Here are the best butterfly art projects for kids. From watercolors to smush art to stained glass, these projects are fluttering with fun!
Updated May 2025
Butterflies are fun, colorful, and perfect for all kinds of creative art projects! Kids love making butterfly crafts because they can use bright colors, cool shapes, and their imagination.
These butterfly art ideas are simple, playful, and great for a variety of ages. From painting and printing to cutting and gluing, there’s something here for every artist.
Whether you’re crafting for spring, a butterfly unit in your classroom, or just for fun, these projects are sure to bring smiles and color to your day!
The Best Butterfly Art Projects for Kids
1. Symmetrical Painted Butterflies
Learn how to paint butterflies with this fun and easy symmetry method. A perfect process art activity for kids of all ages!
2. Watercolor Butterflies
How to paint watercolor butterflies using rubbing alcohol for the decorations on the butterfly wings. This is a fun art idea for kids of all ages, and adults, too!
3. Painting Butterfly Mobiles
Kids can make watercolor painting butterfly mobiles using wax resist techniques with crayons. Hang around your house for a colorful display.
4. Paper Plate Butterfly Craft
This easy paper plate butterfly craft for kids uses our favorite shaving cream marbling technique. Simply cut the marbled paper plate into wings and then decorate your butterfly!
5. How to Make Coffee Filter Butterflies
Painting coffee filter butterflies is an easy and fun way to make colorful butterflies to hang around the house!
6. Raised Salt Painting Butterflies
Use one of our favorite process art activities to make butterflies! Draw a butterfly shape in white glue, cover in salt and watch as the watercolors spread across the design.
7. A Suncatcher Butterfly
Cut a butterfly shape out of contact paper and use flower petals, tissue paper, feathers, or more to decorate beautiful wings.
8. Stained Glass Butterflies
Painting stained glass butterflies allows you to explore the symmetry of butterflies while creating a beautiful and unique artwork.
9. Flower Petal Butterflies
Arrange flower petals into different patterns and butterfly shapes to make beautiful, ephemeral artwork.
10. Raising Butterflies with Kids
This isn’t an art project but will be the inspiration for all the others! Raising butterflies with kids is magical and rewarding! Start with a cup of caterpillars and watch the entire metamorphosis happen right before your eyes!
We hope you try these fun butterfly art projects this spring!
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