Winter Butterflies

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Tacoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Jan 10, 1907

Winter Butterflies

EVERY one loves butterflies, and the amusement of making them as herein described is a favorite sport among art students, but any one can enjoy it with very little trouble.

All that is required are a few tubes of oil colors—red, vermillion, lake, cobalt, white, yellow, and green,—and a few sheets of plain note-paper, and some dull fruit knives.

Each piece of paper should be folded in half, straight down the middle, the fold well creased, and the paper then opened. One carrying the tubes of colors, then squeezes a tiny speck of several colors on each paper, close to one side of the fold and midway between the top and bottom, so that the paint is on the inside, between the two halves.

The players then take the fruit knives, and with the dull edges press upon the paper over the fold and the paint, working the latter upward and outward toward the edge of the paper to make the wings of the butterfly. The paper may be held to the light, every now and then, to see how the paint is being worked, so that the knife may be guided aright.

When the top wing is formed in profile, the knife should be worked downward on the paper to form the lower wing, a little smaller than the upper one. The more paint put in the fold, the easier it will be to get a beautiful result.

When all have finished, and the papers are opened, in each will be found a gorgeously colored butterfly, with wings widespread ready for flight.—Selected.