[Childcare] Decorate in April! Butterfly Wall Display Ideas
In this article, I’ll introduce wall decoration ideas that are perfect for April.
This time, we’re focusing especially on butterflies and have selected a variety of ideas.
In addition to classic ideas that involve cutting and pasting construction paper, we’ll also share plenty of fun new ideas to display—so please use them for inspiration.
These are craft ideas that children can enjoy making, so teachers, be sure to have fun creating butterflies together with your students.
Now, let’s dive right in and take a look at butterfly wall decoration ideas that are perfect for April!
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[Childcare] Decorate in April! Collection of Butterfly Wall Display Ideas (21–30)
A butterfly made by attaching round parts together
Let’s make an adorable butterfly fluttering about in the spring sunshine.
Using circular construction paper in two colors and four sizes, you can create a cute butterfly.
Use two circles of different colors and sizes to make the wing parts.
Layer them so that the larger wing pieces are on top.
Attach the construction paper body and antennae to finish.
Adding round stickers to the antennae enhances the butterfly’s look.
You can enjoy this craft with different ideas, such as changing the wing colors to a variety of hues.
A three-dimensional butterfly made from drawing paper
Let’s make a 3D butterfly using construction paper! First, prepare a sheet of construction paper and draw a butterfly shape.
Overlap two rectangles—3 cm tall × 10 cm wide on top of 3 cm tall × 8 cm wide—and round the ends into gentle curves.
Next, draw one smaller wing inside each wing.
The sizes are: upper wing 2 cm tall × 7 cm wide, lower wing 2 cm tall × 6 cm wide.
Draw a 2 cm horizontal line in the center of both, too.
Once you’re ready, first cut around the outer edges of the wings, then trace over the inner wing lines and the central horizontal lines with a pen to score them.
Doing this on a soft surface makes it easier to leave marks.
After scoring, make mountain and valley folds in sequence, pinch and fold the butterfly’s center tightly, and glue it in place.
Finally, add the antennae, and your 3D butterfly is complete! Use these dimensional butterflies to decorate your walls and make them stand out from flat designs!
Butterflies made from construction paper with various cute expressions
Here’s a wall decoration idea for making butterflies using construction paper.
First, cut out the butterfly parts from the paper.
If you’re making several, it might be a good idea to create a template and cut multiple pieces at once.
Decorate the wings with flowers made using a craft punch.
After that, glue the butterfly parts together and draw the face to finish! You can either attach face parts made from construction paper or draw them with a pen.
Try making butterflies with a variety of expressions to create a lovely spring-themed wall display.
Butterfly hanging ornament
Hanging decorations look really cute even when you use them on part of a wall! For this idea, cut several identical butterfly shapes out of construction paper and glue two pieces together to make one butterfly.
Be sure to place a thread between them before gluing.
If you only glue the pieces together at the center and then, after it dries, spread the wings outward, the butterfly will look three-dimensional from any angle.
When decorating a wall, create a flower field on the wall and hang the butterflies from the ceiling a little away from the wall.
From the side they’ll look like hanging decorations, but from the front it will seem as if the butterflies are playing in the flower field—so you can enjoy it in two different ways.
Give it a try!
Tissue-paper butterfly
Why not try making fluffy butterflies using soft tissue paper? If you use a template, you can easily make them in bulk.
Start by creating a butterfly template with dark-colored tissue paper.
Divide the tissue paper into six equal parts and cut out the template with scissors.
Once cut, stick it onto copier paper and make copies.
Stack several sheets of butterfly tissue paper on top of the copied paper, staple around the edges, and then cut them out along with the template.
After cutting, twist a chenille stem (pipe cleaner) around the center of the butterfly paper to finish.
Accordion-fold butterfly made with origami
Let me share an idea for making a butterfly using accordion-folded origami.
I think this idea also pairs well with a Japanese-style wall display.
First, fold the origami paper in half to make a crease, then open it and fold the top and bottom edges to meet the center line.
Next, make a mark 5 cm in from the right edge.
Fold the corner of the paper outward so that this mark connects in a straight line with the bottom-right corner of the rectangle.
Repeat the same outward fold for the remaining three corners.
Turn the paper vertically in that state and make an accordion fold to divide it into 16 sections.
Press firmly at the center to shape a neat butterfly, and glue it so it holds its form.
Prepare two thin strips of origami paper: fold one into a V shape to make the antennae and attach it to the head area; then wrap the entire butterfly with the other strip and glue it to finish.
Colorful construction paper collage butterfly
Let’s make cute butterflies by collaging construction paper! Prepare several colors of construction paper and cut out as many butterflies as you want.
Try to make butterflies in as many different colors as you can.
After you’ve cut them out, cut the leftover paper into teardrop shapes and use those to create patterns on the butterfly wings.
You can collage them however you like—paste teardrops of your preferred colors and sizes.
Finally, attach the butterfly bodies with faces drawn on them, and you’re done! It’s an idea that will make your wall display look wonderfully vibrant!