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    Home » Crafts » Cheese Cloche Butterfly Display

    Cheese Cloche Butterfly Display

    Published by Gail | Published March 14, 2018 | Updated February 12, 2020
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    I am making a repurposed cheese cloche butterfly garden. I’m itching for Spring, and nothing says Spring like a pretty butterfly display. This project is so easy and these small cheese trays are so easy to find at flea markets and thrift stores. Heck, you may even have one already. I have several!

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    butterfly dome repurposed cheese cloche

    This little cheese dome was only a dollar in Joey’s booth at Vendors’ Village. The packages of butterflies were from Mighty Dollar in Jamestown KY. I’ve had the annealed wire for years. I’m nearing the end of my roll so I’ll be needing to order more on Amazon very soon.

    Drill Holes in Cheese Cloche Base

    drill holes in wooden base of cheese cloche

    I chose a tiny bit to drill the holes in the base of the cheese board just big enough to insert the wire. I randomly drilled the holes, no real rhyme or reason.

     

    Secure wire into holes on cheese clochecut wire insert into wooden cheese tray base

    Feeling free and easy, I cut wire lengths at random. Inserting the wires and bending them in various shapes. If you have a taller cheese cloche you will have more freedom with the wires you cut and shape.

    Test butterfly placement on wires

    test fit paper butterflies in cheese cloche

    The small butterflies are actually made from feathers of some sort. They have tiny clips on them which made it easy to attach to the wires. This made it fun to see how I might arrange them on the moveable wires.

    Remove small clips from paper butterflies

    remove clips from butterflies for repurposed cloche butterfly garden

    After getting a feel for how the butterflies would look, I decided to remove the tiny clips and use hot glue to secure them when the time was right. I gently worked each clip from the body of the butterfly. No butterflies were harmed.

     

    Spray paint cheese tray base

    spray paint cheese cloche base

    As time progressed I decided that I would like my cheese dome butterfly garden to have a more consistent color. I headed to the garage with a warm can of spray paint  and my project. (it was very cold outside) Whenever I spray paint I like to do several very light coats for better coverage.

    Use hot glue to attach butterflies to wire

    secure butterflies to wire with hot glue

     

    Sometimes I tend to be impatient and it was hard to wait while the paint dried. I actually broke out the hair dryer to help speed things up a little. I used my ancient glue gun to do little dollops of glue on the body of the butterfly, then placed it randomly on the wires.

     

    See what inspired me to do this easy cheese cloche project from my friends at Home and Family!

     

    Arrange wires in cheese dome to accommodate the small butterflies

    cheese cloche dome butterfly garden display MyRepurposedLife.com

     

    The colorful butterflies make me smile. Did you know I was a pre-k teacher for 19 years? Each spring our class would order caterpillars and watch them build their cocoons and morph into beautiful butterflies.

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    1. Kathy A

      March 29, 2018 at 8:02 pm

      I found a cheese dome 2 weeks ago and just found this post. I love it! And I have some butterflies--somewhere! Great idea!

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      • Gail Wilson

        March 29, 2018 at 9:31 pm

        How awesome is that! You have the butterflies, I had to buy them. I guess I don't do enough crafts to save things like that. 😉

        I'd love you see your version when you get it done.

        gail

      • Kathy A

        March 30, 2018 at 6:50 pm

        My son is in IT: I'm technologically challenged. He is coming over after the Easter sunrise service and breakfast to give me more lessons! I'd love to show off some of my accomplishments (she said modestly!).

    2. Kathy Owen

      March 16, 2018 at 9:10 pm

      what a wonderful idea. I would never have thought to try this.

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    3. Christy @ Our Southern Home

      March 14, 2018 at 8:45 pm

      How lucky of you to find the entire cheese cloche! This is so freaking creative!!!

      Reply
    4. Maryann

      March 14, 2018 at 3:56 pm

      Jealous of your cheese dome find... I can never find them! Love it's butterfly spring transformation!

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    5. Kristin salazar

      March 14, 2018 at 3:18 pm

      This is so cute, perfect for Spring!

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    6. Jennie

      March 14, 2018 at 9:49 am

      I wondered what you were going to do with the cheese cloche. That’s really cute.

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    7. girlfromwva

      March 14, 2018 at 9:01 am

      this is too cute and immediately makes me think of Spring!

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    8. Sadie Seasongoods

      March 14, 2018 at 8:01 am

      LOVE THIS! So much better than the preserved real butterfly cloches of the 80s, remember those?? And it's so funny- my readers have bemoaned the fact that these cheese domes are becoming harder to find...and I promised them that I'd giveaway the next one I found (and I found one yesterday!). Snap them up whenever you see them...so many possibilities.

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