Coffee Filter Butterfly SWAPS

Coffee Filter Butterfly SWAPS Instructions:

Materials: black pipe cleaner (already folded in half), coffee filter, string, safety pin
Also needed: non-permanent markers

1. Flatten out your coffee filter. Use non-permanent markers to draw or scribble on the coffee filter.
2. Place the filter on a baking sheet and spray or sprinkle water on the coffee filter to let the colors spread in a watercolor effect. Leave the filter to dry.
3. Pinch together the filter about ⅓ from the bottom. 
4. String the loop of the safety pin through the thread and tie the pinched coffee filter so you have a lopsided bowtie held sideways. Trim the extra string.
5. Pinch the tied coffee filter together from the top to bottom, forming the wings of the butterfly.
6. Fold the black pipe cleaner in half and slide, like a clip, from the center bottom up the middle of the coffee filter so the pipe cleaner makes the body of the butterfly. 
7. Twist the pipe cleaner to form the head and also tie the butterfly together.
8. Curl the remainder of the two strings of pipe cleaner to form the antenna of the butterfly.
   
   

Pictures of how I pinched the filter to form the wings:

Word and Feather SWAPS

 Word and Feather SWAPS Instructions: (AKA: Name and Feather SWAPS Alternative!)

Materials: Alphabet beads spelling word, 6" sparkly pipe cleaner,  2 feathers, 2 ribbons 4" long, pony beads (1 black or brown, 6 colored), 24" hemp cord, a safety pin

1. Lay down two feathers on top of each other, lay ribbon (if pointed side on the ribbon, face point toward quill tip), and lay pipe cleaner on top with all items lined up at the end of the quill. 
2. Hold your stack tight and (quill side) push everything through the black pony bead.
3. Thread the safety pin through your hemp cord and tie it in the middle of the cord. Tie a second knot if desired.
4. Tie hemp cord around the bundle, right under the black pony bead. The safety pin should now be secured under the black bead.
5. String, thread, or loop three colored beads through both strands of hemp cord as desired, followed by the word beads, followed by three more colored beads. On the last bead, if stringing beads, loop cords around the bead and string again! You can use any method you prefer to string the beads and word onto your bundle.
6. Tie a knot in cords.
7. Twist or bend the pipe cleaner into a fun shape, spiral, or zigzag. 
8. If desired, put glue inside the black pony bead to secure items.

This SWAPS is an excellent one to tie into Scouting/Rank color themes. For example, in my samples above, I used colors of:

• gold/tan, blue, and yellow for Lions!
• orange, black, and blue for Tigers!

Lion Face SWAPS

Lion Face SWAPS Instructions:

Materials: Wood disk, two small googly eyes, felt in tan and black, yarn in yellow or orange Also needed: pencil/pen/marker, glue, scissors, hot glue with adult supervision (optional)

1. Glue your googly eyes on the wooden disk for a lion's face.
2. Cut out two ears from the tan felt and a nose from the black felt.
3. Glue your ears and nose to the wooden disk and allow time to dry. You may choose to glue your ears sticking up from the back of the disk.
4. Draw the mouth and whiskers on your lion's face.
5. Cut a 12” piece of yarn and set it aside.
6. Wrap the remaining yarn around 4 fingers, be sure not to wrap too tight which can hurt your fingers and be harder for the finished yarn bundle to slide off. Wrap it all around!
7. Take the piece of yarn you set aside and push it through the middle between your fingers (get some help or use a tool like a toothpick to help, if needed.
8. Wrap the piece of yarn around through the tips of the fingers and tie a knot with assistance as needed.
9. Slide the yarn off your fingers and tighten/secure the knot as needed.
10. Glue the mane to the back of your lion's face.
    

Visual Guide for making mane from adventuresofadiymom.com:

While I chose another Lion-face craft for my Lions to do, this craft is grrrrr-eat alternative!

It can truly fit in anywhere during the year.

Additionally, I know at least one Adventure where it can be a great tie-in craft!

Recommended Adventure Tie-In: Lion = Rumble in the Jungle (focus on animals)