Butterfly wall decor looks very cute and is able to transform the atmosphere and decor style of any room. There are many variants of how to add butterflies to the home decor, but today, we want to talk about how to make DIY butterflies from paper. Though such an adornment can be done even without any money investments, it looks very beautiful and adds charm to the dwelling.
So, how to make a butterfly wall decoration? There is nothing easier. Just follow the recommendations below and you will get a really cute artwork.
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Tips on Creating Cool Butterfly Wall Decor
Colorful Butterflies Wall Art
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Before you start creating wall decor butterflies, think about how you want your artwork to look. First of all, you need to define the size of the butterflies. They can be of just one inch size or you are free to opt for bigger ones. It looks cool when the butterflies of various sizes are used. You can mix them up in a free style or place them in the order from the largest to the smallest.
Secondly, the shapes of butterflies for wall decor can be also different. They can be simple silhouettes or more complicated ones, which usually feature more interesting shapes of wings. You are free to use one shape for all the butterflies or combine different ones.
Butterflies Wall Art
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And, thirdly, you need to choose the color for your wall butterflies decor. The simplest variant is to make them from ordinary white paper. Such decor will work in a completely white interior as it will add texture to the wall. But, as a rule, the butterflies of bright colors are used. They make the interior cheerful and bright.
The choice of the color depends on your room interior. The butterflies must look organic in it, but, at the same time, attract attention. For example, if you have light pink walls, the butterflies can be in all the brighter shades of pink and rose, violet or purple colors. The butterflies can be of different colors. Such a decoration looks the best in the rooms with neutral walls.
Also, the paper for butterflies can be patterned. Usually, some abstract prints are used. Also, you can make the butterflies in various shades of one color and place them in the ombre manner. For instance, the graduation from white to hot rose looks very cute.
Materials
Black Butterflies Wall Decor
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In order to create butterflies, you need:
– Scissors
– Paper
– Glue or double-side tape
– Butterfly stamper or template
Instructions on Creating Butterflies
3D Butterflies
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1. Take a piece of paper. It can be ordinary white paper, the colorful one as well as the patterned paper. The choice of the color and pattern depends only on your personal taste and peculiarities of the room you are going to place the butterflies wall decor in.
2. In order to create the butterflies, you can use a stamper to press out butterflies. Or, you may search for the images of butterflies on Google and select the silhouettes of these creatures, which will serve as templates. You can seek for the butterflies of various sizes for creating a more interesting variant of wall decor butterfly. Now, you need to print out the images, you have chosen, and cut out the silhouette. As soon as the template is ready, cut out the butterflies silhouettes from the paper you have.
Patterned Paper Butterflies
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3. In order to create 3D butterfly wall decor, fold the butterflies in the places, where their bodies meet the wings. After that, curl the wings using a pencil.
4. After all the butterflies are ready, it’s time to start thinking on how to arrange them on the wall.
How to Arrange Decorative Wall Butterflies
Framed Butterflies Wall Art
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In fact, there are two basic ways of how to showcase the butterfly wall decorations. You can attach them directly to the walls. Or, you can place your collection of butterflies on a printer paper and frame it. However, as such a butterfly wall decoration is textured, don’t use frames with glass.
If you choose to place the paper butterfly wall decor directly on the wall, you can attach it with the help of double-side tape or safety pins. And if you need to attach the butterflies to a piece of paper, you can do that with ordinary glue or using the double-side tape.
No matter if you are going to place your wall decoration with butterfly on the wall or on the paper, you are free to arrange the art in various ways. The simplest variant is to place butterflies in several rows. However, the free style arranging is more widespread and looks more interesting.
Ombre Butterflies Wall Art
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Also, the butterflies can be placed in a certain pattern. The heart shape is one of the most popular. It looks great in any size both on paper and wall. If you use butterflies of different colors or sizes, you are free to locate them from lighter to darker, from smaller to larger as well as in the rainbow pattern.
Moreover, some other patterns can be made. For example, you can make some abstract patterns like swirls or rounds. Or, you can make a large butterfly, consisting of small butterflies. In fact, you are free to try all the variants, which come to your mind.
So, now you know how to make butterfly wall decor and see that it’s much easier than it seems to be. Such wall art may decorate any room in your home. But we think that it’s most appropriate for living rooms, bedrooms and nurseries.
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