Chic ideas for decorating a room using paper butterflies. Butterfly stencils for decoration Stencil garland of flowers and butterflies

What to do if you are tired of decorating a room, but there is no money or energy for repairs? The fastest and least expensive way is to change textiles and decorative elements. Moreover, not all decor needs to be purchased. For example, decorative butterflies will help add an element of lightness. They are used to make panels and wall compositions. Larger and brighter ones “live” on curtains or flowers.

What are they made of?

Butterflies on the walls are made from different materials, sometimes even exotic. The spring appearance of the resulting decor depends on this choice. While you have no experience and you don’t 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. This will make it easier to evaluate the effect and choose the most suitable option.

Paper

Butterflies for decoration from paper are the easiest and cheapest to make. There are several different techniques. If the product is flat and is glued entirely to the wall/panel, only the front surface is important. If a three-dimensional composition is intended, the paper should be double-sided - both sides should be colored, because the white “wrong side” often spoils the impression.

Instead of regular colored paper, you can use corrugated paper. The effect will be different - it is lighter, airier, translucent, with its help it is easy to make the decor with butterflies three-dimensional.

Butterflies for decoration made from corrugated paper are airy and light

You can make butterflies from an old magazine, newspaper, postcards, colored napkins, wallpaper of a suitable color, or any other printed material.

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

Cardboard

Cardboard is not very dense. It's more like a very thick paper. It is also colored and double-sided. With its help they do it more often volumetric decor— you can easily bend the wings relative to the body. This material even holds its shape better. Just remember that you can’t 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 sufficiently sharp knife, cut out the “extra” leaving only the partitions. Such decorations require perseverance, great patience and accuracy.

Cardboard is also used to make templates for “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 wall decoration or a fabric chandelier lampshade. The fabric will need to be given additional rigidity, but the rest of the process is not much different: the outline is applied, cut out, decorated if necessary, and mounted on the wall.

It is more difficult to work with fabric, although very interesting decorative crafts are obtained. This is an option for more advanced decorators and needlework skills 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 vinyl is hard, you will have to heat it in the oven to cut a butterfly out of it. And in order not to spoil the baking sheet, you need to cover it with foil.

An outline is applied to the vinyl using chalk, the record is placed in a preheated oven, as soon as it begins to soften, it is taken out and quickly cut along the outline with scissors. Often the “workpiece” has to be heated several times. After cutting, heat it one last time and give it the desired shape.

Beer cans or any other relatively soft sheet metal also make excellent flying beauties. First you need to cut off the bottom and lid and level the piece of tin. Then, using an awl, transfer the contours from the template to the sheet metal, 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. To do this you will need markers or felt-tip pens, you can try decorating with nail polish. The 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 outline butterflies from paper

Let's start with the simplest, but most effective - contour butterflies. You will need colored paper or magazine pages, outline maps, etc. You can use old postcards or colored cardboard. You will also need regular cardboard to cut out the template.

These are contour butterflies for decoration - they are easy to make and look great

Preparing the template

We take a piece of cardboard - any kind, you can even use some kind of packaging (tea, breakfast cereals, cereals, etc.) the main thing is that the cardboard is dense and not porous. Find a butterfly silhouette 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.

A butterfly on the wall - it would be nice in color. The swallowtail is attractive with its “tail,” but the paper consumption is greater and the work requires more accuracy. Paper butterfly templates for interior decoration are made in half. The second is obtained “automatically” after unfolding a piece of paper folded in half

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

Winged insect decorations look good different sizes. Therefore, the same contour can be enlarged or reduced using the simplest functions of graphic editors - the same Paint, which is available on any computer. Since in this case only the outline is important, 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 cardboard and trace it. We cut it out and get a hard working template with which you can make dozens of identical elements.

Cut and attach

Take a sheet of paper, fold it in half, attach a template, and trace it. Cut along the drawn line. Next, we bend the wings from the “body” and get a working blank. 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 attach it with regular glue (PVA usually best option), small strips of double-sided glue. You can use wallpaper glue, etc. If you are 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 have placed all the butterflies and you are satisfied with the result, you can glue or use 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 marked on it along which you will need to cut out the excess paper. It’s worth saying right away that this is painstaking work.

