Flights of Fancy Spring Wreath

Welcome spring with a wreath aflutter with handmade butterflies and leaves. Paper-thin metalworking sheets make it easy to spread your crafting wings—simply snip out shapes using our templates, then bend and paint them to create a kaleidoscope of color.

Updated June 06, 2019
Read step by step instructions after the video.
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What you need

Materials
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How to do it

Step 1

Download and print butterfly and leaf templates. Cut around shapes, tape onto metal sheets, then cut shapes from metal.

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Step 2

Working on mat, use tip of stylus to make lines in butterfly wings and veins in leaves. Gently bend wings.

Step 3

If desired, paint a few butterflies; let dry completely, about 1 hour.

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Step 4

Hot-glue shapes to wreath.

    Comments (1)

    How difficult was this project?
    Anonymous
    April 4, 2021
    Difficulty: Very Hard
    Where are the templates? I choose Very hard because without the templates it would be difficult.
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