Paper Dragonfly Craft: Materials

Series Summary

One of the easiest ways to introduce your child to the world of artistic exploration is to allow them the freedom to initiate and participate in their very own arts and crafts projects. One very simple but truly fun project for children and adults is the creation of a paper dragonfly using a variety of art supplies and, naturally, creative vision! Parents who are drawn to such timeless and innovative hobbies as scrap-booking and homemade frame-making will delight in the project featured in this series. Your kids will love creating their own designs and watching their mind's eye create something for friends and family, and you will open your creative spirit wide as you help your child discover their artistic potential. This free crafts video series will take you from choosing supplies to adding finishing touches to your children’s paper dragonfly. Learn how to gather supplies, paint, measure, construct and decorate your creation. Get started watching these videos and you’ll have a fun paper dragonfly before you know it.

Video Transcript

"You likely have all the material that you need for this project in your house. The things that you may need to pick up are the poster board back, and you want to make sure that that is poster board and enough of a thickness so that it will hold our dragonfly and the paper and the paint that we end up applying. We're going to use a finer paper, a less weight paper for the body of the dragonfly. Something about eleven by fourteen works well, and this is thinner. For the wings we're going to use a thicker paper. More of a drawing paper. And that's, we're doing that in order to hold the glitter and so that it doesn't warp and wrinkle. We're also going to be using pipe cleaners for the antennas, we can use tin foil for that if you don't have that at home. And as far as embellishing and changing up the color, the glitter portion of this, we're going to use tempra glitter paint which is a gel medium. We'll need a paint brush to apply it, so have some water and a paper towel handy for drying and rinsing out in between colors. We're going to need some glue, possibly some, a glue stick and we're going to use masking tape to attach all the rolls of paper. You also want to have scissors handy and a marker for outlining."