What’s the Project? Use this dress up butterfly wings pattern to make the cutest little butterfly costume for your little girls. Darling for them to wear and simple to make, this butterfly costume is perfect! 

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SUPPLIES FOR BUTTERFLY WINGS PATTERN:
1/2 yard – 3/4 yard fabric, such as cotton or flannel
1/2 yard batting
Sewing Machine
Elastic, I like to use headband elastic for this particular project. The amount will vary.

First I drew and cut out HALF of a butterfly shape pattern out of a piece of wrapping paper. I just made sure it wasn’t much larger than the size of my daughter’s shirt. The size of the butterfly shape you will make depends on the size of the child you are making it for. I folded my fabric in half and placed the edge of my butterfly pattern on the folded edge.

I repeated this step for my main piece of fabric and once with my piece of batting. You should have a total of three pieces (1) batting piece and (2) pretty fabric pieces. Lay your pieces together pretty side of the fabrics facing each other and lay the batting on top.

Sew around all the edges making sure to leave a 4-5 inch gap for turning.

Turn your butterfly wings right side out and press with a hot iron if necessary. Top stitch around the edges, making sure to sew the hole closed.

Take a 3 inch piece of elastic and tie it around the middle of the butterfly wings. This step is optional but I loved how it looked gathered slightly in the middle.

Either hand stitch or hot glue two circle pieces of elastic to the back of the butterfly wings. This is what your child will put their arms through to wear their butterfly wings. For my daughter, I had the circle pieces about 8 inches long.

These could also be made for boys using other colors. You could even use the same concept and cut out bat wings instead of butterfly wings. So simple and so sweet!

Hope you have fun sewing this cute dress up butterfly wings pattern!