15 Simple Butterfly Crafts for Kids

Your kids will be thrilled to see these butterfly craft projects you've chosen just for them! Butterfly crafts are especially great because they let kids flex their creative muscles; there are so many beautiful ways they can design and color them.

The 15 butterfly craft ideas below are perfect to make on a sunny spring day or rainy afternoon.

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Toilet Paper Roll Butterfly

Where Imagination Grows

Save those toilet paper rolls you usually throw away and use them to make these cute little butterflies! They're super easy, and it only takes a few steps and a creative kid to turn the old cardboard rolls into colorful butterflies.
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Sponge Painted Butterfly

The Resourceful Mama

Sponge painting is easy for the preschool set and fun for older kids. The finished product your children will enjoy after making this butterfly craft is too cute.
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Marble Paper Plate Butterfly

The Artful Parent

Marble painting produces such a beautiful design, especially on these paper plate butterflies. Your kids will love this craft.
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Paper Bag Butterfly

I Heart Crafty Things

This paper bag butterfly is perfect for afternoon playtime with your kids. It's great as a puppet for make-believe play. Plus, it's super cute.

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Coffee Filter Butterfly

Honey and Lime

Do you have extra coffee filters lying around? Use them for this butterfly kids craft. Add a couple of pipe cleaners for antennae and you're almost finished!
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Colorful Egg Carton Butterfly

Crafty Morning

Transform an old egg carton into a colorful butterfly. Kids of all ages will enjoy making this craft.
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Stained Glass Butterfly

Typically Simple

Cut up squares of tissue paper leftover from holidays and birthdays to start making this pretty stained glass butterfly craft. It's simple and looks so pretty displayed on a window.
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Foam Cup Butterfly

I Heart Crafty Things

This foam cup butterfly is bright, colorful, and a great decoration for your home in springtime. Paper cups work well for this project too, so chances are good that you already have many of the supplies you need.

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Watercolor Butterfly

About A Mom

Copy the intricate patterns from actual butterfly wings for these watercolor paper butterflies—or let your kids get creative by using any colors they want.
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Butterfly Washi Tape Craft

Artsy Mama

Washi tape is a great crafting supply to keep on hand for kids' projects. You can use that tape in this butterfly washi tape craft, a project that's so versatile it lets you create cute butterflies with any color or pattern you like!
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Monarch Butterfly Craft

No Time For Flashcards

Learn about monarch butterflies with this cool kids' craft. Use leftover streamers to make the butterfly wings. This is an easy craft that your kids will really enjoy.
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Bow Tie Pasta Butterfly

Where Imagination Grows

Paint bow tie pasta pieces to turn them into cute little butterflies. End the craft here or glue them to a sheet of paper to make a butterfly scene.

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Easy Butterfly Craft for Toddlers

Toddler Approved

Your toddlers will approve of this simple and fun butterfly craft. Gather some paper, markers, pipe cleaners, and glue to get started!
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Butterfly Ring

Fantastic Fun and Learning

Make these colorful butterflies fly through the air on your hands. You can craft one for every finger!
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Tie Dye Baby Wipe Butterflies

I Can Teach My Child

Have your kids ever tie-dyed something? If not, teach them how with this awesome butterfly craft. Expert tie-dyers will still love making these cute projects.