BUTTERFLY

MOBILE
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A colorful butterfly mobile

made from construction paper,
thread, and twigs.
This carefully balanced
sculpture moves with every
breeze.
Supplies needed:

 Construction paper
 Pencil
 Scissors
 Hole punch
 Pipe cleaners
 Thread
 Large upholstery needle
 3 Twigs (about 1 ft long each)
 Markers or crayons

 Optional: Glitter glue or glitter

Fold a piece of construction paper in

half and cut along the fold. (This will
make 2 butterflies - you'll need to
make 4 or more butterflies for your
mobile.)
Fold one of these pieces of paper in
half.
Draw half of a butterfly along the
fold line.
Fold a small piece of black or brown paper in
half. Draw the body and head of a butterfly on it
- make it the same length as your butterfly.
Cut them out.

Glue a body on each side of your butterfly.

Using a hole punch, make

two holes in the butterfly's
head.
Cut a pipe cleaner in half.
Thread it through the holes
in the butterfly's head as
antennae.

Decorate both sides of your butterfly using

crayons, markers, glitter, or glitter glue.

Using a needle, pull a short length of knotted

thread through the balancing point of the
butterfly (near its middle).
Tie the other end of the thread to the end of a
twig.

On the other end of the twig, attach another

butterfly in the same way.

Tie a thread to the middle of this twig

and attach it to the end of another twig.
 Attach a butterfly to the other end of
this twig.

Using a short length of thread,

attach what you've made to the end
of another twig. If you want the
twigs to remain horizontal, tie the
thread where the mobile will
balance (but this is not necessary).

Attach a butterfly to the other

end of this twig.

Tie a longer length of thread to the top twig.

If you want the twigs to remain horizontal,
tie the thread where the mobile will balance
(but this is not necessary).
You now have a beautiful butterfly mobile
to hang and display.