![]() ![]() ![]() Align each wing's stem with each side of the U. Cut a strip of 50 to 55 lb (23 to 25 kg) wire and bend it into a narrow U-shape that is 2 to 3 fingers wide and a little taller than your hand. Trim off excess cellophane, leaving a 1⁄8 to 1⁄4 in (0.32 to 0.64 cm) border around the outline wire. ![]() As you iron the wing, the cellophane will shrink, crinkle, and seal around the wire. Cover each wing with a piece of printer paper, then press it for a few seconds with a dry iron (no steam) using the lowest heat setting, working your way from one side of the wing to the next. By the time you cover the second wing with cellophane and cut it out, the first one should be dry. Use the same technique to create a second cellophane wing that matches the first one. Set the wing down on a flat surface and stack a few books on top of it while it dries. Cut the wing out, leaving behind a 1 in (2.5 cm) border all around. Smooth down the cellophane around the outline and inner shapes with your fingers. Place the wire wing on top of the cellophane, roll the cellophane back over the wing until it’s completely covered, and cut the excess cellophane off with scissors. Roll out enough clear or colored cellophane to fit your wing, plus a little extra, then spray the cellophane liberally with spray adhesive. Then, bend thinner wire to match the inner swirly shapes in the wing, trim the wire with wire cutters, and secure the ends of the wires to the outline with foil tape. If necessary, use a piece of silver foil tape to hold the outline together. Leave a wire stem about the length of your hand sticking out of the bottom corner of the wing and cut the excess wire off with heavy-duty wire cutters. Next, place heavy-duty 50 to 55 lb (23 to 25 kg) wire on top of your sketch and bend the wire until it matches the wing’s outline. To make easy, no-sew fairy wings out of cellophane and wire, first sketch a basic outline of a fairy wing on a piece of poster board and add veins or swirly shapes on the inside of the wing. ![]()
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