Easter Hanging Butterflies

Easter hanging butterflies for my Easter tree

On a recent trip to the New Covent Garden Market in London I spied a massive box of clear acrylic butterflies. I had bought similar looking maple leaves just before Christmas and had loved how they looked after a lick of white paint and some baker's yarn. I knew I had to purchase some of the butterflies with the view to paint them in pink and blue to match my Easter Palette.

I love how they turned out and now I need to get on with making this year's Easter Tree to hang them on.

Easter Hanging Butterflies
What you will need:
14 Acrylic butterflies
Pink frosted glass beads
Blue frosted glass beads
28 green wooden beads
Mono filament 0.23mm
Flamingo Fun pink paint
Blue paint





Instructions

1. Wash butterflies in warm soapy water and leave to dry
2. Paint seven butterflies in pink (I did three coats) and leave to dry
3. Repeat with remaining butterflies in blue and leave to dry
4. Cut 20 cm of mono filament





5. Thread mono filament through hole in centre of butterfly and tie in a knot
6. Thread three beads in alternating colours down both ends of thread, and push below knot
7. Thread ten beads in alternating colours, finishing with one green bead down each side
8. Knot ends

Last year's Easter Tree hung with hand painted eggs and bunnies

2009's Easter tree hung with hand made felt Easter birds

Have a sweet day!