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Recycled Milk Jug Dragonfly Craft – Sharpies and Alcohol

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RECYCLED MILK JUG DRAGONFLY CRAFT uses sharpie and alcohol colouring to give a stunning tie dye effect. A pretty insect craft for Spring, Summer & Earth Day.
RECYCLED MILK JUG DRAGONFLY CRAFT uses sharpie and alcohol colouring to give a stunning tie dye effect. A pretty insect craft for Spring, Summer & Earth Day.
RECYCLED MILK JUG DRAGONFLY CRAFT uses sharpie and alcohol colouring to give a stunning tie dye effect. A pretty insect craft for Spring, Summer & Earth Day.
RECYCLED MILK JUG DRAGONFLY CRAFT uses sharpie and alcohol colouring to give a stunning tie dye effect. A pretty insect craft for Spring, Summer & Earth Day.

I still remember seeing my first big dragonfly when I was a girl. I was totally captivated by its gorgeous iridescence!  This Recycled Milk Jug Dragonfly Craft uses a sharpie and alcohol colouring method to give a stunning tie dye effect to the dragonfly’s wings. Such a pretty insect craft for Spring, Summer and Earth Day.

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We always have an abundance of plastic milk jugs and I love finding new ways to get creative with them. Their semi-transparence lends them so well to suncatchers and insect crafts. We loved using them to make gorgeous Jewelled Hearts Suncatchers, Cute Rocking Chicks, and even some fun Easter Baskets!

JEWELLED HEART SUNCATCHERS are so pretty! This is an easy recycled craft for kids and they make lovely gifts too. A great kids craft for Valentine's Day, Mother's Day and Summer. #valentine #valentinesday #valentinesdaycraft #valentinecraft #valentinescrafts #valentinecrafts #valentinesdayforkids #heart #love #heartcrafts #upcycledcraft #recycledcraft #suncatchers #suncatchercrafts #kidsart #ECE #kidscrafts #kidscraft #kidscrafts101 #craftsforkids #preschool #preK #earlyyears
Jewelled Heart Suncatchers
Cute Rocking Chick - a fun recycled Easter craft for kids.
Milk Jug Rocking Chicks
CUTE EASTER BASKETS a recycled milk jug craft. This recycled Easter craft for kids is lots of fun. Homemade Easter baskets to decorate for egg hunts or cute Easter gifts! #easter #easterbasket #easterbaskets #eastercrafts #easterideas #recycledcrafts #kidscrafts #craftsforkids #kidscraftroom #easteregghunts #eastereggs
Milk Jug Easter Baskets

I first came across the sharpie and alcohol colouring method being used by the lovely Jackie from Happy Hooligans. She made some gorgeous tie dyed bookmarks from old plastic vinegar bottles and I’ve been wanting to try the idea ever since!

RECYCLED MILK JUG DRAGONFLY CRAFT uses sharpie and alcohol colouring to give a stunning tie dye effect. A pretty insect craft for Spring, Summer & Earth Day.

 

This insect dragonfly craft seemed like the perfect opportunity to experiment with sharpies and rubbing alcohol ourselves and I just love how they turned out.

Recycled Milk Jug Dragonfly Craft Tutorial Using Sharpies and Rubbing Alcohol

RECYCLED MILK JUG DRAGONFLY CRAFT uses sharpie and alcohol colouring to give a stunning tie dye effect. A pretty insect craft for Spring, Summer & Earth Day. Dragonfly Craft Supplies

  • Large Plastic Milk Jugs
  • Sharpies US / UK
  • Rubbing Alcohol US / UK
  • Glue Gun US / UK

How To Make A Recycled Milk Jug Dragonfly Craft

RECYCLED MILK JUG DRAGONFLY CRAFT uses sharpie and alcohol colouring to give a stunning tie dye effect. A pretty insect craft for Spring, Summer & Earth Day.

We started our dragonfly craft by looking at photographs of real dragonflies to get an idea of the proportions and body parts of this fascinating insect.

RECYCLED MILK JUG DRAGONFLY CRAFT step 1 - uses sharpie and alcohol colouring to give a stunning tie dye effect. A pretty insect craft for Spring, Summer & Earth Day.

Using our plastic milk jug we cut out a long rectangle for the body (head, thorax and abdomen) and two sets of wings each about 1 and a half times the length of the body.

