What little girl wouldn’t want a butterfly themed nursery or room

or  that will inspire her to wonder about these magnificent

creatures?  Creating a butterfly themed bedroom can be costly,

depending on what you decide to use.  However, there are many

ways to create your own butterfly garden bedroom on a budget

 with just a few simple tricks.

A great place to start would be hanging nylon butterfly

decorations.  These butterfly decorations have become very

popular thanks to places like Pottery Barn.  However, you

don’t have to spend a lot to have that catalog look.  These

nylon butterflies can be hung from the ceiling or placed directly on

walls.  They come in different styles, shapes, sizes and

color.  The possibilities are endless with a fews simple house

hold items and a hot glue gun.

Butterfly Lamp Shades:  Instead of spending $25 on a butterfly

lampshade, you can take smaller 3" nylon butterfly decorations and hot

glue them to a plain lampshade.  Three butterflies for $6,

plain white lampshade for $4 give a grand total of $10.

Butterfly Curtains:  Butterfly sheers are all the rave these

days, but sell for an average of  $50 a

panel.   Get a plain sheer for $7 a panel and

decorate them with 2" mini nylon butterflies at 85 cents each.

 This can easily be done with a needle and thread. 

Depending on how big your curtain is, your cost is about $14.42.

Butterfly Curtain Holdbacks:  Now that you have your beautiful

(but much less expensive) curtains, you may want something to hold your

curtains back.  Holdbacks can cost around $35 for a set of

2.  Why spend so much when you can have something even more

beautiful at a fraction of the cost?  Buy some organza ribbon

for $4 a roll.  Take about two feet of ribbon and glue a 5"

nylon butterfly at $4.95 to the center and tie them around your

curtains to pull them back.  Your cost?  $13.95 per

pair plus extra organza with which to decorate.

Other ideas are to use butterflies as accents on picture frames, growth

charts, and mirrors.  Two to three inch butterflies are

perfect for these.  The possibilities are endless.

Once you have hung all your butterflies, why not create a full

butterfly garden with flowers, dragonflies, bumblebees and ladybugs?

Let your imagination take over and inspire your child to wonder!