Why thank you, PaperBuff!
i know this is going to sound weird, but looking at this craft a second time, it reminds me of this old game called "elefun". it's basically a little plastic elephant with a "trunk" that blows little fabric buttiflies out of it, and the object of the game is to catch them in these little butterfly nets. I used to love that! here's a video of some random kids playing it to demonstrate what i just desribed:
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