{"id":25187,"date":"2016-09-20T02:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-09-20T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ourpeacefulplanet.com?p=25187&#038;preview_id=25187"},"modified":"2025-03-16T03:21:58","modified_gmt":"2025-03-16T03:21:58","slug":"butterfly-dream-catcher","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/craftyourhappiness.com\/2016\/09\/20\/butterfly-dream-catcher\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Make a Butterfly Dream Catcher with Special Meaning"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-25335\" src=\"http:\/\/ourpeacefulplanet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Butterfly-Dream-Catcher-and-Poem-SQ-2.png\" alt=\"Make this beautiful butterfly dream catcher with a frame and some paper. Attach the very special poem and it makes a meaningful gift for adults or children!\" width=\"630\" height=\"630\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-25253\" src=\"http:\/\/ourpeacefulplanet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/blank630x20.png\" alt=\"blank630x20\" width=\"630\" height=\"20\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This simple dream catcher has extra special meaning. Taken from an old story, it carries the idea that while you sleep, the butterfly gathers up all negative energy, thoughts and dreams and cocoons them up, then carries them far away on its wings and drops them off. It then returns\u00a0 and when you awake you are filled with wonderful energy and love.\u00a0 There is a special poem to go with it which can be hung beside it or given rolled up as a scroll for a gift. Either way, children and adults alike will love it! You might also want to check out our <a href=\"http:\/\/ourpeacefulplanet.com\/2016\/07\/26\/dream-catcher\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dream Catcher Vision Board<\/a> post which combines two wonderful ideas into one!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">POEM: This <strong>poem is a printable in the free download packet<\/strong>. Frame and hang it next to your dream catcher or roll it up and tie it with a ribbon and give with the dream catcher as a gift.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-25392\" src=\"http:\/\/ourpeacefulplanet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Butterfly-Dream-Catcher-and-Poem-to-Frame-1.png\" alt=\"Make this beautiful butterfly dream catcher with a frame and some paper. Attach the very special poem and it makes a meaningful gift for adults or children!\" width=\"450\" height=\"628\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Special Thanks goes to Jessica Serrano-Gregg who shared the wonderful butterfly story which was one her abuela (grandmother) taught her as a child. We adapted it for the poem.<\/p>\n<h1><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-25253\" src=\"http:\/\/ourpeacefulplanet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/blank630x20.png\" alt=\"blank630x20\" width=\"630\" height=\"20\" \/>Dream Catcher Supplies<\/h1>\n<p>NOTE ON FRAMES: We used an 8&#215;10 oval frame from Walmart. If you can&#8217;t find one of those, you could use any square or 8&#215;10 frame and simply put scrapbook paper as the background and center your butterfly on it.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2d3n67N\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Frame choice<\/a> on Amazon.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2N8z9hL\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">12&#215;12 frames<\/a> on Amazon<\/li>\n<li>Cardstock scrapbook paper with <a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2d1wFkT\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">gold in the mix<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2DCRdBf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Feathers<\/a> (we used 10)<\/li>\n<li>Metallic Paints For frame we used <a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2cy8R9o\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Martha Stewart&#8217;s Gold<\/a> for the feathers and <a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2cI0ipY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Martha Stewart&#8217;s\u00a0 Champagne <\/a><\/li>\n<li>Cream or <a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2cMEGed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ivory Paint<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3lqNyux\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hot Glue<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Cord\/String for hanging feathers<\/li>\n<li>Pattern and Poem download below<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-25253\" src=\"http:\/\/ourpeacefulplanet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/blank630x20.png\" alt=\"blank630x20\" width=\"630\" height=\"20\" \/><\/h1>\n<h1>Download Patterns &amp; Poem<\/h1>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-25339\" src=\"http:\/\/ourpeacefulplanet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Butterfly-Dream-Catcher-and-Poem-Downloads.png\" alt=\"Make this beautiful butterfly dream catcher with a frame and some paper. Attach the very special poem and it makes a meaningful gift for adults or children!\" width=\"630\" height=\"300\" \/><div class=\"sdm_download_button_box_default\"><div class=\"sdm_download_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/craftyourhappiness.com\/?sdm_process_download=1&download_id=25338\" class=\"sdm_download teal\" title=\"Butterfly Dream Catcher\" target=&quot;_blank&quot; download>Download Now!<\/a><\/div><\/div>\n<h1><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-25253\" src=\"http:\/\/ourpeacefulplanet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/blank630x20.png\" alt=\"blank630x20\" width=\"630\" height=\"20\" \/><\/h1>\n<h1>Instructions<\/h1>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Gather your supplies.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-25258\" src=\"http:\/\/ourpeacefulplanet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Butterfly-Dream-Catcher-and-Poem-5.jpg\" alt=\"Make this beautiful butterfly dream catcher with a frame and some paper. Attach the very special poem and it makes a meaningful gift for adults or children!