It's not exactly papier mâché, just a quick paper craft to decorate walls, beam structures and so on when spring is round the corner.
To make it you need:
* sheets of paper
* all sort of coloured papers to stick (kraft paper, magazine paper, tissue paper, gift-wrapping paper...)
* white paper glue
* acrylic paint
* paint brushes
* thin wire
* tweezers
* a glue gun.
The idea is to make several layers of a same butterfly design and colour each layer in different ways.
Start with the largest layer but folding a white sheet of paper into 2. Draw on half of the desired shape, starting from folded side and then cut it. By opening the piece of paper, you will discover a symmetrical butterfly.
To cut the next layer, use the previous one to draw on a folded paper the same design. Then, before cutting it, draw a smaller shape following what you've just delineated. Cut the smaller shape. Do that as many times as you want layers.
Decorate each layer where your imagination takes you. Then, stick them together using the glue gun.
The butterfly body can be made in many different ways (papier mâché, piece of wood...). I always like wire as you can twist it. However you decide to make this body and the antenna, just use once more the glue gun to put in on the top of all the wings.
To hang the butterflies, I stuck a piece of wire using tape. Make sure it is discreet.
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