Lorelai and I were fortunate enough to have some time to do arts and crafts this weekend. When I asked her what she wanted to make, she quickly said, “Butterfly Art!” So butterfly art we made. =) This project is so simple and straightforward. We used neon pony beads and popsicle sticks (scoop kind), as […]
Footprint Butterfly Craft
Materials: Cardstock (2), Tempera Paint, Marker, Glue, Scissors. Footprint crafts are a good route to go with babies and small toddlers. They are for sure a lot easier than handprint crafts! While big sister was painting a craft a while back, I sat the baby down in her bumbo, painted her feet, and pressed it […]
Butterfly Sun-Catcher with Printable
Sun-catchers are one of our favorite types of crafts to make. They are fun to make and always turn out really cute. See: Turtle | Heart | Earth… You only need a few materials — the printed template, scissors, contact paper, and tissue paper cut into small squares. Open & Print: Butterfly Sun-Catcher Craft Directions: […]
Laminate Butterfly Craft
We are always looking for fun ways to use the craft supplies we have. Our friends at CraftProjectIdeas.com sent us a goodie box with crafty stuff recently and we’ve been having fun coming up with crafts with the materials. The “scoop” craft sticks, fuzzy sticks (pipe cleaners), glitter glue, and gems, and magnets that we […]
Buckeye Butterfly Printable Craft
Last year, we went on a realistic butterfly kick and made the following crafts: Blue Morpho | Tiger Swallowtail | Monarch | Painted Lady. Since it had been so long since our last, I decided to make a few more templates, this being one of them. Buckeye Butterflies are very beautiful, with large circular spots […]
Flower & Butterfly Crafts Round-Up
Spring is in the air, which means it’s time for fun spring crafts. Flowers and butterflies are essential to spring-time so I thought it would be fun to do a round-up! Here is a list of our flower and butterfly crafts, both printable and non. Don’t forget to PIN the above image, or share this […]
Plastic Baggie Butterfly Craft
Are you looking for a simple yet totally adorable butterfly craft? Look no further! Our friends at HCD Jugando recently posted a photo of some plastic baggie butterflies that they made and we couldn’t resist making some, too! I immediately set the craft up so that Lore could make some when she got home from […]
Printable Blue Morpho Butterfly Craft
The blue morpho butterfly has been on our to-make craft list for ages. Lorelai and I both were excited to get to craft this one a couple of weeks ago. I designed it as I have my other realistic butterfly crafts – I made the black parts on the wings solid so that Lorelai (and […]
Printable Craft: Tiger Swallowtail Butterfly
Tiger Swallowtail Butterflies are everywhere right now in Maryland. They are such beautiful butterflies that I had to make another printable butterfly craft. Lorelai loved it! She painted hers with a fine paintbrush and then gave it to her Gammie when it was finished. Some other butterfly posts & crafts: Monarch Butterfly, Painted Lady Butterfly, […]
Cupcake Liner Butterfly Craft
I’m proud to announce that this craft was 100% thought up by Lorelai, my butterfly-obsessed, five-year-old daughter. The other day, when we were waiting for the Coffee Filter Butterfly to dry, she ran inside to the craft cabinet, dug around for a minute, and came back for the materials for this one. She proudly showed […]
Coffee Filter Butterfly Craft
Butterflies and butterfly crafts have been the number one request from my 5.5 year-old lately. Some of the recent butterfly crafts we have done include this beautiful Monarch Butterfly, this Painted Lady butterfly, a cute Paper Roll Butterfly, a Handprint Butterfly, a GIANT Printable Butterfly, and a Popsicle Stick Butterfly. Okay, that’s more than a […]
Printable Craft: Painted Lady Butterfly
As we learned while crafting the monarch butterfly, the painted lady also migrates to Mexico for the winter. We have had a lot of interaction with painted lady butterflies as of late. Lorelai’s teacher brought in caterpillars and the class got to watch them go from caterpillar, to chrysalis, to butterfly. The children’s librarian at […]
Printable Mason Jar Craft w/ Fingerprint Bugs
First, a huge thanks to Jordan for suggesting this craft on our Facebook Page a couple of weeks ago. It’s the perfect little project for the upcoming summer season! We visit my folks on the east coast every year for about a month, and while we are there, we are in farm heaven. Fireflies, tadpoles, […]
Printable Monarch Butterfly Craft
Each year, millions of monarch butterflies migrate south to Mexico for the winter. Like with birds, these butterflies prefer warmer weather, and will stay to enjoy the mild climate for a few months until they make their way back north. After learning that (and explaining how like birds these butterflies are), Lorelai painted, cut out, […]
Printable Giant Butterfly Craft
Butterflies, butterflies, giant butterflies! =) I’ve been wanting to do this craft for weeks, and I finally got around to making it last night. Lorelai was thrilled to wake up to the sheets sitting on the kitchen table this morning. Yes, I said ‘sheets’… four, to be exact. It’s worth it, though! This giant butterfly […]
Paper Roll Butterfly Craft
This craft was planned by Lorelai herself. The other day she asked to make a butterfly out of a toilet paper roll. I saved it for today since I knew it would go along well with the egg carton caterpillar that she crafted this morning. Having already used paint today, we went the construction […]
Teaching Taste: Craft & Activity
I know I had originally planned to do the Five Senses theme all in one week, but we just had so much going on last week that were only able to do 2. Since we have some stuff planned this week as well, I’m going to finish up the theme (hopefully) by Friday. So today […]
Tissue Paper Butterfly Craft
Hey there! Happy Tuesday! Not that Tuesday is a particularly happy day for me, but I’m no longer sick so I’m VERY happy this day. =) Lorelai also woke up all smiles and silliness and was extra happy to know that we were going to do some crafts today. The butterfly above is actually the […]
Butterfly Lovebug Craft
Here is the printable version of this craft that we did last year. Very simple and easy and most of all, CUTE! Lorelai is loving all of the new lovebugs. Look for another one either this afternoon or tomorrow morning! Open Lovebug Butterfly Printable Printable Instructions | Terms of Use | Facebook Page
Fun Butterfly Craft
My friend Carey sent me a picture of a butterfly craft that she and her daughter made from felt. I thought it was so cute, and since Lorelai is in love with butterflies, I put it on our craft list. Unfortunately, we didn’t have any felt on hand (all of my scraps are buried under […]
