Evening Craft - Butterfly Shadow Box Display

I decided to do an evening craft last night and as I was spending my last few dollars on my gift card at Michael's I came up with something that would be easy. I decided to make myself a butterfly shadow box display! It was so easy. Actually, if you remember, I got this shadow box on a Craigslist find with tons of other frames. I used that, picked out some baby blue background construction paper and a package of butterflies! Michael's has all kinds of butterflies in various sizes and colors. I believe they have insects too but I thought butterflies might be feminine and pretty.

To do this I took the cardboard that came with the shadow box and cut the baby blue construction paper to fit the size of the cardboard. I glued the construction paper to the cardboard and put some heavy books on it to set. I let that sit for about 30 minutes. Next, I glued each butterfly in place and voila! You have to let the butterflies dry in place for a few hours as well. Then position it in the shadow box, seal shut and hang! How easy is that?

Mocha thought they were real and decided to run for cover. ;)


It's almost Friday!