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22 Butterfly Crafts For Kids

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These cute and adorable butterfly crafts are the perfect addition to your afternoon of crafting. These crafts are all aimed at children and are easy to make. They are also perfect for large group activities where children are required to do some of the work on their own and unsupervised such as painting and tracing.

But first.. 

Why are Butterfly crafts good for kids?

Creativity: Creating butterfly crafts can spark kids’ imagination and encourage them to express their creativity. They can experiment with different colors, patterns, and materials to create unique and beautiful butterflies.

Fine motor skills: Making butterfly crafts can help improve children’s fine motor skills as they use scissors, glue, and other tools to cut and assemble the materials.

Science education: Butterfly crafts can be a fun way to introduce kids to science concepts like metamorphosis, the butterfly life cycle, and the anatomy of a butterfly.

Outdoor appreciation: Butterflies are commonly found in nature, and making butterfly crafts can help kids appreciate and learn about the outdoors and the creatures that live there.

Social and emotional development: Crafting can also provide a sense of accomplishment and pride for kids when they complete a project. It can also be a social activity that fosters communication and cooperation when done with other children or adults.

And with that here are the ideas in this roundup!

Kids Craft – Cork Butterflies

Coffee Filter Butterfly Craft is Perfect for Kids of All Ages!

Fun Tissue Paper Butterfly Craft for Kids

Chunky Rainbow Butterfly Craft For Kids · The Inspiration Edit

Handprint Butterfly Craft For Kids

Toilet Paper Roll Butterfly

Butterfly Black Glue Craft for Kids – Toddlers Can Do This Too!

DIY Butterfly Necklace From Newspaper — CraftBits.com

Butterfly Mobile — CraftBits.com

Sweet & Lovely Paper Plate Butterfly Kids Craft

Butterfly Candle Holders — CraftBits.com

Clay Footprint Ring Dish – A beautiful diy butterfly keepsake craft

Giant, Pretty, Painted Origami Butterflies

Easy No Sew Felt Butterfly Craft

How to Make a Paper Bag Butterfly Kids Craft

Marbled paper plate Butterfly

Foam Cup Butterfly Craft

Easy Butterfly For Toddlers

Easy Butterfly Craft Ring

DIY New-Sew Tulle Butterflies Tutorial – Party Ideas | Party Printables Blog

Kids Craft: Clothespin Butterfly

Butterfly Art Using Paint Swatches

Looking for some Butterfly themed kids crafts? Check these out on Amazon. They are ready to go with all the supplies.

Butterfly Sun Catcher Kit

ButterflyNecklace Kit

Butterfly paint set

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The other day I shared some cross stitch patterns with ornaments on them, so this time around I wanted to share cross stitch patterns that you can use as ornaments. It would be fun to do a whole tree in your craft room with cross stitch ornaments, or just add a few to your tree or give them as gifts.

These little quilt inspired cross stitch patterns from Flamingo Toes look like ornaments and fit in 3-inch hoops, which are perfect for hanging on the tree or using to decorate a gift. I love the pastel colors on these but you can use more traditional Christmas colors if you like.

This cute Christmas tree from Lagodargetoshop uses a single color and fits in a 4-inch hoop, but you could make it smaller if you wanted by trimming the last ornaments and gifts from the sides, or just stitch the tree without any other embellishments. Either way it’s a cute addition to your holiday tree.

Stitched Modern has a super cute collection of retro Christmas ornament cross stitch patterns from designer Gera. This is a printed pattern that will be shipped to you. Each pattern is about 40 by 56 stitches, or 2.9 by 4 inches/7.4 by 10 cm on 14 count fabric. To work the whole set you’ll need 20 colors of floss.

These snowflake ornaments from Our Little Handmade Home are each about 2.5 inches/6.4 cm when stitched on 14 count fabric, and they use a single color of floss. They are pretty in red but you could also do white on a blue or black background, or whatever suits your other Christmas tree decorations!

From the description it sounds like this set of vintage style cross stitch characters is presented as one large chart, but the photo from Sampler Antique Stitch shows each of them stitched up as their own little ornament, so it gets included here. You’ll find Santa and snowmen in different poses in this cute collection.