Each sun catcher will look brighter once it is hung in sunlight in a window, and the camera cannot capture the way that transparent fused glass glistens in sunlight. Make sure you lift the butterfly up every now and again, just to make sure it isn’t stuck to your work-surface! I love this butterfly and am featuring it as one of the projects on my Squidoo lens, “How to Make Butterfly Crafts.

It is believed that Chi energy permeates every aspect of your everyday life, and it is important that you encourage positive Chi energy in your home. This is great scissor practice because it does not matter if the tissue bits are uneven or of various sizes.The Goodness Garden Butterfly House Presented by GoGo squeeZ is a beautiful garden offering a kaleidoscopic view of butterflies up close, in all their extraordinary color and an array of healthy plants blooming as kids will learn how some of our fruits and veggieZ are grown.

There are 6 different butterflies which are; Chalkhill Blue, Peacock, Purple Emperor, Green Hairstreak, Red Admiral, Yellow Brimstone. Perfect for hanging in a window, the crystal catches the light beautifully and projects patterns around the room. You should ensure that you are fully aware of the allergies and health conditions of those taking part. Over the years we have made a bunch of different sun catchers including a pumpkin suncatcher, a school bus suncatcher, a ghost suncatcher, a stars suncatcher, a shamrock suncatcher, a hearts suncatcher, a cheetah suncatcher, a B is for butterfly sun catcher and more.Agnes Hsu is a mom of three and has been inspiring parents and kids to get creative with easy activities and family friendly recipes for over 10 years.

The final glass pieces are polished and the shiny glass surface is tactile, so you can run your fingers across the surface and feel the shape of the flowers, vegetation and insects.Lay the template face down on some clear contact paper (sticky side up) and then add the tissue paper.

This lovely suncatcher looks beautiful when displayed on windows, as the sunlight shines through and catches the colours of the tissue paper squares to brighten the colourful wings of a cute butterfly. We’ve made quite a few suncatchers in the past with our Autumn leaf ones being particularly popular, I suggested to my kids that we tried out something a bit more summery and we decided that butterflies would be perfect! Unlike our B is for butterfly suncatcher, which is shaped like the letter “B,” this one is shaped like a butterfly so we were able to talk about all of the parts of the butterfly – forewings, hindwings, antennae, head, thorax and abdomen.Take two small strips of pipe cleaners, curle them in to create antennas and glue to the top o fhte popsicke stick. Scotch Wall-Safe Tape is designed to stick to walls for up to 30 days without leaving marks on your paint or plasterboard. It doesn’t matter if cellopane ends up all over the sheet as you’ll be removing the excess in the next step. All that is needed for this craft is sticky back plastic, rainbow-coloured tissue paper, the butterfly template, a pipe cleaner and some lolly sticks.