Whisk Dragonfly
Learn how to turn a metal whisk into a cute dragonfly – then have fun decorating it! This is an easy craft you can do with your kids in about half an hour.
Ingredients
- Wire Whisk with five loops
- Needle Nose Pliers with snip section
- 3/4 inch Wood Bead
- Pipe Cleaners
- Pony Beads
Instructions
- Turn the whisk until you can find the place where the two top loops come down right next to each other to hook into the handle. Grab those two loops as shown.
- Pull the loop you are holding in your right hand to the right and the loop you are holding in your left hand in the left. You’ll see that they criss cross in the back. Pull each loop down until it’s perpendicular to the handle.
- Then grab the next two wire pieces, and pull those loops out to the sides in the same way to make a second set of wings. You’ll have one loop remaining upward.
- Grab your pliers and use them to snip off the curved portion of the remaining center loop. This will leave you with two straight wire pieces that will be the antennae. If either of these pieces crosses behind a wing, bring it forward through the wing.
- Grab a wood bead and thread both straight wire pieces through it. Push the bead down. The wires will cross as you do this. Push the bead down until it seems secure. Use the pliers to bend the ends of the antennae.
- To decorate, twist a pipe cleaner around one of the center wires to secure it. Thread on beads in any pattern you like, until you get to the outside of the wing. Wrap the pipe cleaner around the outer edge of the wing a couple of times, then clip off any excess pipe cleaner.
