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What sort of crafts do you like doing at home with the children? Michelle Bowen, a nanny in Northallerton, North Yorkshire, sent in these ideas Peg butterflies

Peg butterflies

You will need:

* Coloured card

* Paint, glitter etc

* Plastic clothes peg

* Glue

* Scissors

* Pencil * Cut out the shape of a butterfly. The length should be just a little shorter than the peg you are using.

* Decorate the butterfly with materials of your choice, and allow it to dry.

* Cut out two small strips of card and curl around the pencil to make feelers. Stick these to the back of the butterfly.

* Firmly glue the back of the butterfly to the clothes peg, along the centre of the body, and allow to dry.

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