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to make these very beautiful balancing toys you need a butterfly, card sheet, a couple
of press buttons, a toothpick mounted on a bottle. now take the card sheet which is 15cm
long and 10cm wide and cut the butterfly. now color this butterfly so that it looks
beautiful. this is the colored butterfly and then mark 3 points, two on the wing tips and
one right in the middle. this is a single punch and cut out 3 holes. you can see the 3 holes
here. and then take big press buttons, open them up and fix them. the one with the little
depression goes in such that the depression part is below. similarly fix the other two
buttons on the wing tips. they will add weight to the wing tips and help the butterfly balance.
now finally bend the butterfly so that the wing tips are slightly below and just perch
it. this is the toothpick mounted on the bottle full of sand and now perch it on the end of
the toothpick by the press button. the butterfly will balance beautifully and you give it a
twirl and it keeps rotating. this is the beautiful top view of the balancing butterfly. instead
of a butterfly you can also make a card figurine like this. two long hands, two long legs.
once again punch the 3 marked points, one on the neck and two almost on the palms. once
again press fit 3 press buttons. we can see that the part that is depressed is below because
this is where the press button will perch on the toothpick. once again bend the hands
and the legs for more stability. and place the press button on the tip of the toothpick.
and once you give it a twirl, this card figurine will keep going round and round very gracefully.
enjoy the top view. these are two simple and beautiful balancing toys. here you can see
this little kid enjoying it.