Patterns of butterflies with openwork wings - option medium difficulty The other half is symmetrical

The process is the same as described above: prepare a template, then cut out the required number of elements from it. The peculiarity is that they first cut out and remove small fragments, and then cut out an outline from a piece of paper. With this 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 from 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 quite hard - maybe 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 any other purposes.

Multilayer volumetric

When making multilayer volumetric butterflies, several pieces of the same shape are cut out (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. This is how these butterflies turn out to be more voluminous.

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

There is a technique that allows you to immediately cut out three-dimensional 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 a second time. The result is two triangles of different sizes. Now we bend the paper inward from two opposite sides so that we get a triangle like in the third photo (with the newspaper).

Draw wings on the resulting triangles. In larger ones, the openwork can be located only along the edge, in smaller ones - over the entire area. We cut out the blanks and put them one inside the other and glue them together. On top we glue a separately cut out “body” with antennae. Due to the fact that the paper is folded and the wings are double, the products have a larger volume.

Corrugated paper

WITH corrugated paper It’s easier to work with and butterflies for decoration are more airy and light, since the paper is translucent. We select suitable colors, take threads, scissors, glue. Nothing more is required. We cut out rectangles of approximately 7*10 cm from paper.

We sew the resulting rectangles in the middle with a needle and thread, tighten them, and make a couple of turns with the 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, take scissors and cut off a strip of a few millimeters from that edge - into antennae. On the remaining part we form a patterned edge reminiscent of a butterfly wing.

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

From folded paper

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

We put two folded rhombuses next to each other, tie them in the middle with thread or flexible wire wrapped in a suitable color. We make antennae from the remnants of the wire, straighten the wings, and adjust the shape if desired.

Photo for inspiration

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

Paper butterflies are used to create three-dimensional decorative compositions on small hoops with a fishing line tied to them. Cut out paper insects are attached to 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 are all you need to create this beauty

And several wall compositions in which butterflies are used for decoration, made from different types of paper.

Another option with a large butterfly...

Colorful tornado...

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

A paper butterfly can become a decoration for walls or clothing; it is also suitable as a gift. These crafts are always in fashion and relevant for the holidays. Making a paper butterfly with your own hands is easy. Enough to arm yourself necessary tools and materials, learn a few secrets and use your own imagination.

Butterfly stencils for cutting

Openwork paper butterflies especially attract attention. They are beautiful and unusual, so they are perfect for decorating a room. To make such a product you will need a stencil. It's easy to do it yourself. To do this, a silhouette is drawn on the cardboard, and in the middle a drawing is created at your own discretion. First, the butterfly itself is cut out along the contour, and then the pattern inside. This creates a stencil that can be used repeatedly. All you have to do is attach it to paper of any color, trace it and cut it out.

Note! When making a stencil, we cut it out carefully, otherwise all the imperfections will constantly be reflected in the finished products. It is convenient to use a small sharp knife for this. To add volume, you don’t have to strictly adhere to symmetry. You can make the wings a little different, but so that it is not too noticeable.

Today on the Internet there are ready-made sketches of butterflies for cutting. First, you will have to download and print them, and then transfer them to cardboard, as in the previous case.

Another option is to purchase ready-made stencils.

Note! An openwork craft will look more interesting if you cover it with glitter varnish.

Paper butterfly templates

Essentially, a template is the same stencil. But sometimes an ordinary sketch, without an internal pattern, is mistaken for it. Templates are used similarly to stencils. They can be created manually using your imagination.

There are ready-made templates on the Internet that will eliminate the need to show your artistic abilities.

Cut out the butterfly along the outline of the template

First, they need to be attached to paper to make the product, traced around the outline, and then cut out along it. This way you can make products of completely different sizes. It is recommended to involve children in the process; they will find this activity interesting.

Note! With the help of such products you can design a layout, decorate a wall, curtains, strew the floor with them, or fill a vase. It will not be difficult for a person with unlimited imagination to find a use for them.

