Fun Butterfly Crafts for Kids

A Clay Butterfly Mobile

What a great addition to our Butterfly Crafts for Kids section at easy-child-crafts!

You'll have loads of fun as you shape this butterfly mobile. All you need for this project is some white clay, cookie cutters, a paintbrush and some paint! Add fishing wire and some colorful beads and you'll have a beautiful mobile to hang in any room!

Our thanks go out to Gitit and her mom, Rita for submitting this craft!

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ENJOY!

• White Clay (use one of our recipes)
• Butterfly shaped cookie cutters
• Toothpicks
• Small paint brush
• Acrylic or poster paints
• Colored beads
• Fishing line

• Roll out clay to desired thickness (not too thin)
• Using cookie cutter, make desired number of butterflies
• Using a toothpick, poke a hole through the butterfly (top to bottom)
• Let dry (this may take 4-24 hours)
• Decorate the dried butterflies (your imagination is your guide)
• Let dry
• String on fishing wire, alternating with the colored beads
• Tie knots as you string the pieces (this helps to keep everything in place)
• Finish off with a couple of knots!
• There! you've got yourself a beautiful butterfly mobile

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