Cute craft project! under $10.00

Sense I don't have much to do and I don't feel like cleaning I have been doing crafts! I saw this craft about 2 months ago and saved the picture so I could remember it and now cant find the original post but I winged it and I like how it turned out! I decided that I would not buy cute things for my little girls room that if I wanted it to look cute I had to do everything by hand or on clearance. So far so good and I feel crafty!

So I tried to make it and I love it! Here is my simple version!

The finished project!!

You will need:

• Embroidery Hoop thebroidery hoop: I got at Michales for 1.19 (only the solid hoop is needed; the hoop I used is about 14in in diameter)
• Twine / String
• Ribbon (1/2 inch or so width)
• Ribbon (thin)
• Beads- found @ Michaels for 2.00 each (make sure the hole is big enough to fit thin ribbon through)
• Card stock Paper (I used 3 colors)
• Butterfly Template or punch I found a picture online & printed it out then cut each one. I did 36 total (I wanted my butterflies to be about 3 inches wide)
• Hot Glue Gun
• Ribbon Punch (optional – is a tool used for scrapbooking that punches out two slits for ribbons to feed through)

first step:

1.Take the thread of any color and the hoop and make a grid. 3 across each way as picture(2) above.

2.take your ribbon & wrap it around the hoop(4). I hot glued the ribbon as I went to make sure it stayed.

after the ribbon is all wrapped around the thread should be a little tighter.

3.Once the grid is done you need to take the butterfly's and make 2 slits in the middle of them just wide enough for the thin ribbon to feed through.  You want a tight fit so that the butterflies stay put on the ribbons.

(4)  Start assembling the butterflies on the thin ribbon,   For the chandelier look I did a longer string in the middle and gradually have shorter strand toward the outside.  I did for 4 butterflies on my center strand (tied to the middle point of the grid).  Then I had 4 strands of 3 butterflies, 4 strands of 2 butterflies, and 12 strands of 1 butterfly.  The original post did beads hanging from the bottom of the ribbon but I hung them individually.  As a hint, find someplace to balance the hoop like between 2 chairs so you can look at the strands as you attach them to the grid.  That way, you can play with the length you want. 

(5)  I did not think it was shiny enough so I got some glue on sparkles and put them on each butterfly.

Now its finished! 

if it does not make sense let me know! have fun!