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 Safety Pin Butterfly
Make beautiful metallic
butterflies to clip to your backpack or your key ring.
You need:
Our project
prepack makes 12 butterflies.
Instructions:
 Cut cord to 30". Stiffen ends with white glue. Let
dry.
Choose your bead colors.. Open ten size 2 safety pins and string on the beads. Six safety
pins should have four beads each. Four safety pins should have three beads each. See
diagram at right. Close the pins. (Due to manufacturing differences you may only be able
to fit 3 beads on all your size 2 pins. The butterflies will come out just as
good.)
String the cord through the coil of the size 4 pin. Center the pin in the middle of the
string. Open the pin. String one pony bead on both ends and onto the size 4 pin. This will
be the head. String the six upper wing safety pins onto the size 4 pin, alternating the
pins for the left and right wing. String the right hand cord through the bead on the top
right wing safety pin. String on a bead then
string through the head of that safety pin. String on a bead then string through the head
of the second safety pin. String on a bead then string through the head of the third
safety pin and through the beads of the third safety pin. Repeat with the other cord.
String one bead on both ends and onto the size 4 pin. String the four lower
wing safety pins onto the size 4 pin, alternating the pins for the left and right wing.
String the right hand cord through the beads on the first safety pin of the lower wing
then through the head of that pin. String on a bead then string through the head of that
second pin. String on a three metallic beads then string through the beads of the last
safety pin. Repeat with the other cord.
String a bead on both cord ends and on to the size 4 pin. Close the pin. String two beads
on each string. Tie off with a double knot and trim.
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