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Upcycled City
Paper Butterfly
What You Need
What You Need
Empty, clean containers (milk bottles, juice cartons, shampoo bottles, etc) Bottle caps (4 per car) Stanley knife Craft glue Markers
1 empty toilet paper roll Three different coloured paper sheets Pencil Glue Scissors Black marker
Method
Method
To create the cars, place your bottle on its side and draw on some windows. Get creative and draw in other elements like head lights, windscreen wipers and even eyes.
Decide what colour the body of your paper butterfly is going to be (we used green). Cut a piece of paper that fits around the roll, then glue it around.
You can leave the windows as is, or get an adult to carefully cut out the windows using a knife. Using craft glue, attach the bottle caps to your car to create wheels. Let the glue dry properly before playing with your cool upcycled cars. To make a skyscraper, draw doors, windows and whatever you like onto your carton using a marker. Tip: You can also use an old cardboard box to create a garage for your upcycled cars, or even a doll house with an empty toilet roll for a chimney. You can make little houses from juice poppers and rubbish bins from toothpaste lids... let your imagination run wild!
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Decide what colour the wings will be (we used pink). Fold the coloured paper in half and using a pencil, draw the outline of one wing. To make this easier, draw a big letter B, with the flat side of it being on the fold. Cut around the pencil outline, and unfold to create a beautiful pair of wings. Using the last coloured paper sheet (we used blue), cut out four circles (or whatever shapes you'd like) and glue them to the wings. Glue the wings to the butterfly’s body. Lastly, using the same colour as the dots on the wings, cut out two antennae and glue them to the top of the butterfly’s head, inside the toilet paper roll. Using a marker, draw on a smiling face, and you’re done. Tip: You can decorate your butterfly’s wings with buttons and glitter.
