Flight of Coke Butterflies

We made these for my sisters wedding, they are cheap and easy to make ( although depending on how many you want they take a little time) but they look beautiful. And you get to reuse some of those plastic bottles.

Step 1 Gather Materials

To make these you will need

Clear plastic 2 liter bottle (empty)
Liquid lead ( gray or silver)
Translucent glass paint ( we did another batch later and used acrylic i will attcah a pic at the end)
Fishing Line
Paper
Marker

TOOLS:
Paintbrush
Scissors
Needle ( or other small pokey tool)
Space for Drying

 

Comments

[Darcy777]

Thank you for posting this Instructable.

[mmcclure7]

where can you buy liquid lead to do this?

[djhandwal]

loved these....

[bagnitsch]

That looks really elegant.

[ohthatshowitworks]

Love these!

[ChrysN]

Pretty!

[NeuroPulse]

Why do the butterflies in step 3 and 4 look so different? In step 3 the paint is very wiggly, and in step 4 it is straight like wire.

[faerae]

They were actually from 2 different projects. I didn't have pictures of all the different steps from the first time we made them. I wasn't planning to make an instructable the first time around. So i used photos from both times they were made just to help people visualize what is supposed to be going on. They are both the same but it just depends on speed, patience, and personal style preference to make the lines straight or wiggly.