Today we have a free printable butterfly craft! Kids of all ages will love coloring, cutting, and putting together a cute little butterfly! It’s a simple paper craft, but it’s a lot fun considering spring is nearly here. And it doubles as a toilet paper roll craft using only budget-friendly craft supplies. Make this butterfly craft at home or in the classroom!
Printable Butterfly Craft
We love butterflies. They’re so pretty! And now you can make your own with this paper craft. Kids will be able to practice fine motor skills as they color, cut, measure, glue, a paper butterfly as well as explore colors as they design and decorate their little critter.
There is no wrong way to put together your butterfly. You can cut along the dotted lines or cut along the black lines. It’s made easy for bigger kids and younger kids alike. Download and print our butterfly template now:
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Related: Make a butterfly using a plastic spoon!
Supplies Needed For This Butterfly Craft
- Toilet Paper Roll
- Scissors
- Markers, Crayons, Colored Pencils, or Paints (We used markers)
- Glue Stick
- Butterfly Template
- Construction Paper (We used pink)
How To Put Together This Butterfly Craft
Step 1
Download and print our butterfly template.
Step 2
Color and cut out the butterfly printable.
Step 3
Measure the height of the toilet paper roll on the construction paper and mark it. Now measure out how much length you need to cover it, and mark it. Cut it out.
Step 4
Glue the paper around the toilet paper roll.
Step 5
Glue on your butterfly’s face and wings to the toilet paper roll.
How To Make This Butterfly Craft Your Own
Just like all our other crafts you can do things to make this butterfly craft your own. You can do stuff like:
- Cut out small tabs and glue the wings to the side.
- Decorate with any coloring supplies you like.
- Add glitter!
- Use googly eyes or sticker eyes to cover up the eyes and add color to them.
- Use different colors.
- Make it look like a real butterfly by using the same colors real butterflies have, like monarch butterflies.
Our Experience With This Butterfly Craft For Kids
We have a collection of toilet paper rolls. We save them for crafts. However, the bin sometimes gets full and we have to get creative. Like making butterflies out of toilet paper rolls!
It’s simple, fun, and all my kids from younger to older got to participate making their own butterflies using all shorts of colors. We have green ones, blue ones, pink ones, sparkly ones.
They were very unique to say the least. And everyone had fun and we got to use up some toilet paper rolls.
Download and Print Our Butterfly Template PDF File
Super Fun Butterfly Craft
Grab your crayons, scissors, toilet paper rolls, and butterfly template because we are making paper butterflies today!
Materials
- Toilet Paper Roll
- Scissors
- Markers, Crayons, Colored Pencils, or Paints (We used markers)
- Glue Stick
- Butterfly Template
- Construction Paper (We used pink)
Instructions
- Download and print our butterfly template.
- Color and cut out the butterfly printable.
- Measure the height of the toilet paper roll on the construction paper and mark it.
- Now measure out how much length you need to cover it, and mark it.
- Cut it out.
- Glue the paper around the toilet paper roll.
- Glue on your butterflies face and wings to the toilet paper roll.
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- Try your hand at making an origami butterfly.
- Learn how to draw a butterfly!
How did your butterfly craft turn out?
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