You will need:
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A flashlight (find one that has a cord looped through it, or a key ring or something, as this is where you’ll attach the antennae), pipe cleaner, construction paper, marker, scissors, googley eyes, glitter (if you dare), a small container for the glitter (if you dare), and glue. I ended up hot gluing the eyes onto our firefly to speed things up, although I think if someone had been patient enough for it to dry, regular white glue would have worked.
To begin, I folded our construction paper in half lengthwise and drew a half oval (roughly):
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M cut it out and unfolded it to see the oval:
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Apply glue in a pretty design all over your oval, which will be the wings:
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I dumped our little pack of gold glitter into a small applesauce container, and M used his fingers to pinch it and sprinkle it onto his firefly’s wings:
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While the wings are drying, remove the cord (or key ring, or whatever) from your flashlight, and thread the pipe cleaner through. Twist it a couple of times so it won’t slip, then twist up the ends of the antennae:
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That is not a very clear photo of this step, so here’s a close up of what it should look like at this point:
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Put a line of glue down the center of the flashlight and attach to the center fold on the wings, then glue on the eyes:
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Finished! Let it dry, and play with your new firefly!
![may 2010 047 may 2010 047](http://lh3.ggpht.com/_-U_B1j1OuRo/TAhawfrZY4I/AAAAAAAAC38/D2pPP2t7V14/may%20%202010%20047%5B4%5D.jpg?imgmax=800)
This would be pretty with lots of different colors for the glitter, don’t you think? This mama was only brave enough to use one color this time. :)
Have a beautiful day! :)
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oh very cute, my kids love torches, they would have a blast with this. :)
ReplyDeletecute idea! your son is getting so big! :)
ReplyDeleteNicole
Very cute! What a fun craft!
ReplyDeleteVery cute craft!
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