How to Make Ribbon Butterfly Clips out of Scraps

What you’ll need:
Lighter or wood burning tool.
Glue gun & Glue
Needle and Thread
1 – 4″ piece of 1.5″ ribbon (or 2 pieces that are at least
2 1/4″ long) Top wings
1 – 3.5″ piece of 1.5″ ribbon ( or 2 pcs ” ” ” ” 2″ long)
bottom wings
3 – 4″ pieces of 3/8″ ribbon ( woven body)
1 – 1″ pc of 3/8″ to cover back of butterfly
1 – 1 1/4″ pc of 3/8″ ribbon for antennas

Take each pc of 1/5″ ribbon fold in half
and round the edges with scissors. Heat seal the ends. Click here to see an easy way
to cut and heat seal the petals. 

Place the longer ribbon over top of the shorter one 3/8″ over. If you’re using 4 smaller pieces of ribbon, take the 2 pieces for the top wings, overlap the straight ends 1/4″ and stitch through without creasing, just to hold the pieces together. Do the same with the bottom wings. Then you can over lap the top and bottom without trying to hold all 4 pieces in place.

Use a needle and thread to create your
creases, I do about 5 creases.

Pinch the middle to fold your crease and
sew through a couple of times to secure.

Take your 3/8″ ribbon, fold each in half
and anchor with a clip.

Cut the end and heat with a lighter
until ribbon starts to melt. Pinch together to make each piece of ribbon melt together and sticks/binds.  Do the same with the other end

Glue the body to the wings

Fold the ends over to the back and
secure with glue.

Cut the sides of your 1 1/4″ piece to
make antennas

Use a lighter to heat seal and create
the curve.

Glue to the back of the butterfly. Heat seal the end of your 1″ piece of 3/8″ ribbon and glue to the back of the butterfly over top of the antennas to secure them in place.

Flip over and embellish with rhinestones
or leave it as is.