RECYCLED MILK JUG DRAGONFLY CRAFT step 2 - uses sharpie and alcohol colouring to give a stunning tie dye effect. A pretty insect craft for Spring, Summer & Earth Day.

Next we coloured in the body in stripes with bright Sharpie pens.

RECYCLED MILK JUG DRAGONFLY CRAFT step 4- uses sharpie and alcohol colouring to give a stunning tie dye effect. A pretty insect craft for Spring, Summer & Earth Day.

The wings were coloured more randomly. We chose different colour sets for each dragonfly.

RECYCLED MILK JUG DRAGONFLY CRAFT step 6- uses sharpie and alcohol colouring to give a stunning tie dye effect. A pretty insect craft for Spring, Summer & Earth Day.

Then we followed Jackie’s instructions to apply the rubbing alcohol to create a lovely mottled tie dye look.

We finished off our homemade dragonflies’ wings by drawing on some veins with the Sharpies.

RECYCLED MILK JUG DRAGONFLY CRAFT step 7- uses sharpie and alcohol colouring to give a stunning tie dye effect. A pretty insect craft for Spring, Summer & Earth Day.

To make the dragonfly’s body we tightly rolled the plastic rectangle and used a glue gun to hold it in place. We tried to make it slightly wider at the head end and narrower at the tail end.

RECYCLED MILK JUG DRAGONFLY CRAFT step 8- uses sharpie and alcohol colouring to give a stunning tie dye effect. A pretty insect craft for Spring, Summer & Earth Day.

Then we glued on a pair of forewings and hindwings and some cute googly eyes.

RECYCLED MILK JUG DRAGONFLY CRAFT step 5- uses sharpie and alcohol colouring to give a stunning tie dye effect. A pretty insect craft for Spring, Summer & Earth Day.

Lastly our dragonfly craft needed its 6 insect legs so we snipped some out from the milk jug plastic, coloured them black with a Sharpie and glue gunned them in place.

RECYCLED MILK JUG DRAGONFLY CRAFT uses sharpie and alcohol colouring to give a stunning tie dye effect. A pretty insect craft for Spring, Summer & Earth Day.

The results are stunning and I just adore how iridescent our milk jug dragonfly craft looks!

RECYCLED MILK JUG DRAGONFLY CRAFT uses sharpie and alcohol colouring to give a stunning tie dye effect. A pretty insect craft for Spring, Summer & Earth Day.

I’ve teamed up with some other wonderful kid craft bloggers to bring you this milk jug dragonfly craft. Do check out their lovely recycled insect crafts too.

Gorgeous recycled insect crafts for kids. Great for Spring, Summer and Earth Day.

  • Recycled Bee Craft
  • Recycled Lid Caterpillar Art
  • Cardboard Tube Grasshopper
  • Butterfly Wall Hanging
  • Recycled CD Ladybug
  • Egg Carton Bee

More Fun Insect and Animal Crafts To Try:

Itsy Bitsy Spider Play Set - easy to make and great for bringing the nursery rhyme to life. A fun spider craft for kids.

Itsy Bitsy Spider Play Set

DRAGON HOBBY HORSE Imagine how excited kids will be to ride on the back of their own dragon! This dragon is easily made from an up-cycled cereal box for hours of imaginative play.

Dragon Hobby Horse

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Learn About Frog Development & Make A Pond Scene

EASTER BUNNY RABBIT NAPKIN RINGS - a fun recycled Easter craft for kids. A cute rabbit craft from cardboard tubes / TP rolls. #easter #eastercrafts #kidscrafts #craftsforkids #kidscraftroom #bunny #bunnies #easterbunny #rabbits #tprollcrafts #cardboardtubecrafts #rabbitcrafts #bunnycrafts #napkin #napkinrings

Easter Bunny Napkin Rings

CLOTHESPIN SHEEP AND LAMBS - a lovely Spring craft for kids that double up as table place holders or memo holders.

Clothes Pin Sheep (Place Card Holders)

MINI EASTER BASKETS - these little Easter nests are the cutest! A fab recycled Easter craft for kids that can be used as gifts, table decorations or party favours.

Make Mini Easter Baskets – Little Chick Nests

Cute Rocking Chick - a fun recycled Easter craft for kids.

Rocking Easter Chicks – recycled craft

Make a paper plate Easter Bunny Mask with whiskers - great for imaginative play.

Make A Paper Plate Pig Mask

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