With just five supplies from the local bargain store and a few household supplies, you can tie dye coffee filters with washable markers to create dozens of gorgeous butterflies! This is a fun craft idea for anytime of year and very inexpensive to make.
Materials:
- Coffee Filters
- Washable Markers
- Chenille Stems (Pipe cleaners)
- Pony Beads
- Zippered Bags – Gallon Size
- Spray Bottle filled with water
Instructions:
- Flatten out a coffee filter on top of a gallon size zippered bag. Draw random designs on the coffee filter with a variety of colors. Remember that color combinations next to each other on the color wheel will become muddy once blended – red and green; blue and orange; yellow and purple.
- Mist coffee filter with water from a spray bottle and then let dry completely. Set aside to dry but it’s super fun to watch the colors mix and blend!
- Create two tie-dyed coffee filters for each butterfly.
- Fan fold two coffee filters to create each butterfly.
- Stack fan folded coffee filters on top of each other, as pictured. (Refer to picture at heading.)
- Fold chenille stem in half and place coffee filters one-third from base. Twist the bottom loop of the chenille stem. Twist once above the folded coffee filters, creating a tight section.
- Leave a ½” loop and twist again to create the butterfly head. Leave the antennae straight.
- Open and fluff out the wings of the butterfly. Pinch at the ends to retain the folds.
- Thread a pony bead on the end of each antennae and curl into a swirl.
Go to: How to Make Coffee Filter Butterflies – Organized Island to see the step-by-step pictures of construction.