Decorate My Home, Part 25 : 3D Butterfly Wall Display

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I’ve been trying to get the room done…….so only a couple more things to share.


And for this time, I have a quick little 3D butterfly display to share.

All from scraps from home. 

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It gives some nice dimension to the wall.

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Especially to the space above this bed, that was shouting at me to fill it up.

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Want to make your own?


And hopefully you have the same scraps laying around that I did.  
Nice and inexpensive.




I had some scrap 1×4 wood, that I trimmed down to 18 inches long.  Then I drilled 5 holes along one side that were about 2.5 inches deep.  Each hole was about 3 inches apart.  Then I sanded down the entire piece of wood.  Then I cut up old white coated wire hangers, some 15 inch long pieces and other 12 inches long.  (Any size works though.)

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Then I pounded picture frame hangers into the back of the wood.

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Then I sketched out a butterfly shape and cut it out.

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And then I cut out 10 butterflies…

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On one side of one of the butterflies, I placed a good amount of hot glue……

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Then I placed the end of one of the hangers down the center of the butterfly and then placed another butterfly on top…….sandwiching the wire in between the two butterflies.

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Then I cut out little butterfly bodies….

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And glued them to each of the 5 butterflies.

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Then I stuck a bit of hot glue down into one of the holes in the wood and slid the wire down into the hole, securing the wire in place.

Lastly, I bent the wires around a bit…….giving some of the butterflies some flight.

And then I hung the simple little butterfly decoration right above my little girl’s bed.

Done.

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Be creative.  
Think of whatever shapes or theme you could stick in some wood……and create a 3D wall display.