Beautiful Decorative Rustic Burlap Butterfly Craft

Isn't this rustic burlap butterfly beautiful? There is just something magical about a butterfly Knowing information technology came from what was an ugly worm and is now beautiful, it'southward a favorite creature. This easy butterfly is made with scrap paper, burlap, beads, and buttons. So few supplies allow for an easily customizable ornamentation. Add this to your project list and go your kids involved to make this and add to your home decor!

Rustic burlap butterfly collage

Rustic Burlap Butterfly

When I accept but a bit of fleck arts and crafts supply, I am determined to discover a way to get in into something. There is nix I hate more than throwing abroad something that could have become a cute arts and crafts. Leftover scrapbook paper and burlap inspired me to make this adorable butterfly. It's rustic, unproblematic to make, and a perfect craft to make with kids.

I love that this can exist made in just a few minute's time. That means I can make several of them in a short fourth dimension. This allows me to add them to a multitude of projects effectually the house.

Burlap butterfly on a larger piece of burlap

If y'all have extra burlap, you demand to check out this list of 100 gorgeous burlap projects. For another fun butterfly thought, you can make this rustic butterfly from an old book, or even this fun paper butterfly arts and crafts for kids!

Can I Make This With Colored Burlap Instead?

Yep! Collywobbles come in a multitude of incredible colors. While I love the rustic look of this projection with regular burlap, I know information technology would really pop on a wall if fabricated with different colors. If you buy purple, bluish, pinkish, orangish, or light-green burlap, you tin brand a diversity of colors to create an fifty-fifty more beautiful blueprint of butterflies on your wall.

I honey the thought of making a family of these butterflies put together and brand them into a group to display. Using multiple colors of burlap volition really make them stand out.

Butterfly on blue surface

If you lot are making this project with your kids, you lot could whip up this ambrosial butterfly snack idea to serve. They would honey eating it while they create their very own butterfly!

Tin I Turn This Into a Magnet?

If you want, yous can easily attach a magnet to the behind of this butterfly. It's a perfect choice to add together to your refrigerator. Make them smaller and in various colors to take beautiful magnets all over your kitchen that are non just useful but also a beautiful ornamentation.

Another option would exist to glue these to a round slice of woods or a minor round piece of plastic that has a magnet on the back. It would make the butterfly a scrap sturdier. This allows you lot to hold up more with the magnet. Which, is useful if you have a ton of kids' artwork every bit I do on your refrigerator.

Burlap butterfly on butterfly print paper

You lot may too want to bank check out this incredible butterfly wall art idea! And then gorgeous! Or, the adorable butterfly diaper cake idea for a baby shower! Butterflies are everywhere!

How Can I Display This Butterfly?

In that location are then many ways to add this butterfly to your decor or craft projects! It'southward not just a simple burlap arts and crafts, but in fact, information technology is a wonderful addition to a number of crafts. Below are a few of my favorite ways to use this butterfly.

Attach a magnet to the dorsum equally mentioned above.
Glue inside a shadowbox and display on the wall.
Tape or glue to the tiptop of a gift and use information technology as a name tag.
Attach to a napkin band to add a lovely touch to a place setting.
Make smaller versions and attach to barrettes every bit a pilus accompaniment

Burlap butterfly on grass

If you love the pretty piddling butterflies, then you may also like ladybugs. I know I sure practice! If then, this fun upcycled flower pot ladybug is a favorite addition to my garden!

Supplies Needed

Burlap
Solid craft newspaper
Patterned craft newspaper
Wood chaplet or Colored beads
Buttons
Jewelry wire
Scissors
Hot glue gun
Hot glue
Pen or Pencil

Supplies for burlap butterfly

How to Make a Burlap Butterfly

Start past folding the solid slice of craft newspaper in half, then drawing a curved side of a butterfly fly onto information technology. Cut this out and unfold.

Cutting butterfly out of solid paper

Employ the paper butterfly every bit a template and trace the outside of it onto the burlap.

Using butterfly paper as template

Now, draw a slightly smaller butterfly inside this 1, and cut out the burlap and then it is just a picayune smaller in size than the arts and crafts paper.

Cutting burlap butterfly piece

Follow the aforementioned process, only using the burlap equally a template on the patterned craft paper, making it slightly smaller when yous cut it out.

Using burlap as template on craft paper

Now you volition place the solid craft paper downwards, and glue the burlap on acme of information technology.

Gluing burlap onto paper

And so, you will glue the decorative craft newspaper on top of the burlap.

Now, apply your craft wire to string a few beads the length of the middle of the smallest butterfly wrapping the wire effectually the top to create ii sides that will then be curled on the end to get the antenna.

Making a bead center of butterfly

Gum your button "body" in place in the middle of the butterfly.

Gluing butterfly middle onto the middle of butterfly

Lastly, you will add the two buttons at the corners of the top of the wings.

Adding button accents to butterfly

Display every bit you desire!

Burlap butterfly on woven mat

Crafter'due south Tips:

When working with burlap, you may detect that the edges unravel. Using a flake of spray starch and heating it for a few seconds with the iron after cutting can prevent this.

If you aren't comfortable freehanding the butterfly shape, you can utilise your Cricut machine to cut the shapes out on not just the craft newspaper, but also the burlap. Did you know that a

Cricut fabric bonding pocketknife will cut fabric and burlap easily for projects like this one? I honey using it for this reason.

To add some brightness to the arts and crafts, use colored beads for the torso of the butterfly.

Active Fourth dimension 15 minutes

Full Time 15 minutes

Difficulty Piece of cake

Estimated Cost $2