How to make a butterfly using the origami method

A multilayer three-dimensional craft is obtained using the origami method.

The product will be completed step by step as follows:

1. The paper square is folded in half (horizontally and vertically), and then diagonally on both sides.
2. The workpiece is folded into a triangle.
3. The upper part of the triangle bends towards the crown.
4. The workpiece is turned over so that the top of the triangle faces down. Then it bends so that it goes beyond the base.
5. The result will be a small end of the triangle that will stick out slightly. It is necessary to bend it and fix it with glue on the back side.

The product is almost ready, all that remains is to slightly modify it to get the desired shape. To do this, the craft is bent in half on the side where the small triangle is located. Antennae can be made from wire.

It may not be possible to immediately understand the entire principle of action. For clarity, a photo of step-by-step execution is presented.

The picture below shows how original the decoration turned out.

Using the origami method, you can make an accordion craft. For this you will need:

• ultra-fine brush;
• thread (depending on the idea);
• colored paper.

The following sequence of actions is performed:

1. A square piece of paper is folded in half, resulting in a triangle.
2. From the middle of the figure you need to start creating an accordion by bending the material. Similar actions are repeated with another paper square.
3. The resulting accordions are folded and wrapped in the center with a ruff. It is necessary that it not only serve as a fastening element, but also be used as antennae.
4. The “wings” are slightly unfolded to make them larger in size.

The pictures below will help you visualize the process of making such “accordions”.

You can make a beautiful garland from many of these elements. To do this, they are connected by a thread that runs through the center of each craft.

Video: how to cut a butterfly from paper

Below is a short video showing how to cut a paper butterfly.

And another video of making unusual crafts for wall decoration

Sometimes you can make unusual and beautiful things out of paper. To do this, the Internet is filled with master classes, video instructions and other material that will help in this craft. For those who do not want to start from the basics, ready-made templates are offered that significantly simplify the task. With their help you can create shapes of flowers, turtles, cats and much more. In the future, the products can be designed at your own discretion. Some use varnish for this, others use paint, and others cover it with fabric. In this case, there is room for your imagination to run wild. A paper butterfly is more simple crafts, which require a minimum of experience and time to complete.

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

Let's look at several ways to make a paper butterfly.

Butterflies using quilling technique

The simplest, but no less beautiful decorative option is a paper butterfly. You can make it with your own hands in several ways.

And get a unique option every time. 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 turn out amazing.

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

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

Openwork butterflies

Another option is a DIY paper butterfly using the weaving technique.

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

Works in this style can be simpler, or can reach the heights of grace.

Most often they decorate windows or mirrors and other glass surfaces. They are attached using a soap solution. They are also used in creating postcards.

To make such a decoration, they use paper butterfly templates, which they use to cut out their products. Figured butterflies can also be cut out using a plotter.

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

Simple garland of paper butterflies

Making a garland, the main element of which is a paper butterfly, is not difficult at all with your own hands.

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

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, like 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, bending the edges in the form of antennae. That's it. Our paper butterfly is ready. Make as many of these as you need. Now all that remains is to attach them to the tape and hang them where you want them to be.

Butterfly using origami technique

Let's look at another way to make a paper butterfly. It cannot be called simple or complex. Rather, both options are present here.

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

And that's all different levels complexity. And, of course, the more complex and intricate the pattern, the more interesting the origami paper butterfly ultimately looks.

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

By making a large number of such butterflies, you can miraculously Use them to decorate any room.

You can make them in different sizes and use all the rainbow colors. After this, glue it to the original non-bulky driftwood, imitating color scheme rainbows. And nail a driftwood with butterflies to 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 painting, 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.

This exhibition is unlikely to please such people. Another, no less beautiful option would be butterflies made 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 get lost against this background. Or you can buy butterflies made from self-adhesive film and stick them wherever you want.

What can you do 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 would be paper butterflies. Options for fastening the composition Decorative insects made or purchased by you can be fixed to a permanent location in different ways.

There are four mounting options in total.

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 the main thing here is not to get carried away. If you apply more than necessary, you risk not only streaking, but also distorting the color.

