How can you create your own butterfly display?

Display butterflies in your community!

We invite you to display butterflies in your own communities! Please email us a picture of your wheel and let us know how many butterflies you made so we can keep track!

Please also post photos of your butterflies to Instagram, Facebook @butterflyeffectmigration and Twitter @effectmigration so we can track the butterfly displays across the country!

How should I make butterflies?

You can make butterflies at home, with your friends, or at school
You can sign up to be a Team Captain, and lead a group of your friends, classmates, or community members in making 500-1000 butterflies.
You can run a butterfly workshop at your organization or school! Click here for a workshop guide!
Ideas on how to make butterflies are available here!
Once you’ve made your butterflies, we encourage you to display them (see below) and/or send them to your local elected officials

Sending butterflies to local elected officials

Mail or deliver butterflies to your local elected officials.
- Ask them to remember the migrant children in detention
- Encourage them to take action to end child detention
You can find a list of your Representatives here

How can I display the butterflies?

There’s no one way to display your butterfly kaleidoscopes. Some people are hanging butterflies in their windows, and others are hanging wheels from the ceiling. Whatever works for you – the point is to make sure the butterflies are visible!
Here’s a picture of one of our display stands – see below for step by step photos on how to build one!