\" width=\"630\" height=\"420\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Paint your fame if needed. We chose a cream color. <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-25259\" src=\"http:\/\/ourpeacefulplanet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Butterfly-Dream-Catcher-and-Poem-8.jpg\" alt=\"Make this beautiful butterfly dream catcher with a frame and some paper. Attach the very special poem and it makes a meaningful gift for adults or children!\" width=\"630\" height=\"420\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0 After your paint dries give it a solid coat of Martha Stewart&#8217;s Metallic Gold or something similar. Her <a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2cC8RWH\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">metallic and pearl paints<\/a> are amazing!<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-25261\" src=\"http:\/\/ourpeacefulplanet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Butterfly-Dream-Catcher-and-Poem-10.jpg\" alt=\"Make this beautiful butterfly dream catcher with a frame and some paper. Attach the very special poem and it makes a meaningful gift for adults or children!\" width=\"630\" height=\"420\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Print and cut out the butterfly templates. Because the poem speaks of the color &#8220;gold&#8221; you may want to keep some of that color involved. We used a solid gold glitter type sheet for the largest butterfly. <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-25262\" src=\"http:\/\/ourpeacefulplanet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Butterfly-Dream-Catcher-and-Poem-12.jpg\" alt=\"Make this beautiful butterfly dream catcher with a frame and some paper. Attach the very special poem and it makes a meaningful gift for adults or children!\" width=\"630\" height=\"420\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">We traced our large butterfly on the back of our sparkle paper and cut it out. <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-25263\" src=\"http:\/\/ourpeacefulplanet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Butterfly-Dream-Catcher-and-Poem-13.jpg\" alt=\"Make this beautiful butterfly dream catcher with a frame and some paper. Attach the very special poem and it makes a meaningful gift for adults or children!\" width=\"630\" height=\"420\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">The other two butterflies were cut out of matching cardstock. <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-25264\" src=\"http:\/\/ourpeacefulplanet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Butterfly-Dream-Catcher-and-Poem-14.jpg\" alt=\"Make this beautiful butterfly dream catcher with a frame and some paper. Attach the very special poem and it makes a meaningful gift for adults or children!\" width=\"630\" height=\"420\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Cut 8&#8243; pieces of cord that will hold your feathers. We used 10 feathers and attached three to each of the outside cords and four to the inside cord. <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-25265\" src=\"http:\/\/ourpeacefulplanet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Butterfly-Dream-Catcher-and-Poem-16.jpg\" alt=\"Make this beautiful butterfly dream catcher with a frame and some paper. Attach the very special poem and it makes a meaningful gift for adults or children!\" width=\"630\" height=\"420\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Paint the ends of your feathers with a metallic gold paint.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-25266\" src=\"http:\/\/ourpeacefulplanet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Butterfly-Dream-Catcher-and-Poem-18.jpg\" alt=\"Make this beautiful butterfly dream catcher with a frame and some paper. Attach the very special poem and it makes a meaningful gift for adults or children!\" width=\"630\" height=\"420\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Glue three feathers along each cord, one below the other. <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-25267\" src=\"http:\/\/ourpeacefulplanet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Butterfly-Dream-Catcher-and-Poem-19.jpg\" alt=\"Make this beautiful butterfly dream catcher with a frame and some paper. Attach the very special poem and it makes a meaningful gift for adults or children!\" width=\"630\" height=\"420\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">These are the final feather groups ready to attach to the frame. <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-25268\" src=\"http:\/\/ourpeacefulplanet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Butterfly-Dream-Catcher-and-Poem-20.jpg\" alt=\"Make this beautiful butterfly dream catcher with a frame and some paper. Attach the very special poem and it makes a meaningful gift for adults or children!\" width=\"630\" height=\"420\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">One set of butterfly templates should fit inside the oval 8&#215;10 frame as shown. (You can do this other ways too and just center them in the middle of a normal frame.)<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-25269\" src=\"http:\/\/ourpeacefulplanet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Butterfly-Dream-Catcher-and-Poem-21.jpg\" alt=\"Make this beautiful butterfly dream catcher with a frame and some paper. Attach the very special poem and it makes a meaningful gift for adults or children!\" width=\"630\" height=\"420\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Use a small amount of hot glue to tack down the butterfly wings inside the frame edge. In this set up there is no backing sheet on the frame. <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-25270\" src=\"http:\/\/ourpeacefulplanet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Butterfly-Dream-Catcher-and-Poem-23.jpg\" alt=\"Make this beautiful butterfly dream catcher with a frame and some paper. Attach the very special poem and it makes a meaningful gift for adults or children!\" width=\"630\" height=\"420\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Fold your other two smaller butterflies so they bend upward. <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-25271\" src=\"http:\/\/ourpeacefulplanet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Butterfly-Dream-Catcher-and-Poem-24.jpg\" alt=\"Make this beautiful butterfly dream catcher with a frame and some paper. Attach the very special poem and it makes a meaningful gift for adults or children!\" width=\"630\" height=\"420\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Glue the smallest one onto the mid sized butterfly as shown.