DIY Butterfly from plastic bottles

How to make plastic bottle butterflies.

Supplies:

Old plastic bottles

Paper butterfly images

Paintbrush

School glue

Candle

Scissors

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Wash off the label by soaking the plastic bottle in warm water. Cut out butterflies and glue them to the bottle.

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When the glue dries, cut along the outline of a butterfly.

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Place butterfly with face up over the top of candle flame to slightly bent the wings.

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Used to decorate walls, tables or anywhere else around the home, you simply will not believe these little guys started life as ‘waste’ water bottles!

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  1. Dori says:

    I can’t seem to get the bottle to be less curved the candle trick didn’t work for me?
    Great Idea though

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