Butterfly Hanging Banner or Border

Supplies Used: Adhesive, Construction paper, Hole punch, Ribbon, Scissors

The teacher will die-cut the materials for student use prior to the lesson.

1. Fold seven different colors of construction paper in half.
2. Slide each of the folded papers up to just below the top of the Butterfly wings, leaving the blade exposed, and cut.
3. Using the same colors of paper, die-cut seven whole Butterflies.
4. Randomly punch holes in a few of the whole Butterflies, and adhere over a folded Butterfly in a contrasting color. This will allow the contrasting color to show through when adhered to the folded Butterfly.
5. Cut strips from a few of the other whole Butterflies, and adhere the strips to the folded Butterflies in contrasting colors.
6. Make sure each folded Butterfly has a top of a whole Butterfly that will cover the folded edge of the wings.
7. Die-cut the Boss-O! Alphabet letters for the banner, and adhere to each decorated Butterfly.
8. Cut a length of thin ribbon long enough to hold seven Butterflies end to end with extra length on each end.
9. Place the Butterflies in correct order, and open the fold. Place adhesive on all of the Butterflies.
10. Place the cut ribbon at the top of the folds, and press the Butterfly closed (Main Photo).