Butterfly Wedding Favor - Potpourri

This is a quick and easy way to create butterfly wedding favors. Take a handful of potpourri, add some scent and place in a organza bag. These bags are easily found at most wedding supply stores. Tie an organza bow around the bag that matches your wedding color. Organza bow is a good choice as it is a nice light color, giving just a hint of flavor. Once the bow is in place, simply hot glue a nylon butterfly to the center of the bow. For this particular decorating idea, we suggest either a two inch nylon butterfly or a three inch nylon butterfly. This works great with the 2″ nylon flowers as well! This little wedding favor takes about 3-5 minutes to make, is easy, and will be much appreciated by your guests!

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Butterfly theme bedroom - tip of the day

Got some ugly nails holding up growth charts or photos?  Remove the string from the butterfly decoration, use a sticky backing and hide the nail with a butterfly!  Little butterfly decorations are perfect for covering up thumb tacks holding your children’s art work.

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Butterfly Wedding Decoration

Nothing brings romance to a wedding than wedding butterfly decorations. Butterflies symbolize a new beginning in many cultures, making them the perfect wedding theme.

In this lesson, we will create butterflies to quickly tie around objects for decoration. You can use them to tie around banisters, pews, chair backs, or any other object you want to decorate.

Materials:

Butterfly - any size

craft wire - 26 gauge

Ribbon, if desired

scissors

Time required: 5 minutes per butterfly

Age required: 8 to make them, older to get married

1) Loosen the string attached to the butterfly decoration by gently tugging on the free end of the string. Once the knot is pulled away from the butterfly, cut the string.

2) Attach the wire in one of 2 ways:

a) Turn butterfly over and gently slide the wire through the nylon wrap in between the wings until butterfly is centered on the wire.

b) Tuck center of wire underneath on of the body beads in the front. Wrap wire over the wings and securely twist in the back. This method, if done correctly will make the wire barely noticeable.

3) If desired, take a length of organza ribbon, fold in half and twist wire over the folded edge. This creates a wispy ribbon trail.

4) Take butterfly and twist wire around anything you would like to decorate. Wrap around banisters, pews, and chair backs for an indoor wedding. For an outdoor wedding, wrap around branches and rose bushes for a romantic look.

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Butterfly Decoration - Tie Backs

You could spend a fortune on Butterfly Tiebacks that cost an average of $45, or you can create your own for about $7 a piece! These tie backs have a beautiful trail of ribbon to add some elegance to the

curtain. These tie backs use organza ribbon to tie around your curtain. We do not recommend using wire to wrap around the curtain as this may damage the curtain itself with tears or eventual rust.

Materials needed:

• Nylon butterfly

• Organza ribbon (minimum 24″ per tieback)

• Scissors

• Glue gun and glue stick

• newspaper

Time required: 15 min.

Age: 10 years old with assistance of an adult when using glue gun.

Start with a nylon butterfly of your choosing. If you want it to be an accent piece, use a contrasting color. For example, if you have a pink room, you can use blue or green. If you want to have a subtle look, use a purple or yellow for a pink room. We recommend a 5″ butterfly for tiebacks.

For butterfly decorations that come with a line, remove the line carefully. Pull on the short loose end of the string. This will open up the loop tie around the butterfly so that you are not in danger of cutting the delicate nylon. Once the knot is a safe distance away from the butterfly, snip the nylon line with scissors.

Take your organza ribbon. We recommend a ribbon that is at least 1 1/2 inches wide. Choose a color that goes well with your curtain and butterfly decoration. The minimum length we recommend is 24″. If you want a ribbon trail, use a longer ribbon. For families with young children, we suggest a short trail so that it cannot be pulled down by toddlers.

Take your ribbon and tie a simple knot in the center of your ribbon. Place the newspaper down on the table to protect it from accidental glue spills. Turn your butterfly decoration over and add a dab of hot melted glue from your glue gun to the center of the butterfly. Caution: please supervise our child when using the glue gun as it can lead to burns.

Place your knot of the ribbon over the glue. Place your fingers on either side of the knot and hold for thirty seconds. Do not place finger on the knot as hot glue may seep through the organza and cause burns.

Once the glue has dried, gather your curtain to where you would like it placed. Wrap the ribbon of the tieback that you just created and around the back, cross them over and bring them to the front again. Tie a knot under the butterfly tieback.

Voila! Now you have beautiful tiebacks at a reasonable price. This method can be used to create dragonfly tiebacks, flower tiebacks, ladybug tiebacks and bumble bee tie backs! Inspire wonder in your child!

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