Get ready for some fun crafting with this easy butterfly heart craft!
This project uses colorful paper hearts to form the wings of your beautiful butterfly, making a bright and fun craft that preschoolers and elementary kids will love.
It’s a fantastic way for little ones to explore symmetry and color while putting those fine motor skills to work.
This craft is simple, sweet, and makes for a fun spring craft or Valentine’s Day art project!
Butterfly Heart Craft
Materials
- Heart butterfly craft template (available for download below)
- Colored paper
- Glue
- Scissors
Instructions
First, download and print out the butterfly craft template, which you can find at the bottom of this page.
Next, cut out the pieces of the template.
Now trace the pieces of the template on colored paper. Get creative here and pick whatever colors you want for your butterfly!
Trace two of the larger heart on one color, two of the smaller heart on another color, and the body on a third.
Now comes the assembly! Glue each of the smaller hearts to the center of one of the larger hearts.
Now glue the wings to the back of the body.
Use some of your scrap paper to make two antennae for you butterfly and glue them to the back of the head.
Finally, draw eyes and mouth on your butterfly.
Now your butterfly craft is complete!
