Description
Make your own interior decoration with this 3D paper Dragonfly Collection!
Create a real artistic interior with these magical bright dragonflies. This 3D paper decoration kit contains 28 easy to use summer insects in 4 variable sizes varying from 5 to 10 cm wide. They come in 4 glossy metallic gradient colours. Just take them out of their sheets, fold, add on the included glue dot and stick on to the wall! Or anywhere else like a door, lampshade, picture frame, cupboard or cabinet. You could even decorate a wrapped present or put them in a bouquet of flowers. The possibilities really go as far as your imagination takes you! :)
Assembling and decorating with these 3D paper Dragonflies is a creative DIY project. The feeling of pride and joy when you finish crafting your masterpiece is great, and it will become an eye-catcher in your interior. Taking the insect life into your home is fun and animal friendly in this way.
The Dragonfly Collection contains:
- 3 coloured templates with 28 dragonflies
- glue gum to attach the dragonflies
- clear sheet of instructions
Dragonfly facts:
The Scientific Name of the Dragonfly is Anisoptera. They live on every continent but Antarctica, you can recognise these insects instantly by their large bodies; they have four long, horizontal wings; and they hover and zip around. Dragonflies can reach speeds of up to 35 miles an hour and fly just as gracefully backward by lifting off vertically, like a helicopter. Each of their eyes has about 28,000 single eyes! Around 7,000 species of true dragonflies are alive today,
Dragonflies begin their lives in the water. Around midsummer, females hover over bodies of fresh water and dip in their abdomens, laying eggs that will come out in about seven to eight days. These larvae stay in the water for up to three years, hunting aquatic insects, mosquito larvae, or small fish with a lower jaw that reaches out and opens up sideways, snatching prey into their mouths. They may even cannibalise other dragonfly nymphs.
These larves propel themselves quickly by sucking water into their abdomen and then spitting it out. They undergo between six and 15 molts before emerging as fully formed adult dragonflies, a process that takes about 12 hours. Adults live only about a month, hunting flies, mosquitos, and midges. Their arms slant upward, forming a type of basket and enabling them to scoop up prey in flight.
