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I made extremely cheap replacement flutter wings
« on: January 11, 2021, 09:11:58 PM »
I pulled the pegs off a outlet plug and cut up some soft plastic wings from a dollar tree doll
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Re: I made extremely cheap replacement flutter wings
« Reply #1 on: January 11, 2021, 09:49:30 PM »
Um... those are really stinkin' cute. What a great idea!

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Re: I made extremely cheap replacement flutter wings
« Reply #2 on: January 12, 2021, 01:25:25 AM »
This is genius! I love a fix like this. Cheap and a nice tidy job. I guess you could make them iridescent with spray paint if you liked, but they are really lovely. I like the shape of them better than the originals.
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Re: I made extremely cheap replacement flutter wings
« Reply #3 on: January 12, 2021, 02:20:11 AM »
Brilliant! Those are just the prongs off an electrical outlet cover you used for the tabs? Who would have thought those were the perfect size? The wings themselves are really pretty too!
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Re: I made extremely cheap replacement flutter wings
« Reply #4 on: January 12, 2021, 06:20:22 AM »
that is a fabulous idea
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Re: I made extremely cheap replacement flutter wings
« Reply #5 on: January 12, 2021, 06:30:14 AM »
They look amazing! For how good they look I think it would be worth a trip to Dollar Tree to see if I can find them. What kind of doll did they go on?
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Re: I made extremely cheap replacement flutter wings
« Reply #6 on: January 12, 2021, 07:28:48 AM »
Oh I love them! They're perfect and gorgeous!

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This is genius! I love a fix like this. Cheap and a nice tidy job. I guess you could make them iridescent with spray paint if you liked, but they are really lovely. I like the shape of them better than the originals.

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Re: I made extremely cheap replacement flutter wings
« Reply #7 on: January 12, 2021, 07:35:24 AM »
What a creative idea...I would have never thought of using the outlet covers to make tabs!

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Re: I made extremely cheap replacement flutter wings
« Reply #8 on: January 12, 2021, 08:46:49 AM »
That's a fantastic idea! The replacement wings look really lovely. :heart:
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Re: I made extremely cheap replacement flutter wings
« Reply #9 on: January 12, 2021, 10:49:03 AM »
Thank you guys!
They look amazing! For how good they look I think it would be worth a trip to Dollar Tree to see if I can find them. What kind of doll did they go on?
They were on a fairy kelly clone doll in the toys section :)
There's also fake butterflies and birds in the craft section that could be used

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Re: I made extremely cheap replacement flutter wings
« Reply #10 on: January 12, 2021, 08:18:27 PM »
Wonderful idea! That color is perfect for Peach Blossom, too. Theoretically, you could just find any old thing with wings you like and use the tabs to make them compatible- amazing!
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Re: I made extremely cheap replacement flutter wings
« Reply #11 on: January 13, 2021, 07:51:53 AM »
They were on a fairy kelly clone doll in the toys section :)
There's also fake butterflies and birds in the craft section that could be used

They look so effective!  Looks as if they were actually designed for Flutters!
Hmm, I need to scour some of the UK toy stores (after lockdown) to see if they sell similar winged dolls, some great foundations for customisation projects!!
Thanks for sharing your idea!!
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Re: I made extremely cheap replacement flutter wings
« Reply #12 on: January 13, 2021, 02:11:10 PM »
That works :)

We might need different material for the tabs, here in the UK...but I imagine a plastic package of some kind would work. A lot of soup pots (plastic ones) have little tabs on them that might work...
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Re: I made extremely cheap replacement flutter wings
« Reply #13 on: January 13, 2021, 04:03:21 PM »
OK, well I'm taking notes on that because I just ordered two Flutter Ponies and I didn't want to pay for custom wings... so... I think I better check my local Dollar Tree!  :snicker:
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Re: I made extremely cheap replacement flutter wings
« Reply #14 on: January 13, 2021, 04:59:24 PM »
Glad you guys liked it!  :biggrin:
I'd love to see any flutter ponies with homemade wings, and if anyone comes up with more ways to make flutter wings, I'd love to see too.
I want to give mine a smooth uniform iridescent finish, does anyone know of a paint that would work?
They are soft plastic, and spray paint reacts badly to that.

 

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