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-25273\" src=\"http:\/\/ourpeacefulplanet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Butterfly-Dream-Catcher-and-Poem-28.jpg\" alt=\"Make this beautiful butterfly dream catcher with a frame and some paper. Attach the very special poem and it makes a meaningful gift for adults or children!\" width=\"630\" height=\"420\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Then glue them to the center of the largest butterfly. <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-25274\" src=\"http:\/\/ourpeacefulplanet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Butterfly-Dream-Catcher-and-Poem-30.jpg\" alt=\"Make this beautiful butterfly dream catcher with a frame and some paper. Attach the very special poem and it makes a meaningful gift for adults or children!\" width=\"630\" height=\"420\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Glue the feather pieces to the bottom inside of the frame spacing them evenly.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-25275\" src=\"http:\/\/ourpeacefulplanet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Butterfly-Dream-Catcher-and-Poem-31.jpg\" alt=\"Make this beautiful butterfly dream catcher with a frame and some paper. Attach the very special poem and it makes a meaningful gift for adults or children!\" width=\"630\" height=\"420\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">For the final touch, cut out the mini butterflies. <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-25276\" src=\"http:\/\/ourpeacefulplanet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Butterfly-Dream-Catcher-and-Poem-33.jpg\" alt=\"Make this beautiful butterfly dream catcher with a frame and some paper. Attach the very special poem and it makes a meaningful gift for adults or children!\" width=\"630\" height=\"420\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Fold them as shown.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-25277\" src=\"http:\/\/ourpeacefulplanet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Butterfly-Dream-Catcher-and-Poem-35.jpg\" alt=\"Make this beautiful butterfly dream catcher with a frame and some paper. Attach the very special poem and it makes a meaningful gift for adults or children!\" width=\"630\" height=\"420\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Glue them onto the feather groupings. <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-25278\" src=\"http:\/\/ourpeacefulplanet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Butterfly-Dream-Catcher-and-Poem-36.jpg\" alt=\"Make this beautiful butterfly dream catcher with a frame and some paper. Attach the very special poem and it makes a meaningful gift for adults or children!\" width=\"630\" height=\"420\" \/><\/p>\n<h1><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-25253\" src=\"http:\/\/ourpeacefulplanet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/blank630x20.png\" alt=\"blank630x20\" width=\"630\" height=\"20\" \/><\/h1>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-25337\" src=\"http:\/\/ourpeacefulplanet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Butterfly-Dream-Catcher-and-Poem-1.png\" alt=\"Make this beautiful butterfly dream catcher with a frame and some paper. Attach the very special poem and it makes a meaningful gift for adults or children!\" width=\"630\" height=\"1680\" \/><\/p>\n<h1><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-25253\" src=\"http:\/\/ourpeacefulplanet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/blank630x20.png\" alt=\"blank630x20\" width=\"630\" height=\"20\" \/><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img id=\"hzDownscaled\" style=\"position: absolute; top: -10000px;\" \/><img id=\"hzDownscaled\" style=\"position: absolute; top: -10000px;\" \/><img id=\"hzDownscaled\" style=\"position: absolute; top: -10000px;\" \/><img id=\"hzDownscaled\" style=\"position: absolute; top: -10000px;\" \/><img id=\"hzDownscaled\" style=\"position: absolute; top: -10000px;\" \/><img id=\"hzDownscaled\" style=\"position: absolute; top: -10000px;\" \/><img id=\"hzDownscaled\" style=\"position: absolute; top: -10000px;\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This simple dream catcher has extra special meaning. Taken from an old story, it carries the idea that while you sleep, the butterfly gathers up all negative energy, thoughts and dreams and cocoons them up, then carries them far away on its wings and drops them off. It then returns\u00a0 and when you awake you [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":25336,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1603,1610,1611,1629,1630,1674],"tags":[1489,1490,1491,1492,1493,1494,1495,1496],"class_list":["post-25187","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-1-blog","category-crafts","category-diy-decor","category-paper-crafts","category-under-10","category-wall-decor","tag-butterfly-craft","tag-butterfly-poem","tag-butterfly-story","tag-dream-catcher-poem","tag-dreamcatcher","tag-dreamcatcher-poem","tag-dreamcatcher-story","tag-dreamcatchers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/craftyourhappiness.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25187","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/craftyourhappiness.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/craftyourhappiness.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/craftyourhappiness.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/craftyourhappiness.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25187"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/craftyourhappiness.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25187\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":37122,"href":"https:\/\/craftyourhappiness.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25187\/revisions\/37122"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/craftyourhappiness.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25336"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/craftyourhappiness.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25187"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/craftyourhappiness.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25187"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/craftyourhappiness.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25187"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}