Decorations for various rooms, made by yourself, can emphasize the individuality of the owners of the house. At the same time, you can give style and effect to the interior. For this, various motives are used. Various decorative butterflies harmoniously fit into the interior of a bedroom or children's room. By showing imagination and creativity, you can create various wall decorations for such a motive.
To make the decor in the form of butterflies on your own, you do not need special knowledge or skills. Therefore, almost everyone can bring gentle beauty to the decoration of the room.
General principles
There are many ways to transform an existing interior. We associate butterflies with summer and youth. They carelessly flutter from flower to flower. These are light and beautiful creatures. It is not surprising that they can decorate a different interior, adding style and grace to the design.
Decorative butterfly stickers are sold in specialized stores. However, it is much more interesting to create compositions with such motives yourself. In this case, you can show imagination. Butterflies are applied to walls, ceiling and other interior elements with paint or create their voluminous figures.
It is not necessary to be able to draw beautifully. Templates can be found in various sources and print them on a printer. You can create a decorative panel on one or all walls, the ceiling in the room. There are many approaches to creating butterflies from different materials.
Where to begin?
Any decorative decoration should fit into the general style of the interior. Butterflies can be made of various materials. The general impression of the panel depends on their choice. Moth figures can be made of hard, durable materials, such as cardboard. They will keep their shape well, allowing you to create clear pictures. Such varieties of jewelry are considered the most durable.
If you use light paper or even film, corrugated paper, butterfly figures will be light and tender. If you mount them only in the center, this will allow the wings of the moths to flutter from the slightest blow of the wind. Such a composition will be incredibly light and airy.
The color scheme of the room must be taken into account when choosing the colors of the decor material. It will depend on whether butterflies fit harmoniously into the existing interior. Each moth should be clearly visible. Therefore, it is better to give preference to contrasting shades.
Decor Configuration
When making decorative butterflies on the wall , one should take into account a number of tips from professional designers. First of all, they recommend making figures of moths of different sizes. This will bring some dynamism to the created panel.
Better if the wings are not mirror-identical. In the manufacture of figures should be guided only by the reception of horizontal symmetry. The upper and lower wings are best made in different sizes.
When choosing a blank for a butterfly in various sources, you should not give preference to intricate figures in which there are a large number of details. Cutting ruffles will be extremely inconvenient, and the decorative effect may not meet expectations. One composition will require many butterflies. Therefore, it is better to prefer a simple configuration.
Formation of the composition
Before you make a decorative butterfly or a whole group of them, you need to consider their location in the room. First you need to evaluate the pattern of wallpaper or other wall decoration. In places where the composition harmoniously fits into the interior, you can place several moths.
The composition may look like a flock of butterflies that smoothly moves from one corner of the room to another. Their concentration may be stronger in the center or from one edge. The randomness of the distribution of the figures creates a unique beauty stylistic effect. It is initially recommended to draw it on a piece of paper.
Also, a group of butterflies can form a certain shape. For example, it can be a flower or a heart. There are no restrictions for imagination in this direction. The intended pattern should be indicated on the wall surface with light lines. They should be barely noticeable. It is best to use a thin, simple pencil. It can then be wiped off the surface.
Paper and cardboard
Decorative butterflies, as mentioned above, can be created from various materials. Cardboard and paper are very popular. Cutting the moths figures from the latter will be very simple. Coloring the wings of such butterflies will also be easy. This is one of the most inexpensive ways to decorate the interior.
You can purchase white or color paper. It is also possible to use the pages of glossy magazines or newspapers. It all depends on the style of the interior. They are arranged in color. Paper butterflies just attach to the wall.
Butterflies made of cardboard are more reliable. These are strong, dense figures. They are quite difficult to cut. However, it will be much easier to form different bends of the wings from them. The workpiece is dipped in water, and then fix it in the required position. After drying, the material takes the required shape. Such moths need a reliable mount.
Film and fabric
DIY decorative butterflies can be created from film or fabric. In the first case, a special vinyl material is used or “self-adhesive”, presented in a wide assortment. Moths will have a glossy texture. If you create the right lighting in the room, their wings will reflect glare. The room will be smart and bright.
The manufacture of figures from the film is fully consistent with the technology in which cardboard is used. If the material has a special adhesive layer on the back, the butterfly can be fixed on the wall simply. To the moth fluttered, the wings are not glued to the base. Only in the center of the workpiece is the protective layer removed.
Butterflies made of fabric look original. The blanks are completely glued to the base of the wall. If you want to make the fabric dense, able to hold its shape, it is impregnated with a mixture of water and PVA glue. For very thin materials, a soap solution is used. The composition is applied to the fabric, the workpiece is fixed in the desired position. After drying, the butterfly will take the required shape.
Making butterflies from paper
When creating decorative butterflies for the interior , you should adhere to certain instructions. Before starting work, it is necessary to prepare the required materials and tools. First of all, you need colored, white paper or trimmed wallpaper. The template is printed on the printer. Cardboard, pencil, scissors and glue are also required.
First, several butterfly patterns of different sizes are printed on the printer. They are cut out and applied to a sheet of thick cardboard. The contour should be circled with a simple pencil. Next, you need to create a stencil. The inner material of the butterfly is carved. It turns out a blank for moth figures.
On the back of colored paper or wallpaper, you need to draw a lot of butterflies with a stencil. They are cut out and slightly bent in the center. This will create a fluttering effect.
Type of mount
Decorative butterflies on the wall with your own hands can be fixed in many ways. To do this, you can apply glue. Paper and cardboard are firmly attached to the base with PVA. To do this, glue is applied to the center of the butterfly or across its entire surface. Next, the workpiece is pressed to the surface. It is necessary to ensure that the glue does not protrude beyond the edges of the wings. When applying PVA to the back of a butterfly, you need to control its amount. Surplus immediately removed. If the glue is applied only in the center, in this place the butterfly is firmly pressed with a finger to the wall. This allows you to clearly fix it on the surface.
Pins can also quickly and efficiently fix moths in the places provided for them. This option is not suitable for painted or plastered walls. But for other types of decorative trim pins will be the best solution. If desired, the butterfly can be moved. In this case, almost no traces remain on the wallpaper.
Butterflies can be hung with threads to a cornice or ceiling. A thin fishing line can also be used for this. Butterflies that will be hung in this way should be made of cardboard. Origami moths will also look spectacular with this type of mount.
Vinyl Moths
Original decorative butterflies are obtained from vinyl records. They are easy to do. In addition to the plates, you will need to prepare chalk or pencils in white and black, moth patterns and scissors.
Using a template and crayons, you need to apply the form to the center of the plate. White chalk is used on the black box, and black on the label. Next, put on a foil a plate with a painted butterfly. She is sent to the preheated oven (upper compartment) for 45 seconds. During this time, the material will become soft.
With sharp scissors you need to cut the moth. In this case, the material will quickly cool and harden. It will need to be sent to the oven several times. After the butterfly is ready, its wings need to be slightly curved.
Other decor options
Decorative butterflies can decorate not only the wall. Having shown imagination, they can decorate the ceiling, chandelier, cornice, etc. There is a technology for creating butterflies using origami. They will also look original in the interior.
From paper, cardboard blanks you can create a beautiful chandelier. Moths as if enveloping a ceiling. In this case, you can choose any color for coloring. It is correlated with the selected colors in the interior.
Butterflies made of white paper can be painted with acrylics. On the fabric, you can make additional decoration with beads and rhinestones. It all depends on the imagination of the master, as well as the availability of a large amount of free time.
Having considered the main approaches to creating decorative moths, everyone will be able to decorate the interior of their home with these motifs.