Crafts with Kids: Spring Handprint Butterflies
Hello new friends! My name is Ariean and today I am visiting from One Krieger Chick where I blog about fun DIY decor ideas, family friendly recipes, kids crafts and sometimes life in general…
Today, I would like to share with you a fun butterfly craft…
We LOVE to craft at our house and we especially LOVE to paint! The messier, the better…right!? I try really hard to document the little things like handprints while the boys are young and still let me do it. 🙂
This is a fun kids craft that uses items you probably have on hand. Yay!
Here’s what you’ll need:
toilet paper tubes
paint
paint brushes
plain paper
patterned paper
embellishments like googly eyes and pipe cleaners
And on to our butterflies…
Start by painting the toilet paper tube.
While it dries, paint and stamp your little one’s hands. I painted 4 handprints per butterfly, but you could certainly do 2. Either way will turn out super cute!
Cut out handprints and adhere to a sheet of patterned paper. I laid the tube on the paper and placed the handprints where I wanted them.
Cut around wings leaving a bit of pattern showing. Then lay painted tube on middle of wings and staple together. Embellish your butterfly with eyes, antennae and any other details you come up with! The googly eyes were self-adhesive and I taped the antennae to the inside of the tube.
They fit right into the boys Art Buffet!
Hope to see you over at One Krieger Chick where you can check out some of my other great projects like my
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Have fun crafting and creating with your kiddos!
Ariean
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Kelly says
March 27, 2013 at 11:48 pmI love handprint art and am always looking for new ways to incorporate the little one’s handprints. Thanks for sharing.
Pamela says
March 24, 2013 at 1:04 amOh I love this craft, we will be doing this for homeschool art this week! Thanks for sharing!
Chrissy says
March 24, 2013 at 3:44 pmThanks, Pamela! 🙂