Butterfly Art Ideas

Colorful butterflies always attract kids. Which is why butterfly art and crafts are always popular amongst them. There are many butterfly art projects for kids, that can suit each age group. For example, preschoolers enjoy coloring drawings of butterflies, whereas as elementary school students get interested by butterfly finger art! Following, I have mentioned two butterfly art ideas in detail. Kids of all age can participate in both these projects, however some might need assistance of adults. You will also find a list of some more butterfly art ideas, after finishing these crafts for kids, you can switch to them.

Butterfly Art Ideas for Kids

Paper Plate Fluttering Butterfly
This is one of the cutest butterfly art ideas. The best part of this exotic butterfly art is that it can be done by kids, easily! The things that you will need are, dinner paper plates, crayons or paints, and scissors. Firstly, printout a butterfly pattern; you can even trace it. Cut the pattern onto the paper plate. This way the wings will touch the edges of the plate. Now trace the pattern, turn it over and place it on the remaining half of the paper plate. Cut the solid lines now, do not cut the line between the antennae. Be careful while doing it!

Color the butterfly in your favorite colors now, when the color dries, fold the butterfly in half. Then fold the other part between the top wings, the opposite way. Next, fold the line between the antennae. This will be our stand. Apply tape on the back of the butterfly, at the fold. Your fluttering butterfly is ready!

Butterfly Pop Up Card
Pop up cards are everyone's favorite. But most of us think of a pop up card as something very difficult. But the fact is that making a pop up card is very easy. The things that you will need for this butterfly art projects for kids are cardstock, scissors and crayons of markers. First of all, print out the two pattern butterfly on a heavy paper. Color these pieces of butterfly after printing, color all the pieces in different colors of your choice. Do not use paint for coloring, as it can make the paper heavy and wrap. Using the rounded end of a paper clip, score the dotted lines. Mark one piece as A and other piece as B. Press both the butterfly pieces in the center of the card. Now using a sharp scissor, cut out the pop-up pieces and also the card, along the center of the card itself. Loosen the score a little, then apply white glue on A and place over the card; let dry. Slide the B part of the butterfly down, into half of A part. The head and antenna of the B part should remain in the front. Apply glue on the back side of B and place it over the other half of the card; let dry. Close the card and then pop-up. After the card has entirely dried, you can paint the entire card and write your message in it. This is one of the best kids' art activities, isn't it!

Besides these two butterfly art and crafts, there are several other butterfly art ideas for kids, they are mentioned in the following list.

• Butterfly magnet
• Butterfly bookmark
• Butterfly paper bags
• Origami butterfly
• Butterfly masks
• Butterfly life-cycle
• Caterpillar sock puppet
• Butterfly finger art

These were some of the best butterfly art ideas for you. You can try any one or both the arts and then decide the best for yourself. As you must have observed, these kids' crafts are very easy, you will not need to even help them. When you are done with these arts, you can go and observe the real butterflies in your garden, and then try to copy their beauty on paper, that is also a butterfly art!