How to Make a Butterfly Costume
Look for types of butterflies in a book at the library or on an Internet search engine., Choose a type of butterfly with colors that you want to emulate., Look at the main color in the wings., Assess what the weather will be like when you wear the...
Step-by-Step Guide
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Step 1: Look for types of butterflies in a book at the library or on an Internet search engine.
Type in “butterfly” and click on the “Images” tab to see a wide-variety of butterfly color combinations. , You can also choose any colors you like and make a customized butterfly design., That will be the color of your costume.
Common colors include brown, tan, black and blue., If it is for Halloween, you may want to find a sweat suit in the color of the body.
If it is spring, opt for a pair of tights and a ballet leotard in matching colors., Buy one and a half yards (1.4m) of felt in the background color of your costume., You need 1⁄4 yard (0.2 m) (0.2m) of the largest accent color and eight by 10 inches (20.3 to
25.4cm) of two or three other colors.,, Flip the wing in the center, like it is a mirror image.
Continue tracing your outline, without tracing a line in the middle.
Repeat, tracing another symmetrical wing in the same color of felt.
You will use these two pieces as the front and back of your wing. , The foam will make the wings stiff when you wear them.
Trace half of the wing, flip it over in the center and trace the other half, just as you did with the felt., Cut down the center of one piece of foam and one piece of felt.
This is how you will turn the wings right side out after you are done sewing them., Trace them onto different colors of felt.
Remember that you will need four sets of markings in the same colors, so that the butterfly wings look symmetrical., Pin the other set on the other piece of felt.
Topstitch the markings to the felt wing with your sewing machine or a needle and thread., Pin them together at the edges., Make sure you use thread that matches your main felt color.
Turn the wings inside out.
Sew the center section together by hand or with a sewing machine. , They will fit around your armpits.
Each strap should be 9 to 15 inches (23 to 38cm) long, depending upon the size of the person wearing the wings.,, Curl them by wrapping them around your finger., -
Step 2: Choose a type of butterfly with colors that you want to emulate.
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Step 3: Look at the main color in the wings.
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Step 4: Assess what the weather will be like when you wear the costume.
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Step 5: Purchase one yard (0.9m) of polyurethane foam.
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Step 6: Buy additional colors of felt in the colors you would like to use for wing accents.
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Step 7: Print out the wing template.You can also hand draw your wings.
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Step 8: Trace the wing template onto your main felt color with a fabric pen or chalk.
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Step 9: Trace two wing shapes into the polyurethane foam.
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Step 10: Cut out the wing shapes in the felt and the foam.
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Step 11: Cut out smaller butterfly markings from the template.
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Step 12: Pin one set of markings on one large piece of felt.
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Step 13: Stack the wings as follows: whole polyurethane wing
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Step 14: whole decorated felt wing (face up)
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Step 15: cut decorated felt wing
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Step 16: face down
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Step 17: cut polyurethane wing.
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Step 18: Sew around the perimeter with needle and thread or a sewing machine.
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Step 19: Attach elastic straps vertically near the center section of the wing.
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Step 20: Buy a headband and pipe cleaners in colors matching your costume.
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Step 21: Wrap pipe cleaners around the top of the headband.
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Step 22: Attach pom poms to the ends of the pipe cleaners with craft glue.
Detailed Guide
Type in “butterfly” and click on the “Images” tab to see a wide-variety of butterfly color combinations. , You can also choose any colors you like and make a customized butterfly design., That will be the color of your costume.
Common colors include brown, tan, black and blue., If it is for Halloween, you may want to find a sweat suit in the color of the body.
If it is spring, opt for a pair of tights and a ballet leotard in matching colors., Buy one and a half yards (1.4m) of felt in the background color of your costume., You need 1⁄4 yard (0.2 m) (0.2m) of the largest accent color and eight by 10 inches (20.3 to
25.4cm) of two or three other colors.,, Flip the wing in the center, like it is a mirror image.
Continue tracing your outline, without tracing a line in the middle.
Repeat, tracing another symmetrical wing in the same color of felt.
You will use these two pieces as the front and back of your wing. , The foam will make the wings stiff when you wear them.
Trace half of the wing, flip it over in the center and trace the other half, just as you did with the felt., Cut down the center of one piece of foam and one piece of felt.
This is how you will turn the wings right side out after you are done sewing them., Trace them onto different colors of felt.
Remember that you will need four sets of markings in the same colors, so that the butterfly wings look symmetrical., Pin the other set on the other piece of felt.
Topstitch the markings to the felt wing with your sewing machine or a needle and thread., Pin them together at the edges., Make sure you use thread that matches your main felt color.
Turn the wings inside out.
Sew the center section together by hand or with a sewing machine. , They will fit around your armpits.
Each strap should be 9 to 15 inches (23 to 38cm) long, depending upon the size of the person wearing the wings.,, Curl them by wrapping them around your finger.,
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