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BookPage Butterfly Spring Wreath

Modified: Aug 23, 2024 · Published: Mar 20, 2019 by Dannyelle Nicolle-Ramjist · This post may contain affiliate links · 10 Comments

BookPage Butterfly Spring Wreath: this simple and inexpensive DIY wreath is made by cutting your own butterflies out of old books.

DIY butterfly wreath with book page butterflies and moss wreath.
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It's the first day of spring, and the weather is slowly starting to warm up. I thought this new BookPage Butterfly Spring Wreath was the perfect way to celebrate spring's official arrival. It was really quite easy to put together.

how to make a butterfly wreath

This wreath was a pretty simple idea -a moss wreath with book page butterflies.  Like most projects, I could picture it in my mind before I figured out how to create it.  And this was one of those very few occasions when the reality turned out better than I'd even imagined.  Don't you just love it when that happens?

Everything I used I already had, but you could make it really inexpensively too, since the books are just used books from the thrift store.

This wreath was a pretty simple idea -a moss wreath with book page butterflies. Like most projects, I could picture it in my mind before I figured out how to create it. And this was one of those very few occasions when the reality turned out better than I'd even imagined. Don't you just love it when that happens?

Everything I used I already had, but you could make it really inexpensively too with just a few craft supplies, since the books are just used books from the thrift store. It's quite an easy butterfly wreath to make too. I always love doing spring projects. Mother nature is great inspiration when everything starts to come alive again in the spring.

Materials:

  • large straw wreath
  • moss
  • hot glue gun
  • hot glue
  • old books, and some white paper
  • scissors

How To Make A BookPage Butterfly Spring Wreath:

how to make a spring wreath

The Wreath Base

1. Start by covering your straw wreath form with moss. You could also use a styrofoam wreath base for this project.  I used some moss that I had collected and was dried out and attached to the wreath with hot glue. I didn't cover the back of the wreath, since it isn't visible.

Book Page Butterflies

2. Next, I cut out some different shapes and sizes of butterflies out of some old book pages, that I ripped out of old second hand store books. To make the paper butterflies, I looked at a few different butterfly clip art images on-line for inspiration with the butterfly shape. Then I folded the book page in half, and drew the design with a pencil, and then cut it out with scissors. I liked cutting them out individually and free handing the pattern in pencil because it creates lots of variation, instead of having the same size and shape over and over.

making a butterfly wreath3. Once the butterflies were all cut out, I used hot glue to attach them to the moss. I made sure to add the largest butterflies to the middle, and had them get smaller and smaller out to the edges.

butterfly wreath

Hanging Ribbon

4. Lastly I attached a ribbon to the top of the wreath to hang it up. It was really simple to make, and a great way to welcome spring.

spring wreath with butterflies
butterfly wreath

Neutral or Colourful

Using book pages for the butterflies created a really neutral wreath, that works with any home decor. If you prefer more vibrant color for spring, you could water color your book page butterflies in different rainbow colors, or different shades of one color, depending on the look you're going for. Both different ways would be really beautiful options. Imagine it with the book page butterflies watercolored pink for a baby girls room.

diy butterfly wreath
butterfly wreath

I just love this little wreath, and it's perfect for spring decor, or on your front door if it's covered -keeping in mind that the paper is of course not waterproof.

It's made from just a few simple materials. If you're like me you might even have them around the house, or be able to find the moss in the woods, making this a fun project to do without even needing to visit any craft stores for supplies.

spring wreath ideas
spring wreath with butterflies

With a pretty BookPage Butterfly Spring Wreath, life really is a party!

More Spring Craft Inspiration

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You might also like our Mushroom Spring Wreath here.

Mushroom Spring Wreath

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Comments

  1. dnr says

    March 25, 2019 at 7:43 pm

    Krista, thank you, I love butterflies too.
    Dannyelle

  2. dnr says

    March 25, 2019 at 7:42 pm

    Christy, thanks so much.
    Dannyelle

  3. dnr says

    March 25, 2019 at 7:42 pm

    Ashley, thank you. It was really fun to put together.
    Dannyelle

  4. dnr says

    March 25, 2019 at 7:41 pm

    Tauni, thanks so much. So fun doing this series with you too, and thanks for pinning.
    Dannyelle

  5. Tauni says

    March 21, 2019 at 2:23 pm

    Hey Dannyelle, what a fun wreath! I love the bookpage butterflies. It's so fun participating in this series with you! I've pinned your wreath to my favorite wreath board to share with others!

  6. ashley says

    March 21, 2019 at 10:44 am

    This is just beautiful! I love the bookpage butterflies. So simple yet striking against the moss. xoxo

  7. Christy James says

    March 21, 2019 at 8:13 am

    This is so sweet and you can leave this up long after Spring has moved on! xo

  8. Krista says

    March 21, 2019 at 8:04 am

    I love butterflies and such a thrifty idea to make them! Super cute wreath. Happy Spring!

  9. dnr says

    March 20, 2019 at 2:27 pm

    Lucy thanks so much. If feels so spring-y, love those little gold scissors too.
    Dannyelle

  10. Lucy says

    March 20, 2019 at 1:19 pm

    You have such beautiful ideas Danyelle. Love this and I spotted the most beautiful antique scissors as well. So beautiful.

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