Kids will have so much fun playing with this paperbutterfly puppetcraft.
Our handy template makes this butterfly craft super easy for preschoolers and kids of all ages to make.
These colorful butterflies are so fun for kids, they wont be able to stop at just making one.
Before you know it, youll have a swarm of colorful puppets fluttering around your home.
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Supplies needed for puppet craft:
Instructions for making butterfly puppet:
1.
Print out craft template ant cut out butterfly pieces
Download and print out thepaper butterfly craft template.
Cut out each of the pieces of the template.
Start at the bottom of the body in the square with the cicle in the middle of it.
Fold it backward along the dashed line.
Dont worry about the long end hanging off of the body right now.
This is to create the butterfly head in a later step.
The top of the body will hang off the straw quite a bit.
Create butterfly face
Add glue on the underside and end of the long piece hanging off the straw.
See pictures above as a guide.
Cut out and glue two antennae
Grab your paper scraps leftover from cutting out your butterfly template.
Cut out a small rectangle piece for antennae.
Cut down the center of the rectangle to make two separate antennae.
Add glue to the bottom of the rectangle antennae and glue it on the back of the butterfly body.
Then glue googly eyes on your butterfly.
Glue butterfly body down in the center of wings
Turn your butterfly body face down.
Flatten the two accordion folds in the middle of the body and add glue to them.
Glue the butterfly body down in the center of the wings.
Cut out different size circles
Cut out different sizes of circles from colored paper to decorate your butterfly.
This is where your circle punches come in handy.
We used two 2-inch circles, four 1.5-inch circles and four 1-inch circles.
Glue circles on butterfly wings
Glue the circles on your butterfly wings.
Now its time for play!
Hold the bottom of the paper straw and have fun flying and fluttering your butterfly around.
Youll discover the paper wings actually move up and down which makes this craft extra fun for kids.