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

3. Another mounting option is fixation with tape. You can use both flat and volumetric versions. 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 fastening is especially suitable for butterflies that have been folded using the origami technique. This type of fixation will affect your imagination to the maximum and will bring a lot of positive emotions during the work process.

Preparing to create paper decor

Although paper insects are the cheapest option for decoration, this method still gives you options that no other can give you.

When creating paper butterflies, you can make them flat or voluminous, smooth or textured, multi-layered and even openwork. Or even combine everything in one. The main thing is to approach this issue not only creatively, but also wisely. After all, your composition should improve the room as much as possible. 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 easily be supplemented with all kinds of paints. Although in fairness it should be noted that the most win-win option is black monochromatic butterflies.

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

The process of creating a butterfly for a wall composition

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

Firstly, this is paper and small decorative elements for decoration, if you want to use them. For example, it could be rhinestones. Secondly, scissors, glue, pencil and everything you need for fastening. Also use ready-made templates on 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 use into squares. The sizes of the figures depend on your idea.

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

You will get a completely symmetrical insect. Once all the butterflies are cut out, decorate them as you intended and begin attaching them to the wall. On the surface that will be the basis of the composition, apply markings in advance so that you don’t end up with any unpleasant surprises.

Nature is one of best places to find inspiration. Paper butterflies are one of the most popular shapes for interior decor because they are beautiful, delicate, bright and graceful, and are ideal for any occasion. interior decorations. There are many creative ways to make butterfly crafts. Listed below are some of them that you can do yourself to decorate your home in your own unique style.

Whether you are planning to decorate your workplace, decorating a child's room or simply creating cute details for the living room with your family, we invite you to consider unique design ideas. Be inspired by how colorful, airy and light the space of a kitchen-dining room, living room or hallway can become if it is complemented with such a creation. We'll show you detailed, illustrated, step-by-step instructions to create a variety of different, easy-to-make paper butterflies.

Butterfly chandeliers

This nice chandelier self made Perfect for any room, you can make it in a suitable color and size. To work you will need:

It will be much easier if you take a ready-made butterfly stencil for cutting out of paper in templates:

Or use the origami technique:

Instead of paper you can use plastic bottles: Using the template, cut out the shape and paint it with nail polish. You will get a realistic butterfly from a magical forest.

Wall decoration with butterflies

Why spend money on expensive wall decor when it's so incredibly easy to make these beautiful butterfly decorations by hand? With a minimum amount of materials and plain paper, you can come up with exciting results.

To make these beautiful butterflies, you will need plenty of paper sheets, a butterfly stencil, a pencil to trace the outline, and scissors to cut out the shape. Pay attention to special soft versions of adhesive tape for walls, so as not to spoil the repair in case the decor needs to be removed in the future. Do this project with your kids - you can let them put up the finished pieces themselves to encourage their creativity.

Depending on what resources you have, you can use either ready-made cardboard (or thick paper) or regular white sheet with its further painting. Always use gouache or acrylic as paints - these two dyes give an intense bright shade after drying that will look especially attractive.

To get a matte finish, use gouache. For a glossy look, you'll need acrylic.

So, step by step guide:

1. Prepare paper butterfly templates that you can print from this page or use your favorite butterfly shape.
2. Cut out the outline and fold the shape in half, leaving the central part for fastening.
3. Use soft tape or double-sided tape to secure free-form wall art.

Butterflies will add a special atmosphere to any part of the house, although this particular option will look most magical in the bedroom to let your imagination soar with them.

In just a couple of hours, you can create several dozen ready-made figures - provided that the whole family is involved in the project. You can choose a monochrome pattern, using one color and creating some clever design with butterflies, or you can choose an unstructured collage - either way, you will be amazed at the results!

The heart design pictured here is one of the favorites for the butterfly stencil, but you can also choose stars, flowers, or a favorite name.

Magic flying lantern

Your kids will love this magical idea lantern with butterflies. A lantern is a great way to create a cozy atmosphere and add depth and expression to a space - both indoors and outdoors. In addition to providing illumination, it also helps delimit the space for a special mood. You can do this project with your kids to experiment with shadows in a fun way!

