Monarch Butterfly Wings Costume

Monarch Butterfly Cardboard Wings

The 69th Independence Day celebrations at our apartment hosted a fancy dress competition. I decided on a monarch butterfly costume for Nila(my 2 year old daughter) as she really likes butterflies and she used to flap her arms and say the words"Fly, fly, butterfly". Also, the butterfly costume is easy to make compared to other costumes ;)

After a failed attempt at making monarch butterfly wings from a black garbage bag by painting orange streaks(the painted area felt sticky), I finally went with the cardboard butterfly wings which was actually a backup costume.

Here is how the back side looks.

And the front side(excuse the messy ribbons),

I cut the butterfly wings from a used cardboard box.Black, white and orange and vermilion acrylic colors were used to create the vibrant wing design. To support the wings to her body, I used a harness style support made from black ribbon. I made two slits on the upper part and two slits on the lower part through which I slid the ribbon to make an "X" at the chest and secured it with a bow tie at the back.

I twisted the black pipe cleaners and wound them on a hairband to resemble antenna.

She really enjoyed flying(???) as a butterfly with her monarch butterfly wings.