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A Golden Dragon Fly

made with beads
Cutting & Pasting and Animal Crafts
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What do you need?
5 blank wooden beads --mm
3 - 4 blank wooden beads --mm
wooden skewers
gold paint and a paintbrush
gold coloured pipe cleaners
wobbly eyes
hobby glue

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After the funny insects of egg cartons we make a beautiful golden glitter dragonfly, from beads and pipe cleaners. These dragonflies already glitter at you from a distance and they are made very quickly. If you also like insects, gold and glitter, you can join in right away!

How to make a golden glitter dragonfly

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Stick the Beads on a skewer, paint them gold.

Put the sticks in a jar and allow the paint to dry.

Roll one side of a pipecleaner flat and round.

Slide the beads on the pipecleaner and glue the last bead on.

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Cut off the end of the pipecleaner.

Bend both ends from one pipecleaner oval.

Leave a little piece in the middle.

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Twist the wings on between the beads.

Bend the smaller wings in the same way.

Attach the smaller wings too, stick on the eyes and your dragonfly is ready!