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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

Have you read?

Easy Outdoor Games to Play with Kids

After talking about the pirate themed chalk obstacle course the other day, I got to thinking about other easy, low prep games and activities you can do with kids outside. A lot of these are ideas I found on Pinterest that don’t link to blogs anymore if they ever did, but often that’s all the detail you need to figure out what’s going on. 

First, a couple from blogs that are still alive. If you have a lot of trees in your yard or in your park, you probably also have a lot of sticks, so you can pretty easily do this stick maze activity from Mother Natured. Build the maze yourself or have one child build if for another. Either way it’s lots of fun and you can keep it built to use as a labyrinth or for pretend play. 

If it’s hot where you live you might want outdoor activities that involve water like this fill the bucket relay game. The only thing you might not have at home is giant sponges, but this is still pretty low prep, inexpensive and lots of fun if you have two or more kids to play. Check out how to do it from The Resourceful Mama. And check out my post all about ice and water sensory activities for more ideas to beat the heat. 

Make some x’s and o’s or use something you already have to be your game pieces (you can also just draw them on paper plates for a super fast version) and make a large tic tac toe board on the sidewalk. The bonus of reusable game pieces is kids can play with the same grid over and over, which is great if you don’t have a ton of space. 

I also love the idea of drawing a big bullseye on the sidewalk or driveway and using beanbags or sponges to try to hit the target. If you have hula hoops you can also set them in a grassy area and have kids try to hit them. 

Check out more fun outdoor games for kids from The Printable Princess. These are more for big groups of kids, but if you’ve got a classroom full these are good ones to have on hand for getting some energy out. 

Do you have favorite outdoor games for kids to play when it’s hot? I’d love to hear about them!