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Butterfly Mobile.

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Materials
» BIC Mark-It™ Permanent Markers in 36 colors
» Translucent paper (assorted colors)
» Pipe cleaners (assorted colors)
» Hot glue gun/glue sticks
» Fishing line – (2) 12” wood rods
» Ribbon

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Instructions
» Criss-cross the two wood rods and wrap ribbon around to secure.
» Wrap ribbon around each rod to cover and tie a bow at each end.
» Make a loop to the center of the criss-cross to hang mobile.
» To create butterflies, fold a pipe cleaner in half and place on 2 sheets of the same color of translucent paper.
» Draw butterfly wings on either side of the pipe cleaner and cut out with scissors.
» Decorate wings using BIC Mark-It™ Permanent Markers.
» Insert wings into the folded pipe cleaner and secure at top to create butterfly antennas.
» Using two more pipe cleaners create wing supports and secure to the body of the butterfly (see picture).
» Hot glue the wings supports (pipe cleaners) to the wings and let dry.
» Thread fishing line through the back of the butterfly wings and tie to one of the rods.
» Repeat process to create the remaining 4 butterflies.
» BIC Mark-It™ Permanent Markers also come in Ultra Fine, Chisel, and Super Duty. Try them all!
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