workpiece into a triangle, as shown in the image.

5. Bend the upper part of the triangle to the crown.

Here's what it should look like at this stage:

6. Turn the workpiece over with the top of the triangle down. Bend so that the crown extends slightly beyond the base of the triangle.

7. Bend the small peeking end of the triangle as shown in the image. Add a drop of glue and fix it.

* If desired, you can tint the butterfly wings a little.

8. Prepare the wire. Its length depends on the size of the butterfly. Fold the wire in half and twist its ends - the antennae of the future butterfly.

9. Take your blank and fold it in half on the side of the small triangle that we secured with glue (see image)

Now the butterfly has a more natural shape.

10. Glue the wire to the butterfly.

Butterflies: DIY crafts

DIY butterflies on the wall

You will need:

Pencil

Bright pages from magazines or newspapers (plain paper is fine)

Scissors

Office clay

1. Draw the outlines of the butterflies on the cardboard. You can find these contours on the Internet and print the images.

2. Cut out the butterflies. Butterfly decoration will look even more interesting if you make them in different sizes.

3. Cut out the shapes of the butterflies on bright pages, circle and cut out.

*Note that you can also cut out butterflies from plain paper, in this case, silver-colored wallpaper with a small pattern is used.

Be patient, because You have to cut a lot, but it's worth it. It is not necessary to cut too neatly, together they will look beautiful anyway.

4. Fold the blanks in half to highlight the wings.

5. Using office plasticine, you can attach paper butterflies to the wall. The pattern of the location of the butterflies on the wall, choose the one you like best.

DIY butterfly (master class)

You will need:

Cardboard (heavy paper)

thin wire

Pliers

rubber ring ( simple gum for hair)

Scissors

tassel

To decorate the wings of a butterfly, use felt-tip pens, acrylic paint, or pencils (in this example, a black marker and a pen with white ink)

1. Cut the wire to the size you need. In this example, for upper parts For the wings, a wire 10 cm long was used, and for the lower part 14 cm.

2. Prepare a brush and a long wire (14 cm) and wrap the wire around the tip of the brush once to make a loop.

3. Leave the loop in the same position, and bend the tails of the wire, as shown in the image.

4. Bend the ends of the wire tails so that you get small hooks (see image).

5. Prepare a short wire (10 cm) and also make a loop, but unlike a long wire, this one does not need to be bent much. The tails need to be bent in opposite directions - you get a blank that resembles a wire in Christmas decorations(Christmas balls).

6. We fold the body of the butterfly from the wires. Stretch the rubber ring in the middle of the wire structure - pull it through the upper loop, and fasten it to the hooks of the lower wire (see image).

7. Prepare thick paper, draw butterfly wings on it and cut them out.

8. Decorate the wings as you like. In this example, I used a black marker and a pen with white ink.

9. Using adhesive tape, glue the wings to the "torso" of the wire butterfly.

* If you twist the elastic band, then the upper wings will spin.

DIY paper butterflies (garland)

For each butterfly you will need:

colored paper

Ultra-fine brush

Twine

Thin ribbon or thread

1. From a sheet of colored paper you need to make a square. In this example, it measures 15x15 cm.

2. Fold the square diagonally to make a triangle.

3. From the middle of the triangle, start folding the paper with an accordion (about 1 cm wide).

4. Repeat steps 2 and 3 with another square.

5. Fold both harmonicas and wrap an extra-thin ruff in the middle. Make sure that the ruff not only holds both halves, but also serves as the butterfly's antennae.

6. Expand the accordions a little to make the butterfly wings bigger.

* Make some similar butterflies for a garland. You can use paper of different colors.

7. Pass the thread through the middle of each paper butterfly.

Butterflies decorate postcards, notebooks, photo albums, furniture and even just walls. Finished products can be purchased at the store and simply stick to the right place, or you can make it yourself, which is undoubtedly a more exciting experience. What can you make a butterfly out of?

Consider several ways to make a butterfly out of paper.

Butterflies in quilling technique

The simplest, but no less beautiful decor option is a paper butterfly. With your own hands, you can make it in several ways.

And every time you get a unique option. More complex options are a paper butterfly made from double-sided strips. This technique is called quilling and requires certain skills, tools and a lot of time. But the products are amazing.

Having made these kinds of insects of different sizes, you can hang them under the ceiling or chandelier, using a very thin fishing line, at different levels, which will create a wonderful effect of weightlessness.

They can be used to decorate curtains and walls, postcards and albums, and even as jewelry.

Openwork butterflies

Another option is a do-it-yourself paper butterfly using the vytynanka technique.

This technique is one of the types of folk decorative art. Its essence is to cut out paper using scissors or special knives.

Works in this style can be simpler, and can reach the heights of elegance.

Most often they decorate windows or mirrors and other glass surfaces. They are attached with soapy water. And also used in the creation of postcards.

To make such an ornament, they use paper butterfly patterns, according to which they cut out their products. Figured butterflies can also be cut using a plotter.

