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    Easy Paper Butterfly Craft

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    Create an easy paper butterfly using only a few supplies and include a free butterfly template. A fun craft for your kids all year long!

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    This paper butterfly craft is full of fun and creativity throughout the year!

    Butterflies are some of our favorite crafts to make. Check out our other popular butterfly crafts including our pom pom butterfly, paper butterfly bookmark, and our fall tree craft.

    We highlighted this Spring Craft along with some other fun kid's crafts in our April Crafts for Kids along with our 101+ Easy Craft Ideas for kids.

    You also do not want to miss our 33+ Easy Construction Paper Crafts and 101+ Free Printables For Kids full of Crafts & Coloring Pages.

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    Can you feel it, friends? It’s that little warmth in the air, that extra bit of light at the end of the day, that little burst of color outside your window…Spring is springing and we couldn’t be more excited!

    We’ve got tons of crafts to brighten your spirits and get you excited for warmer weather including these sweet and colorful paper butterfly puppets. These HAPPY puppets are deceptively simple to make. They look fancy but couldn’t be easier.

    Paper Butterflies for Kids

    Paper Butterfly Craft

    You can use origami paper but if you don’t have that on hand, you can also use bright cardstock paper. This is a great activity to do with the littles to help them refine those fine motor skills. Our step-by-step instructions are easy to follow and will ensure your butterflies turn out super cute and functional. These little puppets are fun to make and fun to play with!

    You’ll be amazed how quickly you can transform a plain old square piece of paper into an adorable paper butterfly puppet. You’ll simply cut and fold the paper and voila, you’ll have a beautiful butterfly to add a breath of spring to your home décor.

    These fun paper puppets are also a great way to decorate gift boxes or presents for friends. The butterfly shape is one of the most recognizable of the spring season making them perfect for Easter or any spring celebration. You could even attach them to sticks and place them in your budding spring garden or planters.

    Don't miss our Easy Butterfly Drawing Tutorial, Butterfly Crafts, and our How To Make Origami Butterflies

    Spring Crafts

    Spring Crafts

    Most butterflies come out of hibernation in February and March. What better way to celebrate than with an adorable butterfly craft? While you craft, take some time to talk with your kids about how these unique insects grow from fuzzy caterpillars into beautiful butterflies.

    If you’ve got some kiddos who aren’t into cute and colorful, encourage them to create something weird or “scary”. These butterfly puppets can be decorated any which way they like!

    In some areas of the country, spring also marks the beginning of butterfly migrations. If you don’t see them migrating you could use these paper butterfly puppets instead. FaceTime with the grandparents and relatives and have the kids put on a short puppet show with their one-of-a-kind designs!

    simple butterfly outline

    These cuties are a great way for kids to express their creativity without requiring tons of materials or supplies. In fact, you could probably get started right now!

    We love all things spring and these easy paper crafts are a wonderful addition to any springtime activities you have planned.  

    Paper Butterfly Supplies:

    Paper butterfly supplies
    • Colored craft papers
    • Craft glue
    • Googly eyes
    • Sharpie
    • Pencil
    • Scissors

    Paper Craft FAQs

    Which paper is best for crafts?

    Cardstock is one of our favorites for paper crafts. The colors are typically rich in color and it is sturdier than construction paper.

    How do you make large paper butterflies?

    Making larger paper butterflies is as simple as making each of the pieces of the butterfly above larger size.

    How Do You Make Paper Butterflies?

    cut paper hearts

    Select four different colored craft papers for the butterfly craft. Trace the small hearts and strips on a piece of paper, the body (oval shape) on a piece of paper, the big hearts (outer wings) on the third colored paper, and the small ones on a different shade of similar colored paper. Cut out the traced patterns nicely.

    doubling the paper wings

    Glue the small hearts on either end of each small strip. Spread some glue on the medium-sized hearts and stick on the big ones.

    paste antennas to body

    Using glue, stick the heart antennas on the top side of the body base (oval-shaped paper). Glue them on the backside keeping the hearts facing up.

    glue wings to butterfly body

    Glue the heart wing patterns on both sides of the body base. 

    add googly eyes and smile to butterfly

    Spread glue to the back of the googly eyes on the oval shaped part and use a sharpie to draw the other details of the butterfly paper craft.

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    Paper Butterfly

    Create easy paper butterfly using only a few supplies and includes a free butterfly template. Fun craft for your kids all year long!
    Course Kids Crafts
    Cook Time 20 minutes minutes
    Total Time 20 minutes minutes
    Author Alli Ward

    Equipment

    • Sharpie
    • Pencil
    • Scissors

    Ingredients

    • Colored craft papers
    • Craft glue
    • Googly eyes

    Instructions

    • Trace the small hearts and strips on a paper, the body (oval shape) on a paper, the big hearts (outer wings) on the third colored paper and the small ones on a different shade of the similar colored paper. Cut out the traced patterns nicely.
      cut paper hearts
    • Glue the small hearts on either ends of each small strip. Stick the medium sized hearts on the big ones.
      doubling the paper wings
    • Using the glue, stick the heart antennas on the top side of the body base (oval shaped paper). Stick them on the backside keeping the hearts facing up.
      paste antennas to body
    • Glue the heart wing patterns on both sides of the body base. 
      glue wings to butterfly body
    • Stick the googly eyes on the oval shaped part and use a sharpie to draw the other details of the butterfly paper craft.
      add googly eyes and smile to butterfly

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