You will need:

• a small glass jar with a capacity of about a liter;
• a piece of thin wire;
• scissors;
• paper;
• pencil;
• ruler;
• glue;
• thread;
• candle-tablet;
• butterfly stencil.

Step by step guide:

1. Draw silhouettes of butterflies on a piece of paper and cut them out.
2. Wrap the paper around the jar and cut out the appropriate size, leaving about 1cm extra.
3. Make a cylinder shape out of a piece of paper by gluing the edges, then glue the butterflies to it.
4. Make a curved shape from the wire and attach one side of it to the neck of the jar, and hang the butterflies from the other side using a thread.
5. Glue the butterfly cylinder to the jar.
6. Place a candle at the bottom and your lantern is ready.

If you follow the instructions, your butterflies will dance!

When choosing a jar for crafting and the length of the wire, keep in mind that hanging butterflies too close to the candle flame can cause them to burn. If the sides of the paper are protected by glass, there will be no such protection on top, so make sure that they are at a safe distance from the fire.

Crepe paper cake decoration

What could be more beautiful than colorful butterflies fluttering around your cake? The trick to these easy to make paper shaped butterflies is that the paper's texture lends itself perfectly to creating these butterflies.

Required materials:

• crepe paper;
• bamboo skewers;
• multi-colored wire;
• scissors;
• acrylic paints;
• brushes;
• permanent markers;
• hot glue gun.

Step 1: Cut out butterflies from crepe paper by folding the paper in half. Be careful to cut the crepe paper from the side and not from the top or bottom. The butterflies shown in the picture are made in size about 8 cm on each side, and the diameter of the circle is approximately 5 cm.
Step 2: Crumple the crepe paper in the center of the circle using a back and forth motion with your fingers.
Step 3: Secure the center of the butterfly with wire. Cut off the ends.
Step 4: Spread, fluff and smooth the top and bottom wings.
Step 5: Decorate the wings using acrylic paint and markers. Let dry.
Step 6: Hot glue the butterflies onto the skewers.
Step 7: Insert into cake and serve!

This craft option can be used as a gift decoration and in interior design. Here are ideas for inspiration with ruffled butterflies in your home:

How to make a paper butterfly is as easy as shelling pears. Look at this option for a children's room: butterflies on clothespins. This decor can be made even with the youngest children: just cut out a simplified butterfly shape with your child from crepe paper, and then fasten it in the middle with a regular wooden clothespin. The clothespin can be painted with gouache as in the photo or in another way. Such butterflies are attached to the wall or furniture with ordinary double-sided tape.

Paper butterfly garland

This cute paper accordion butterfly is the easiest option you can make, and you most likely have all the materials you need to make it. So if you need to brighten up a space or throw a party, just make these butterflies.

For each butterfly you will need:

1. 2 sheets of 15x15 cm double-sided colored paper. While double-sided color is best, use whatever you have or cut out squares from pretty gift wrap.
2. Thread a thin wire 15 cm long into yarn, thin ribbon or rope.

How to do:

The garland is ready!

Aren't they beautiful? They are very easy to make. You can use different colors of paper to make colorful butterflies. Additionally, you can combine two colors to create one butterfly, making it unique. You can hang each paper butterfly individually to create a floating effect.
Or combine them to make a beautiful and colorful garland. They are great for decorating a room, garden, and are also great for parties.

Paper butterflies for wall decor from cupcake baskets

Here's a super cute idea for making a pretty butterfly out of cupcake baskets and clothespins. It's super easy and perfect for a kids craft. You can use these butterflies as stand-alone decorations for your home or as an addition to other decorative elements - for example, for hanging on curtains.

You will need:

• plain white cupcake baskets;
• wooden clothespins;
• dye;
• shine;
• ink;
• rhinestones.

Start by creating some colorful butterfly clips.

For big butterflies use 4 baskets, for small ones - two.

Fold them in half.

Fold in half again to make a quarter.

Then glue them together at the corners and in overlapping pairs as shown in the picture.

You can add shape to the wings by trimming the edges.

Add definition and texture with colored ink on the outer edges.

