Ideal for children and adults alike, this craft can fill your home or classroom with vibrant, fluttering butterflies. You only need a handful of simple supplies: colored craft paper, scissors, a glue stick, a pen, and the provided paper butterfly template. Follow the step-by-step instructions...
Fold the butterfly in half and have your children paint a design on only ONE half of the butterfly. For young children it works best if you fold the unpainted side under the side they are painting to eliminate confusion. STEP 3 While the paint is still wet, fold the unpainted side of...
Craft Instructions:Print out the Valentine's Day template of choice. Colour (where appropriate) and cut out the template pieces. Glue the large rectangular piece on first to cover the tube. Glue on the head and the six hands (have the children count the hands. Butterflies have 6 legs). ...
They are really easy to make and use the technique of accordion folding paper. For some reason my kids LOVE this method of folding paper back and forth, and it provides great fine motor practice too. I also love how this craft allows for all different combinations of patterned scrapbooking p...
These fun origami butterfly craft video tutorials will teach your children how to make the adorable 3D creations from scratch. How to fold a butterfly is easier than you think and I found ten step by step lessons that each offer a different spin.
Make this easy crepe paper butterfly craft with just two materials! Perfect for little kids to make and stick on cards, gifts or the walls of their room!
This butterfly craft was inspired by our first monarch butterfly sighting ( or at least we think it was a monarch). When my daughter and I were digging through our craft cabinets for inspiration we saw the party streamers saved from Halloween and this is what we made. I wasn’t sure ...
*Our pipe cleaners were provided to us byCraftProjectIdeas.comfor free to use in our projects! Check out their website for great products and fun craft ideas! This butterfly craft is super easy! Give your children somepaintand several pieces of pasta each, that’s it! They picked out th...
craft stick (stick, or knife would work too) clothespin paint (optional) pipe cleaners Chromatography butterfly craft The first step is to explore chromatography for children. Start by drawing concentric circles at different intervals and different thickness with mr sketch markers on coffee filters. ...
These Butterfly Salt Paintings are the perfect spring craft because they combine art practice and spring insects! Taking the time to study butterflies and incorporate them into this activity by creating Butterfly Salt Paintings for Kids. For more salt painting theme inspiration, check out ourSalt ...