Butterflies

These butterflies are very beautiful and funny, any child will like them and will attract his attention. They are similar to natural butterflies in the color of their wings, but unlike living butterflies, they will not be able to fly away or die when clapping their hands when a child catches them. Inside each of them there are funny rattles that rustle with any movement of the toy; The butterflies are also suspended from a pencil by threads and can be wound up if the child gets tired of playing with them.



To make these butterflies you will need:
- Black fabric and blue fabric;
- Black, red or brown fabric with a fleecy surface;
- Threads of red, white, blue and black colors;
- Ribbon from under the bow, needle, large bead;
- Scissors, glue, cotton wool or padding polyester;
- White cardboard paper;
- Colored paper;
- Pencil or stick for hanging toys;
- Carbonated drink lids, thick cardboard, beads of different sizes.
To make the butterfly bodies, I took the fabric from the headdress, cut out samples of the bodies and sewed them on the outside, leaving a small indentation at the front of each, in the neck area. And then she filled it with cotton wool, using tweezers (tweezers help to push the filler further into the thin and narrow hole):



I then started creating the heads; I decided to make rattles for them from carbonated drink caps. Having filled them with beads, we cover them on top with pieces of cardboard made to size specifically for them. But I was missing one cap from a carbonated drink, and I decided to take an oblong cap from a perfume bottle instead.



It would be most convenient to glue lids filled with beads with super glue, but it can be toxic for children. Regular glue would also not be suitable due to the fact that it is not reliable and is applied too widely on the surface of the paper, which is why the beads can stick to the lid; I chose to glue the lids together with clear tape.
We make outer shells of green rattles from black fabric, such as those shown in the photo:



First, you should join the intermediate sides in each round shape with a seam, and then sew them together, putting them on the rattle:




Now we sew the heads to the bodies of the toys (for this we needed to leave a small indentation near the bodies in the neck area):



Now we take a pink bow and create folds in it so that the bow becomes fluffy. Then, having straightened the folds, we divide it into three equal parts, after which we sew it to the toys:




Cut out wings, antennae and eyes from cardboard:



Next, we make two more pairs of antennae from black paper with a satin surface, and glue the pupils to the white eyes:



We glue the eyes to the head, and then, having made a small hole in the fabric of the toy’s head, we insert it inside and glue it, after which we sew up the hole made for inserting the antennae:





Next, we sew the cardboard wings of the butterflies and give them color. I chose black, yellow and green colors and painted the wings, giving them the color of natural whites that exist in nature.Here is a view of the wings from the front:



Here's a view of the wings from the back:



Sew the wings to the butterflies:



Now let's get down to making a bow from blue fabric. Taking the fabric, fold it so that it becomes narrow, and then sew it with a fine stitch on the outside:




We give the finished fabric the shape of a bow and sew a bead on top:



Now we tie each toy by a thread to a stick or pencil, and tie a bow.




That's it - our toys are ready. The child will be interested in playing with them, and because wings and eyes are easy to sew on them, they can be replaced with new ones that will be more beautiful. You can add paws to the body, or a smile to the face.