Decorate the clothespins with soft acrylic paints and sprinkle them with glitter.

A piece of natural twine is perfect for antennae.

Add a few drops of glue to the ends and dip them in glitter.

Take dried clothespins, tendrils and some rhinestones to make the body of the butterfly.

Be sure to glue the antennae to the top of the clothespin, as if you glue them from the back, they won't be visible under the clip.

Glue a clothespin in the center between the wings.

Gorgeous!!!

Instead of rhinestones, you can use a tiny ribbon flower in this place.

All kinds of materials can be used for decoration.

Make some baby butterflies using miniature clothespins and 2 mini baskets.

You don't have to cut out the baskets, it looks fun too.

Butterfly stencils

Having printable templates of any type is a big advantage for DIY enthusiasts. Home designers can save a good amount of time by having templates at arm's length. Just print them out and use them as you wish.

Create your own collection of elegant butterflies made from cardboard, fleece or plain paper, even in complex shapes of repeating patterns, using our butterfly cutting stencils in different sizes. Here we have a collection of amazing butterfly patterns that you can use in your projects.

Simple butterfly pattern

Beautiful butterfly pattern

Butterfly for cutting, template for printing

Butterfly wings pattern

Applique with butterfly

Butterfly patterns for coloring

Cute butterfly pattern

This butterfly outline is perfect for crafts at home.

Another butterfly pattern.

This butterfly template displays a butterfly with its wings spread. She has heart shaped wings and a beautiful and mesmerizing design.

Pattern for dark butterfly

The sketch of this dark butterfly template is good and nice even if it is not colored at all. It seems that the wings also have eyes that look directly at you.

Beautiful butterfly with stripes

Beautiful butterfly pattern

Simple dark butterfly pattern

Print out the butterfly template, color it and cut it out - and your idea for interior decoration is ready.

The theme of butterflies in the interior has been popular for not only several decades, but also centuries. They have always been a symbol of joy, carelessness, 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 one.

• Butterfly using quilling technique
  • Materials for creation
  • Mini video lesson
• Butterflies from book pages
  • We will need
  • Creation instructions

• Butterflies in frames
• Butterflies under glass

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

• From photographs
• From the atlas

• On the front door
• On the ceiling
• Above the bed

• Butterfly pillows
• Prints
• Canopy with butterflies

"Paper butterflies"

Paper is one of the most common materials for handmade crafts in general, and for making such a simple shape as a butterfly it’s hard to find a better one. Even those who are taking their first steps towards decorating themselves will find it easy to get into the swing of working with it.

"Butterfly using quilling technique"

• If you have never heard of the art of quilling, you should be envious, because there are still so many interesting things ahead! To begin with, let's tell you a little about what it is.

Quilling is the creation of three-dimensional compositions from strips of paper twisted into spirals. The size and shape of the curl varies, and very large-scale works are formed from these tiny elements. It sounds quite simple, but the resulting things are surprising in their thoughtfulness. This hobby is a craft with history, which was practiced back in the distant Renaissance. And in the 19th century it became one of the most popular ladies' hobbies.

Quilling is a rather complex technique, don’t expect everything to turn out perfect the first time. But over time, crafts will begin to look more and more elegant, and less and less time will be spent on them.

"Materials for Creation"

What tools will you need to make your own butterflies using the quilling technique?

1. Regular grade colored paper, which needs to be cut into strips 3-5 mm wide. You can also buy ready-made cuts in specialized stores, but there is nothing difficult in doing it yourself.

1. A twisting tool, which is a thin stick with a blunt end. Stores sell special sticks of the required thickness, but if you are not yet sure whether you will seriously engage in quilling, you can make it from a toothpick or rod ballpoint pen. You need to make a cut in the rod or toothpick right along the cross 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 for capturing the resulting curls.

"Mini video lesson"

It doesn’t make sense to explain the technique briefly; it’s best to watch a few video tutorials that will save you from typical mistakes. If you want to create the same complex designs for your interior as the DIY butterflies in the photo below, start learning. Then the unusual ones will not keep you waiting!

