Spring Butterfly

By: Jenny Mueller for Glue Dots

This spring butterfly from Glue Dots is the perfect crafting project for kids of every age! It is a great springtime craft that is so easy to make!

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Materials:

Craft Glue Dots Sheets
Mini Glue Dots Sheet
Recycled paper towel tube
Bright construction papers
Two, 10m m wiggle eyes
Four, curling ribbons, multi-colored
Fishing line
Pipe cleaners or Chenille stems
Pen
Ruler
Tape
Hole punch
Scissors

Instructions:

Cut paper towel tube to measure 8-1/2" in length. Cut one piece of colored construction paper to 5-1/2" x 8-1/2" and wrap around paper towel tube. Attach construction paper to paper towel tube using Craft Glue Dots on Sheets.
Cut out wings from one color construction paper and wing spots from two other colors of the construction paper. Use Craft Glue Dots to attach spots to wings.
For wing tabs, fold straight edges of each wing back 1/2" and use Craft Glue Dots to attach to the back of paper towel tube.
Use Mini Glue Dots to attach wiggle eyes to top portion of the paper towel tube.
Attach pipe cleaners or Chenille stems to inside top portion of paper towel tube using tape.
For hanger, punch two holes at top of body aligning holes with wings and cut the desired amount of fishing line. Thread fishing line through the holes and knot ends together.
From each curling ribbon, cut 30" lengths. Tape one end of each of the ribbons to the inside bottom of the body. Use scissors to curl ribbons.
Use the pen to draw the butterfly's mouth.

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mulberrygalprinces s

May 28, 2018

This is such a cute project. I will get everything cut and ready and then the grand kids can take it from there. I have four of them that I will be watching during the summer so a project like this is gratefully accepted. Thank you for sharing it for free.

flowergirl

May 28, 2018

For a kid's crafts, this is pretty detailed in its measurements. It seems pretty long and complicated but you can cut out the paper before hand so that the kids can just glue everything together. This project encourages the kids to get creative while having fun and it's a great way to spend an afternoon.

Marilyn B

Jun 10, 2017

This is a sweet little project and as a former teacher this would have been so cute to teach colors and shapes and how to follow directions. I think we would have used glue sticks or paste as an alternative way to out this together. For older kids, I could see adding some glitter too!