How to Make Butterfly Crafts

Butterfly Crafts for Kids and Adults

Butterfly crafts are suitable for any time of year, but we seem to associate it more with spring and Easter. That's probably because we consider butterflies the symbol of new life.

I've searched the web to find, what I consider, the nicest and most outstanding butterfly crafts for kids and butterfly crafts for adults. To create or make a butterfly isn't difficult in itself, but sometimes we need an image to help us along.

In this article I will show you pictures of these outstanding butterfly crafts and give you the website addresses to the sites that will tell you how to make the butterflies. There are butterflies wall art, butterfly magnets, butterfly jewelry and much more.

If making crafts is one of your pleasures, then making butterfly crafts will find a place in your heart.

Punched Tin Butterflies

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These unique tin punched butterflies can be found on the Gingerbread Snowflakes lens.

Craft Tin Sheet

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This is the type of metal sheet you will need to make the punched tin butterflies. There are many other projects that you can use this tin sheet for also.

Tin Sheet

Amazon Price: $4.20 (as of 06/01/2012)Buy Now

This is from the Amazon product description: "K&S Punch Metal Tin Sheets are just what you need for custom metal punched pictures, inlaying in woodworking, restoring antiques, remodeling dcor, and countless other projects. Create works of art like wall vases, wind chimes and garden ornaments with a few simple, everyday tools. Metal punch is fast, fun and easy. Great for all ages. Caution, metal can be sharp. 28 gauge 8x 10- .013 thick, includes one pattern."

Beaded Butterfly

This is a very easy project that I think it would make a cute arrangement or mobile for a babies room. Use any kind of bead as long as the chenille strip will thread through it----and that's a lot smaller than you imagine. Then use your babies room decor to decide on the colors. Real cute!! Go to indietutes for the instructions.

Butterfly on Dowel

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A butterfly on a dowel is what this butterfly is. Imagine all the different butterflies you could make and display with this pattern. Go to the Martha Stewart website for this butterfly craft.

Beaded Brooch

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This is a beautiful brooch and you can find the directions at Bead Jewelry Making.

Butterfly Sparkle

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Make these to stand or make them to hang, either way they are fun to make and display. Find them at Kids & Glitter.

Pretty Butterfly Mobile

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Nothing says Spring like a nice butterfly mobile. Try your hand at making these by going to INDIE FIXX for the directions.

Butterfly Chandelier

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A cute chandelier for a baby room or change the print and make it for a bathroom or a girls bedroom. Directions are at carina gardner.

The Luxury Stack

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This stack of scrapbook papers has a beautiful selection of prints and colors. This would be perfect paper to make many of the butterflies shown in this article. Check on a close up of these papers.

Diecuts with a View Luxury 12 Inch by 12 Inch Paper Stack

Amazon Price: $11.99 (as of 06/01/2012)Buy Now

Amazon's Product Description: "Add a touch of elegance to your project with luxury papers. Each stack is full of 12 by 12-inch metallic prints on pearlized papers perfect for wedding, dance or other formal events. Includes 42 sheets per pad. Acid and lignin free."

Black and White Butterfly Wall Art

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Add an elegant touch to any room with these beautiful butterflies. For directions go to the Curbly website.

Butterflies Under Glass

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Butterflies under glass and so very beautiful. This could easily be given as a gift. The directions for this project can be found at Lolly Chops.

Butterfly Magnets

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Easy to make butterfly magnets to hold those precious drawings brought home from school. The directions are found on the Kids & Glitter website.

Pencil Toppers

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Can you imagine the fun the kids would have making these butterfly pencil toppers. Show them how with the help of the directions at Big Backyard.

Butterfly Themed Wedding

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If you are planning a spring or summer wedding, using a butterfly theme will make your decorating a cinch. Here are just a few great ideas and at reasonable prices.
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Butterfly Puppet

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A butterfly puppet using a brown paper bag as the base. By using different colors, the kids can make their own version of this butterfly puppet. Go to Kids & Glitter for the directions for this project.

Polka Dot Freshener

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An air freshener with a new polka dotted look. This is so cute, and you'll find it at free Kids Crafts.

Butterfly Masks

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Even pre-schoolers will love making and playing with these butterfly masks. Crayola is the place to find the directions for this cute project.

Butterfly Straws

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Let's party! If you are planning a party, why not make these butterfly straws as part of the decoations or as an activity for the guests? Cute and easy to make. Find the directions at the GoodHousekeeping site.

Butterfly Kisses

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Madame Butterfly

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This is an easy craft project even for the little kids. For the directions, go to All Kids.