"Butterflies from book pages"

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

"We'll need it"

"Instructions for creation"

1. Tear two pages from an old book.

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

3. Trim the book pages along the outline of the picture, making sure they line up exactly.

4. Place a thin wire laid crosswise on one cutout. This is necessary so that the finished butterfly can be shaped.

5. Coat one butterfly thoroughly with liquid glue.

6. Place a wire on it and connect it to the other half.

7. Using pressure on the wire, give the piece any shape you like.

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

"Vintage Butterflies"

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

"Butterflies in frames"

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

The easiest way to print silhouettes of butterflies is on a printer, and if you know how to draw, do them using watercolor techniques. Our advice is not to use plain office paper for printing. Buy something interesting - textured rough sheets or paper with bamboo fibers. If this is not possible, tint the sheets yourself, using 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 cover. You can make the butterflies yourself or buy them at a flower shop; florists often use such specimens to decorate their magnificent compositions. There you can also find a foam base, which you will be happy to decorate beautifully. And then all you have to do is cover them with glass and put them in a visible place. It is advisable to allocate a separate bedside table or console for this.

"Butterfly Garlands"

Garlands are not necessarily a New Year's decoration. They can also be useful for ordinary everyday room decoration. Moreover, handmade 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 impressive than you might think. Despite the number of elements, it is done quite quickly. After all, butterflies can be cut out in whole packs for this purpose. Be sure to use thick paper, because you will eventually need to bend the butterfly's wings at the desired angle, otherwise the garland will look flat and unrealistic.

"Butterflies, circles and flowers"

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

"Butterflies made of 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 will not last long. Whether it’s fabric, but sewing so many butterflies with your own hands is too labor-intensive a task. This means that we will need a thick fabric for cutting, for example, felt. As you can see in the photo below, the central thread is simply passed through the parts using a needle. By the way, butterflies look very beautiful when interspersed with felt pom-poms. Additionally, they can be decorated with beads or sequins.

"Butterfly paintings"

Such masterpieces are very easy to make! We select, cut out and frame or put under glass. Matte photographs, aged school atlases, and glossy magazine pages will also work.

"From photographs"

• Are there some not-so-good photos in your photo albums that should have been thrown away long ago? Don't make hasty decisions. We may need them to create mini paintings that will help you decorate your bookcase shelves. You already know the work algorithm - cut out several butterflies using a stencil, glue them or wrap them with thread, then glue them to thick cardboard.

"From the Atlas"

• As you understand, you can cut butterflies 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.

"Butterfly pendants"

Butterflies are meant to flutter, so hanging them from the ceiling seems like the most obvious solution. Or to the wall, perhaps to the door, or maybe above the bed? We invite you to look at some options...

"At the front door"

• Decorative wreaths on doors are appropriate not only for the 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 do this beautifully, we will use nothing more than an embroidery hoop. We connect the hoops together with cords or thick fishing line, and we tie threads with our butterflies around them. The lighter your tropical creatures, the more likely they will move their wings at the slightest breath of wind. Therefore, instead of cardboard, use thin paper, and if you also want to hear the rustling of wings, then use foil.

"Over the Bed"

• Do wooden hoops seem like too heavy a solution to you? If yes, then you can make a base out of simple white ribbons like in the photo below. The base is the same hoop, but this time wrapped in translucent chiffon. These butterflies can decorate the interior of both a child’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 of ​​making one for the interior? Or replace boring seat upholstery with new ones? Even sewing is not such a difficult task for a person who has never had to deal with a sewing machine before. But new decorating possibilities will open up for you - it’s worth a try!

"Butterfly pillows"

• Making small sofa cushions in the shape of butterflies is as easy as shelling pears, and how much fun they can bring! Use brightly colored fabrics or add appliqués on top if you want to play up the tropical theme.

"Prints"

• A more complex interior would benefit from butterfly prints on a simple plain fabric. For example, in the form of a strict graphic pattern. These can be pillows, bed linen, towels, and capes.

"Canopy with butterflies"

• Butterflies have always been considered a symbol of tender love and prosperity, so they belong 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 interior decoration with butterflies will certainly bring harmony and comfort to your home!