Handprint Butterfly

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This Handprint Butterfly is a fun and easy craft for younger kids. Since the handprints are made from paper, it is much less messy for the classroom or for crafting at home. Kids can decorate each butterfly in their own creative way, making every one unique. This butterfly craft also works well for a nature themed birthday party, spring classroom activities, or easy crafts for kids.

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Fun Facts

A butterfly’s life cycle has four stages: egg, larva which is the caterpillar, pupa which is the chrysalis, and adult butterfly.

Supplies

Markers, crayons, or colored pencils
Construction paper
Card stock
Glue
Scissors
Black pipe cleaner

Instructions

Keep your fingers together and trace around your hand four times on construction paper. Cut out the handprints.
Print the butterfly body template and cut it out.
Glue the four handprints behind the butterfly body to create the wings.
Decorate the wings with markers, crayons, colored pencils, or paper circles.
Trace around lids or small spools to make circles, then cut them out and glue them onto the wings for extra decoration.
Fold a black pipe cleaner in half and curl the ends to make antennae.
Glue the pipe cleaner behind the butterfly’s head.

Patterns, Templates and Printables

Click on the pattern to open it in a new window to print.

Teacher Friendly Educational Extension

This handprint butterfly craft is a fun way to introduce kids to butterflies and insect life cycles. Teachers and parents can use this activity to talk about the four stages of a butterfly’s growth. Kids can also practice counting by adding patterns or shapes to the wings, or work on symmetry by decorating both sides in matching designs. This makes a great addition to spring classroom activities, nature units, or homeschool art lessons.