3 Butterfly Life Cycle Crafts & Resources

I am so excited to share three awesome crafts that my children and I made this past week as we learned about the butterfly life cycle. Take a look at how easy it can be to make educational lessons fun and hands-on to enhance learning and take them to the next level.

Butterfly Life Cycle Craft

For this craft, we used:

• scrapbook paper with butterflies on it
• assorted necklace beads
• a small piece of green paper or construction paper (cut in the shape of a leaf)
• tacky glue
• small handmade labels

  

Sister put the pieces in the right order of a butterfly life cycle as well as the labels and then we glued them onto the scrapbook paper. She loves looking at it and calling out the stages of the butterfly’s life cycle as she points at each one. Definitely an easy craft and the level of learning is through the roof.

Stained Glass Butterflies (contact paper)

For this craft, you need:

• tissue paper in assorted colors and patterns or ready-cut tissue paper squares
• clear contact paper (about 1 foot per child)
• permanent marker
• scissors
• double-sided tape

Steps:

1. Cut strips of assorted-colored tissue paper
2. Cut the strips into small squares and retables (about 1 inch by 1 inch or so)
3. Draw a butterfly on the front of the contact paper with the permanent marker
4. Peel the back of the clear contact paper off
5. Start sticking the tissue paper within the lines of the butterfly shape
6. Fill it up all the way
7. Cut along the butterfly outline (you can leave the permanent marker line on the edge or cut it off)
8. Turn the butterfly over and tape on a window or glass door

Here is a video to give you glimpse on how fun and entertaining this craft is. They were so focused!

Play Dough Butterfly Life Cycle

For this craft, you need:

• play dough
• construction paper or cardstock
• tacky glue

We used green play dough because it was easiest for us, but you can go all out and make this craft with more detail and more colors. That would look amazing!

Basically, we made each stage of the butterfly life cycle with play dough and then let it dry (harden) and then we glued the pieces to a pretty piece of cardstock. Make sure that you put enough tacky glue on the back of each piece and that it dries thoroughly before hanging on the wall.

Butterfly Cycle Books & Resources

This is our favorite book right now: Where Butterflies Grow.

Which craft do you like best? Which one would you like to try first?

Little Passports is fantastic!