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Easy No Sew Felt Butterfly Craft

By Manuela Williams

There are so many possibilities with these felt butterflies! Toss a magnet on the back for instant fun on your refrigerator. Attach to hair clips or bobby pins and adorn in your lovely locks. Glue onto photo frames to add a fun splash of color. Use in place of a bow on a gift. Attach to a burlap banner and hang. Glue onto skewers and stick into a plant or use as decorations for your next table setting. Glue them onto to branches for a fun whimsical display! There are so many things you can do with this adorable felt butterfly craft!
No Sew Felt Butterfly Craft

Felt is really inexpensive and easily found in many stores.

No Sew Felt Butterfly Craft

 Materials:

Felt
Hot Glue
Pipe Cleaners (AKA chenille stems)
Circle Templates – I use my glass lids
Sharp Scissors
Pencil
No Sew Felt Butterfly Craft Materials

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The large butterflies contain 1 each of the following:
4″ circle and 5″ circle
3-1/2″ x 1/2″ body
6″ antenna

The small butterflies contain 1 each of the following:
3″ circle and 2″ circle
body
antenna

Directions:

Using a circle pattern (lids, cookie cutters, glasses) trace the circle onto the felt with a pencil. Cut out circles.

No Sew Felt Butterfly Tutorial

Fold the circle in the center and fold ends in to create wing shape.

Affix with hot glue in the seams and hold for a few minutes until it stays together. Flip over and add more hot glue in the center of the seams. Repeat until one large and one small circle is glue together.
No Sew Felt Butterfly Craft Instructions

Hold one large and one small wing in your hand and glue together with hot glue.

Fold pipe cleaner in half. Roll each end with a pencil to create antennae.
No Sew Felt Butterfly Craft
Wrap the center of the wings with the yellow body and add the antenna. Hold together and hot glue.
Easy No Sew Felt Butterfly Craft

That’s it! You’re done! Make as many as you want and with as many colors as you want!

This post contains affiliate links to Amazon, which means that I may earn a small commission from some of the links in this post. Please see our Disclosure Page for more information.

You may also be interested in this felt craft: Easy Framed Felt Flower Picture Project

Easy Framed Felt Flower Project

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Filed Under: DIY Projects, Easy Crafts Tagged With: Easy Crafts, Felt Butterfly Craft, Felt Craft, Felt Project, No Sew Projects

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Comments

  1. Theresa H. Roach says

    May 26, 2015 at 8:24 am

    Oh how cute! LOVE these:) Have a blessed day dear Manuela, HUGS!

  2. Lynda Hardy says

    June 1, 2015 at 8:51 am

    Oh these are so sweet! They’d make such cute hairclips! I’d love it if you’d share this with this coming week’s Awesome Life Friday Link Up. 🙂

  3. Jessy @ The Life Jolie says

    June 1, 2015 at 11:53 am

    This is such a cute project, I cannot wait until my daughter is old enough to do projects like this!

    I stopped by from Motivation Monday.

  4. Susie at Oui Crochet says

    June 3, 2015 at 8:29 pm

    Oh my goodness! These butterflies are adorable! I am going to have to make them with my girls. They will love them! 🙂

    I am co-hosting the Fiber Tuesdays Link Party, and I would like to invite you to stop by and share this link!
    http://www.ouicrochet.com/2015/06/fiber-tuesday-guest-hosting-link-party.html
    Have a wonderful day!
    Susie
    http://www.ouicrochet.com

  5. Kristen from The Road to Domestication says

    June 8, 2015 at 3:01 pm

    These are so cute!!! What a great summer craft for the kiddos! Thanks so much for taking the time to link up with us over at the #HomeMattersParty – we hope to see you again this Friday!

  6. Danielle says

    June 11, 2015 at 8:18 pm

    I can imagine using these to decorate for a little girl’s party. Very cute.

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