Paper Bag Butterfly Craft For Kids [Free Template]

This paper bag butterfly craft is great for little kids in preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school. It’s the newest addition to our butterfly crafts for kids.

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And, like many of our other posts, we’ve included a free printable butterfly template to make it even easier on you to make with the kids!

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Supplies

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Download the butterfly craft template, print out and cut out the pieces you’ll need.

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Take each of the butterfly’s eyes and glue them to the middle of the head piece.

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Use your .25″ circle punch, scissors or markers to make or draw on a small nose underneath the two eyes.

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Make the butterfly’s striped body by gluing on the light orange stripes onto the yellow body piece.

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Swipe up for full tutorial!

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