How to Make a Butterfly Pin with a Salt Box Spout

The metal spout from a round box of salt can be turned into a beautiful yellow and black butterfly brooch. Or paint them any color you choose. Lavender, pink, and blue, are good also, as well as orange and black.

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• acrylic craft paints
• metal pour spout
• pin back
• E6000 glue
• pliers

1. Remove the spout from the box. Try to keep the little wire in place. Use jewelry pliers or other pliers to mash down the little tab holding the wire. This will be the butterflies antennae. There are two small tabs on the corners of the "wings'. You can bend these down.

2. Apply a base coat of white craft paint. When that has dried , paint on a coat of bright yellow or what ever color you have chosen.
   After the yellow dries , paint on the outlines and spots using black craft paint. make two black dots at the bottom of the antennae so it looks like two eyes, or you can glue on 2 small googly eyes.

3. When the entire butterfly is completely dry, apply a light coat of spray varnish or lacquer.
   Use the E6000 glue or a similar glue to attach the pin back to the back of the brooch.

Tips & Warnings

• Clear nail polish can be used instead of varnish.
• Good way to use up other colors of nail polish.
• These metal spouts can be found on other grocery products also. Check for boxes of dry goods that have pour spouts.
• Be careful of edges until they are coated with paint.

[gallery08]

on 10/6/2009 Will do, working on it now. Thanks

[sanderdoe]

on 10/5/2009 Would love to see a picture of this buttefly pin! 5*