Clothespin & Coffee Filter Butterfly

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Have your kids, at home or in the classroom, make a bunch of these, attach fishing string to them and hang them from the ceiling. I'd have them make both sides look like the top of the butterfly so as the butterflies turned, full butterflies would be seen. Made from clothespins and coffee filters. Get instructions by going to dollar store crafts.

Doily Butterfly

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Such a simple, yet pretty little butterfly. If you'd like to make some of these, go to Crafty Noodle.

Paperclip Butterflies

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Quick and easy paperclip butterflies that you can find at How About Orange.

Orange Butterfly Tiffany Lamp

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Quoizel Orange Butterfly Tiffany 1 Light Accent Lamp

Amazon Price: $77.99 (as of 06/01/2012)Buy Now

When you see how beautiful the Butterfly lamps are, you'll want to give them as gifts and buy them in other colors that they are available in. The light is large, measuring 9"x 6"x9", and is a rich orange with yellow, deep blue and red accents. When lit, it has a warm colorful glow that makes it a comforting night light.

Crayola Butterfly

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A beautiful butterfly that will be a great project for the family. If you want to make one of these butterflies, go to Crayola.

Butterfly Wreath

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I'm sure you'll be able to imagine this butterfly wreath in your home. It would make a nice gift for the kids to make to give for Mother's day. The directions are at Buzy Bunny.

Fabric Butterfly Mobile

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hese are fused fabric butterflies. Imagine all the different fabric prints that you could use for this project. Go to Piggy Giggles for the directions.

Butterfly Card

I think a couple of these made as a set would be beautiful pictures to hang on a young girls or a baby's room wall. I love the added touch of the button body. For the directions for this project, go to HomemadeGiftGuru.com.

Child Crafts Butterfly

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You and your child can make lots of these butterflies and very economically. Go to easy Child Crafts for the directions.

Butterfly Mobile

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Another little butterfly mobile that I thought looked cute and easy. Find the directions at first patette.

Tiffany Style Butterfly Pendant Light

Tiffany Style Pendant Light with 3 Lights - Butterfly Patterned

Amazon Price: $249.99 (as of 06/01/2012)Buy Now

I love the looks of this Tiffany style pendant light. It would look great in almost any room that you chose, but I think that with its artistic style you would want it in a much used room so you could enjoy its beauty every day.

TP Roll Butterfly

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You could keep the little ones busy for quite some time gluing gems, sequins or buttons on this little butterfly. Go to the Busy Bee Kids Crafts site for the directions.

Butterfly T-shirt

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You will be amazed at how easy this project is, and it'll make some little girl very happy. For the directions, go to My Craft Discovery.

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Play Clay Butterfly

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The kids and you will love making this cute little clay butterfly. To find the instructions, go to Art Platter.

Fimo Clay

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It doesn't take long to get hooked on crafting clay projects. Make butterflies, beads, figurines and so much more. Fimo is an exceptionally easy product to use. Even the kids will love making things with this clay.

Fimo Soft Clay 10 Color Assortment 25 g blocks assorted colors box of 10

Amazon Price: $15.56 (as of 06/01/2012)Buy Now

From Amazon Product Description: "Contains ten 25 gram blocks of Fimo Soft: white, mandarin, brilliant blue, peppermint, black, Indian red, tropical green, caramel, lemon, and violet, plus instructions."

Butterfly Fan

Can you imagine how much fun the kids would have making these? I think they would be great to take along camping or to a game where you appreciate being able to make the air move a bit. For the directions for these nice little fans, go to firstpalette.

Colored Tissue Butterfly

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A cute project using a toilet tissue roll and colored tissue papers on the wings of this butterfly. You can find the directions at thrifty fun.

Do you have a favorite butterfly quote?

Butterflies are self propelled flowers.
R. H. Heinlein

  • mary-humphrey May 17, 2012 @ 6:05 pm | delete
    my favorite quote about butterflies is something like when you try to hold something too tightly it will crush it like the wings of a butterfly...I can't remember it exactly...nice lens...I think the punched tin butterflies are my favorite
  • LittleLindaPinda May 17, 2012 @ 8:57 am | delete
    The beaded butterfly and the butterfly card are my favorite crafts you have. I can't think of a quote.
  • castlequeen51 Apr 29, 2012 @ 12:19 am | delete
    I enjoyed this lens..I have 2 grand daughters and will certainly try some of these!
  • glutenallergy Apr 25, 2012 @ 9:10 am | delete
    Very nice! I'm looking for crafts my kids can do while school is out for the summer, and these are great options.
  • agoofyidea Apr 13, 2012 @ 12:05 pm | delete
    I love all these crafts. I couldn't pick just one. It would be fun to teach kids to make them. Awesome.
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