It's such a special tool. Then, of course, you will spend much less effort and time creating them if you need a large number of decorating elements.

simple paper butterfly garland

It is absolutely easy to make a garland, the main element of which is a paper butterfly, with your own hands.

Moreover, you will surely find everything you need at home. And all you need to brighten up a dull room or arrange a fun party is a few sheets of multi-colored double-sided paper and decorative or plain wire. A ribbon or rope will also come in handy, on which the garland will be attached.

For one butterfly, you will need 2 squares measuring 15 x 15 cm. Fold each of them diagonally. You should get a triangle. Now fold both triangles towards each other, that is, from the edge to the center, fold with an “accordion”. The width of the fold should be no more than a centimeter.

Do the same with the second square. Then connect them together in the center and wrap them with wire, the edges of which are bent in the form of antennae. That's all. Our paper butterfly is ready. Make as many as you need. Now it remains only to attach them to the tape and hang them where they are supposed to be.

Origami Butterfly

Consider another way to make a butterfly out of paper. It cannot be called simple or complex. Rather, both options are present.

Everything will depend on the pattern of paper butterflies used. And believe me, there are a huge number of them.

And all of different levels of complexity. And, of course, the more complex and intricate the scheme, the more interesting the origami paper butterfly looks in the end.

When folding your product, make sure each time that all the folds are perfect and do not warp. If you choose material with an interesting color or unusual texture, that origami paper butterfly of yours will not disappoint you. Lay the square of paper white side up. Fold it twice diagonally and once vertically.

Having made a large number of such butterflies, you can miraculously decorate any room with their help.

You can make them in different sizes and use all rainbow colors. After that, glue it to the original non-bulky driftwood, imitating the color scheme of the rainbow. And nail a snag with butterflies on the wall, for example, in a children's room.

Butterflies on a paper wall

There are many ways to "settle" such wonderful insects as butterflies on your wall. One of them is a three-dimensional transparent picture, inside of which there is a dried butterfly of a rare species. It looks amazing, but not for those who are for the preservation of wildlife.

Such people are unlikely to be pleased with this exposition. Another, no less beautiful, option would be butterflies created from feathers and wire. They often have variegated colors and look great on plain walls.

If you have walls with a pattern, then this option is unlikely to suit you, since such butterflies will be lost against this background. Or you can buy butterflies made of self-adhesive film and stick them wherever you want.

What can be done with your own hands?

You can create butterflies with your own hands not only from paper, but also from cardboard.

Perhaps the easiest option for decorating walls will be paper butterflies. Options for fixing the composition Decorative insects made or purchased by you can be fixed in a permanent location in various ways.

In total, four mounting options can be distinguished.

1. Fastening with glue. The choice of adhesive material will depend both on what you are going to attach your element of the composition to, and on the material from which the attached object is made. If we are dealing with paper insects, then most often the number one choice is PVA glue. And here the main thing is not to get carried away. If you apply more than necessary, you risk not only getting streaks, but also distorting the color.

2. You can use the pin method. It is, of course, much neater than glue, but it will fit only if there is space between the wall and the wallpaper.

3. Another mounting option is fixing with adhesive tape. You can use both flat and volume version. The latter will add airiness and weightlessness to your composition.

4. And last but not least, and perhaps even more original way - using threads and transparent wire. This type of attachment is especially suitable for butterflies that have been folded in the origami technique. This type of fixation will affect your imagination to the maximum and bring a lot of positive emotions in the process.

Preparing to create paper decor

Although paper insects are the cheapest option for decorating, it still gives you options that no other method can.

When creating paper butterflies, you can make them flat or voluminous, smooth or textured, as well as layered and even openwork. And even combine everything in one. The main thing is to approach this issue not only creatively, but also wisely. After all, your composition should maximize the room. Breathe life and dynamics into it, and not become an indicator of bad taste.

It should also be noted that the paper color range is not only very wide, but can also be easily supplemented with all kinds of colors. Although in fairness it should be noted that the most win-win option is black plain butterflies.

In general, before you get down to work, think through everything to the smallest detail. Starting from the shape and color and ending with the ways of fixing the composition.

The process of creating a butterfly for a wall composition

In order for you to get a paper butterfly, which will become one of the elements of the future wall composition, you will need the following materials and tools.

First, it is paper and small decorative elements for decoration, if you want to use them. For example, it can be rhinestones. Secondly, scissors, glue, pencil and everything you need for fastening. Also use ready-made templates, according to which you will cut out insects for your composition.

So, let's look at how to make a butterfly out of paper. Cut the paper you will be using into squares. The sizes of the figures depend on your idea.

Fold each square in half and on one side carefully circle half of the sketch of your future butterfly, working through all the details. Without unfolding the square, carefully cut out all the elements, and only then unfold.

You will get a completely symmetrical insect. After all the butterflies are cut out, decorate them as you intended and start attaching to the wall. On the surface that will be the basis of the composition, mark up in advance so that in the end there are no unpleasant surprises.