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    Last Modified: Apr 26, 2020 by Tara Gerner 4 Comments

    Washi Tape Butterfly Magnet Craft

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    A collage of washi tape butterfliesPin

    I am in love with washi tape. If you haven't seen my stash already, here it is in all its glory.

    A box of washi tapePin

    It's a sickness, really. I can't walk past a display of washi tape without buying a tube or two. Joe and the kids mock me.

    Washi Tape Butterfly Magnet Craft

    I actually made these little butterflies twice. I made them the first time with popsicle sticks, as you can see below, but I didn't like the long sticks and took them apart. I could have used mini popsicle sticks or cut these with my handy dandy miter box and saw, and that would have worked just fine, but I like what I ended up doing with clothespins even better.

    first attempt at washi tape butterflies with bodies too longPin

    Washi Tape Butterfly Materials

    • Plain white typing paper
    • Washi tape in a variety of colors and patterns
    • A very large heart-shaped punch
    • Clothespins or mini popsicle sticks
    • Hot glue gun
    • Hot glue sticks
    • Small magnets
    • Pipe cleaners in colors that coordinate with the washi tape
    • Paper Mate Flair black pen – Sharpies bleed on popsicle sticks, so make sure not to use them.
    • Optional - googly eyes

    Butterfly Instructions

      1. First, punch a heart from the corner of your paper, so you'll know where to place the tape. Then stick some tape to the paper just beside the heart, using the punched heart as a guide. See below.
        stick washi tape to a piece of paper in even rowsPin
      2. Next, line up the heart with the tape and punch. You will need 2 symmetrical hearts per butterfly.
        Did you know that butterflies' wings are always 100% symmetrical? That means that they're exactly the same on both sides of the butterfly's body. Neat little fact to delight your kids.
        Use a large heart-shaped punch to cut hearts out of the washi tape covered paperPin
      3. This is what your hearts should look like. See how they're almost identical?
        Two hearts made of washi tapePin
      4. Next, hot glue the two hearts together at the tips. You could also use a large glue dot if you want to avoid the hot glue gun.
        GLue the hearts together at their pointsPin
      5. Next, hot glue the hearts onto the back of a clothespin, pretty near to the center of the pin.
        Glue a clothespin onto the middle of the heartsPin
      6. Next, cut 2 pieces of pipe cleaners that are about 2 inches long each. After you cut the first one, use it to measure for the second one. You want them to be exactly the same.
        Hot glue the 2 pieces of pipe cleaner to the back of the top piece of the clothespin, as in the photo below. Does that make sense? You want the antennae to be on the top piece of the clothespin, but still on the back of it.
        After the glue has set, curl the antennae around a bit as I did. See photos above and below. (Again, you could use glue dots here.)
        Glue a pipe cleaner onto the clothespin to make antennaePin
      7. Stick a magnet on the back of the butterfly with hot glue or a glue dot. Typically these magnets are self adhesive, but I don't trust that adhesive to stick over time and so always add my own glue.
        Glue a magnet on the backPin
      8. If you found googly eyes that are small enough to fit on the clothespin, carefully glue them on now. As I said above, I couldn't find any in my stash that were small enough, so I went ahead and drew eyes and a little mouth on with a marker.
        Draw a happy face on the butterflyPin

       

    1. That's it! These come together really quickly which makes them a great project for little fingers, as long as you use glue dots or at least keep them safely out of the hot glue.
      I love that these are clothespins because I stuck them to our refrigerator, and I can use the clothespins to hold receipts and other miscellanea that needs to be there.

    Try these other easy crafts while you're here:

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    1. 3 washi tape butterfly magnets on the fridgePin
    2. A close up of washi tape butterfliesPin
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    1. Robyn Wright says

      April 06, 2018 at 3:52 pm

      I think this is my favorite craft you have ever posted! So adorable! I'm going to try to adapt for the younger twins. They got a very cool set of butterfly manipulatives from my brother for their birthday that they love and we are taking them to the Butterfly House here in St. Louis for their first visit in just a couple of weeks.

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      • Robyn Wright says

        April 06, 2018 at 3:54 pm

        PS - If you have a Michael's craft store by you ALWAYS check their clearance section - there is ALWAYS washi tape in there!

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        • Tara Ziegmont says

          April 08, 2018 at 10:08 pm

          Yes, we do, and I do! 🙂 I am such a washi addict. I'm always on the prowl for new ones.

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      • Tara Ziegmont says

        April 08, 2018 at 10:09 pm

        Yay! I'm so glad you like it! It is so easy and your girls will love it! I'm sure you already know this, but don't get uptight if they put the tape on all willy nilly and make random lines. I guarantee they won't line it up nicely like I did, and that's totally okay!

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