Make $10 cellophane fairy wings: No wire, safe for kids, patterns included.

Links to design sources below. (Also perfect for playing dress up with small dogs.)

Patterns from video
https://sites.google.com/site/gryphern/templateforewing.jpg
https://sites.google.com/site/gryphern/templatehindwing.jpg

Supply list and video transcript
https://sites.google.com/site/gryphern/fairy%20wings%20script%20gryphern.pdf

Holland's butterfly book
http://books.google.com/books?id=ktwGAAAAYAAJ&dq=neuration%20wing%20butterfly%20book&pg=PA179#v=onepage&q&f=false Source for most round wing shapes

The Butterflies of the Eastern United States and Canada
http://books.google.com/books?id=oIJIAAAAYAAJ&dq=neuration%20wing&pg=PA2119#v=onepage&q=neuration&f=false Good source for swallowtails, check out page 2123 for super long tailed wings

Tillyard's The biology of dragonflies
http://books.google.com/books?id=N3YeAQAAMAAJ&dq=DRAGONFLY%20VEINATION&pg=PA61#v=onepage&q&f=false Several simplified dragonfly drawings of only a few veins make creating easy veins possible (dig around has many styles of drawing in the "Wings" chapter).

Snodgrass's The anatomy of the honey bee
http://books.google.com/books?id=F3cuAAAAYAAJ&dq=bee%20wing%20venation&pg=PA60#v=onepage&q&f=false Snodgrass, to this day, remains the world's best insect anatomist. Have reverence as you page through!

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