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Kids Crafts – 20 Easy Butterfly Crafts

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As Spring turns to Summer my kids and I like to watch the transformation of caterpillars to butterflies!
Of course this always presents a craft opportunity and during Spring we make a Pom Pom caterpillar before progressing onto my large collection of easy butterfly crafts for kids young and old!
Here you can find a wide range of craft ideas using lots of materials including paper plates, toilet rolls, pipe cleaners, coffee filters, cupcake wrappers and more.
There is no better way to spend a rainy Spring day than doing some craft with your children. Use these as an opportunity to encourage their creativity and stimulate their young imaginations.
I do hope you enjoy these butterfly crafts for kids
 
 
 
 
 
 

Butterfly crafts are such a lovely way to bring color, creativity, and a little bit of nature-inspired fun into your day. Whether you are making these with preschoolers, school-aged children, a classroom group, or grandkids at the kitchen table, these easy butterfly craft ideas are perfect for encouraging imagination without needing complicated supplies.

Most of these projects can be made with simple craft materials like paper, paint, pipe cleaners, coffee filters, recycled cardboard, toilet paper rolls, buttons, and glue, which makes them ideal for rainy days, spring activities, summer boredom busters, or a quick weekend craft session.

I love that butterfly crafts can be as simple or as detailed as you want them to be. Younger children can enjoy bright colors and basic shapes, while older kids can add patterns, textures, glitter, symmetry, and their own creative details. However they turn out, each butterfly becomes its own little piece of handmade art.

So gather a few supplies, clear a little space on the table, and let the kids create their own fluttery collection of butterflies. These are the kinds of cheerful crafts that look beautiful on the fridge, classroom wall, bedroom door, or even strung together as a spring garland.

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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!