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[Childcare] Butterfly craft ideas
When spring arrives and many flowers bloom, we often see butterflies fluttering from flower to flower.
They make you want to chase after them, or gaze intently as they rest—butterflies are fascinating insects for children, too.
Here, we’ve gathered craft ideas all about butterflies.
From classics like origami to projects using various materials such as tissue paper and colored cellophane, and even fun techniques like footprint art and cardboard stamping—these ideas are sure to spark children’s curiosity!
Let kids freely express their favorite colors and patterns to create colorful, adorable butterflies!
[Early Childhood Education] Butterfly Craft Ideas (1–10)
Flappy butterfly
This is a butterfly gadget toy with amusing flapping wings.
The materials are straws, bamboo skewers, construction paper with your favorite drawings, double-sided tape, and so on.
The main wing part is fun because you can use any artwork you like, such as crayon scribbles, finger painting with paint, or marbling.
For the center section where the bamboo skewer goes through, just fold the construction paper and apply double-sided tape.
Fit a straw with a split tip onto the bamboo skewer, and you’ll have a butterfly that flaps its wings.
It’s great that you can make a simple moving toy that kids love so much!
Fluttering butterfly
https://www.instagram.com/p/CdiU_FMpeCn/This is a butterfly craft that’s easy to make with simple materials and fun even for small children.
You’ll need construction paper, a pipe cleaner, origami paper or stickers, scissors, glue, and double-sided tape.
First, fold the construction paper in half, then make a valley fold about 1 cm wide down the center to form the butterfly’s wings.
Next, attach the antennae made from a pipe cleaner with tape.
After that, stick your favorite origami paper or stickers onto the wings.
When you’re done, place your fingers in the valley-folded section and enjoy fluttering the butterfly as you play!
Colorful butterfly
https://www.instagram.com/p/Cc-DL99rJPg/These are, amazingly, colorful butterflies made using coffee filters.
The children’s tie-dye-style wings are lovely, aren’t they? For each butterfly, you’ll need two coffee filters and one pipe cleaner.
First, draw any patterns you like on the coffee filters with water-based markers.
Then dip them into a cup of water—be sure to pull them out right away.
Let them dry on newspaper, and gently separate the glued seam.
Stack the two filters together, wrap the center with tape to hold them in place, then attach the pipe cleaner.
You’ll have a butterfly that looks like it’s fluttering through the air!
handprint butterfly
https://www.instagram.com/p/CchnH9irbWm/These are butterflies with the children’s adorable handprints forming the wing patterns.
Each child’s hand seems to have its own expression, making it a lovely keepsake.
Kids will probably be excited and giggly about getting ink on their hands, too.
Prepare a variety of colors so they can choose—“Which color should I use?” If you let the children draw the faces as well, you’ll get a collection of unique butterflies.
If you decide to make them every spring, they could also serve as a record of the children’s growth!
A butterfly made by tearing origami paper
https://www.instagram.com/p/CahTiQBpkWr/These colorful butterflies can be made with activities kids love, like ripping origami paper into pieces and sticking them on.
First, prepare by cutting out the head, body parts, and wings.
Adults can handle placing the round stickers on the body and drawing the face, or you can let the children do it depending on their age.
Let the kids have a blast making the wing parts.
Be sure to have plenty of cute, exciting origami paper ready!
A butterfly made from newspaper
https://www.instagram.com/p/Ca3tJxhLMC3/Tear it into pieces and stick them on to make colorful butterflies! Tear newspaper into thin strips and paint them with diluted paint.
Once dry, paste them onto a backing sheet while imagining the shape of a butterfly, then attach the face and body parts in the center.
After that, decorate freely with stickers and more, and you’re done.
Since you can make this without using scissors, it’s an easy craft idea even for children who have trouble handling tools.
If you display the unique creations all over a wall, the classroom will instantly look bright and cheerful.
Dress-up butterfly
https://www.instagram.com/p/CbZuknlLKsJ/A dress-up butterfly whose wing patterns you can change freely.
Fold a sheet of construction paper in half, draw a butterfly shape, and cut it out.
Stick on the face, body, and antenna pieces to the sheet with the butterfly shape cut out, and you’re done in no time! Hold it up to the sky to make a sky-colored butterfly, layer it over a picture of a park to get butterflies with flower or ladybug patterns—you can transform it into all kinds of designs.
It’s great not only for decorating the classroom but also to take along on walks!