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Theo the Mouse and Wendy get creative and make their own butterfly mobile.

Follow these easy steps to give some great tips to create your own.

Materials you Will Need

  • White Paper
  • Pencil & Scissors
  • Different Colour Paints
  • Black Felt Tip
  • Black Pipe Cleaners
  • String
  • Paper Straws
  • Sticky Tape

What to Do:

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1. Take a white piece of paper and fold it in half, then fold it in half again.
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2. Draw half a butterfly shape and cut out. You should have 2 butterflies.
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3. Add paint to one side of your butterfly
4. Next, fold your butterfly in half.

5. Open it up and look at the wonderful pattern! Do the same for the other butterfly.
6. Now draw a black outline. 
7. Place your butterflies together.
8. Fold a black pipe cleaner in half. Slide it over the butterfly, twist at the bottom 3 times, then twist at the top 3 times. Finish by bending the ends to make the antennae.
9. Take a piece of string, tie a knot in one end and thread through the middle of your butterfly.
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10. Your butterfly has the same pattern on both wings
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11. Twist a black pipecleaner over the butterfly
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13. Cut a paper straw in half and tie into a cross.
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14. Then tie onto your mobile cross
15. Cut a paper straw in half and glue it into a cross.
16. Pick up your butterfly  and tie to the straw and secure it with sticky tape.
17. Make 3 more butterflies and watch them fly!

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