This was such an easy and fun project. I hung these from my daughters ceiling with fishing line and small hooks.

I would consider this craft to be fairly simple. These can be assembled with either a sewing machine, simple hand stitching or even hot glue. The felt squares can be purchased from your local craft store or Walmart. Each butterfly will be using two colored felt squares and one half of a black felt square and black pipe cleaners. Depending on the desired size, for a smaller butterfly you can use less felt.

For the shape of the wings and body, I simply drew out the patterns on a piece of paper. You will only need to draw out one wing and one body pattern and use them for both sides. After cutting out my paper patterns, I pinned them to my felt. For the wings, you will need to cut four felt pieces. For the body you will need to cut out two pieces. Laying the felt wings together, you can either hand stitch, machine sew or hot glue. I don’t recommend fabric glue, due to the fact that it takes time to dry and I’m a bit impatient. When assembling, remember to leave an opening to stuff the wings and body. After stuffing the wings and body, hand stitch or hot glue the opening closed.

To assemble the butterfly, simply hand stitch or hot glue the wings to the body. For the antennae, I took two pipe cleaners and poked them into the tip of the butterflies head. I rolled the ends of the pie cleaners for an extra touch.

To hang these adorable butterflies, I simply threaded fishing line in to the back of each butterfly. I cut the fishing line to the length I wanted and tied the end to a small hook. I threaded the hooks into the ceiling. These truly are adorable and they even cast cute shadows.

Supplies needed:

• Sewing machine, needle and thread or hot glue gun.
• Glue sticks (if using a hot glue gun)
• Felt of various colors
• Black felt
• Black pipe cleaners
• Fiber fill batting
• Fishing line
• Small hooks