Hi friends,
Today we have a 3D tape resist, somewhat geometric butterfly, and our 2nd tape resist project! Naomi and I had come across colorful tape resist chalk art on sidewalks and fences, shared on different social platforms. It’s a simple art method with tape but creates beautiful results. That got Naomi working on a medium-sized one, on our indoor chalk/magnetic board, and it was beautiful! Well, until little brother Matthias ran his hand across it lol I so wish I had taken a picture! We then decided to carry that over onto 3D butterflies using craft paints, but could easily be used with crayons, markers, or color pencils instead. Maybe a combo of all the above; that would be unique! We had some glitches with our tape(it was older than we thought) but we enjoyed the process and the results anyway. We’ve even included a tip on how to make them hanging butterflies.
Have you tried tape resist yet? Check it out below!
*Click on photos for closer look
What You'll Need
White Paper Plate
Med/Lg Craft Stick
Glue Gun
Craft Paints & Brushes
Painter’s Tape
Pencil
Scissors
Pipe Cleaner
Optional: 24-30 in. String/Twine
The Steps
Fold the plate in half.
Sketch out your wings.
Cut the wings out.
4. Open the butterfly wings and center your craft stick.
5. With the pencil, trace the stick.
6. Where the pencil markings are, use that as the guide to fold and create a flat bottom.
7. Paint the craft stick black on both sides and edges.
8. Cut varying sizes of tape and tape over wings.
*We cut our tape in half to create narrow lines and also taped the inside.
Naomi’s butterfly- outside/outside/inside
9. Begin to paint in different colors or just one. Create a border if you’d like as well.
My butterfly- outside/outside/inside
10. Carefully remove tape and touch up if necessary/desired.
THIS is where we discovered our tape was old, it pulled off some of the paper and paint. Naomi touched up the colors and even some of the white. I chose only to touch up some of the colors.
11. Cut 4-5 inches of pipe cleaner and bend in half.
*To make a hanging butterfly- Cut 24-30 inches of string, knot ends and then move onto next steps.
12. Add hot glue to the stick, attach the antenna at the top, (*lay knotted end of string along the glue) and then the wings on top.
13. Press down firmly.
That’s it!
Check out our butterflies below, we couldn’t resist placing them in the garden = )
Naomi’s outer and inner side of the wings.
My outer and inner side of the wings.
Happy crafting,
Amanda and Naomi
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