Description
Transform plastic bottles into beautiful dragonflies for your garden décor with this eco-friendly crafting project.
Ingredients
- Clean, empty plastic bottles (soda or water bottles)
- Scissors or craft knife
- Acrylic paints or permanent markers
- Paintbrushes
- Wire (floral or thin gauge)
- Beads (for decoration)
- Pipe cleaners (optional)
- Hot glue gun & glue sticks
- String or fishing line (for hanging)
- Googly eyes (optional)
Instructions
- Rinse and dry bottles, cutting them in half for the body and wings.
- Trim the top half into wing shapes and create a lace-like texture.
- Decorate the wings and body with acrylic paint or markers, allowing them to dry.
- Glue the wings to the body and add beads for decoration.
- Attach a piece of string or fishing line through a hole at the top of the body.
- Optionally attach googly eyes and display your dragonflies.
Notes
Experiment with different sizes of bottles and glow-in-the-dark paints for nighttime effects.
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 0 minutes
- Category: Crafting
- Method: Upcycling
- Cuisine: N/A
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 craft
- Calories: 0
- Sugar: 0g
- Sodium: 0mg
- Fat: 0g
- Saturated Fat: 0g
- Unsaturated Fat: 0g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 0g
- Fiber: 0g
- Protein: 0g
- Cholesterol: 0mg