Pop Bottle Firefly
Make them this spring for some outdoor evening fun or turn off the lights inside on a rainy day!
Yield: 1 pop bottle fire fly
Cost: $5
Equipment
- Glue Gun
- Scissors
Materials
- 1 water bottle or pop bottle (clear)
- 1 glow stick (any colour)
- 1 foam sheet (any colour)
- 4 pipe cleaners (any colour)
- 1 pair googly eyes
- 1 sheet tissue paper
- 1 bottle Mod Podge
- 1 foam brush
Instructions
- Cut a sheet of tissue paper into 1 inch strips.
- Brush a layer of Mod Podge onto the center of your bottle.
- Stick the tissue paper strips onto the Mod Podge, wrapping it around the bottle. Brush another layer of Mod Podge on top of the tissue strips.
- Once dry, wrap three pipe cleaners around the centre of the the bottle, on top of the tissue strips. Twist each one around the bottom to form the legs.
- Cut 2 wing shapes out of a foam sheet. Using a glue gun, attach them to the top of the bottle.
- Place your glow stick inside the bottle.
- Glue on a pair of googly eyes onto the bottle cap then twist another pipe cleaner around the neck of the bottle to form the antenna.
- Your pop bottle fire fly is complete!
