Butterfly Card Craft Activities For Kids

Mother’s Day is right around the corner…Have you made a homemade card to give to Mom or Grandma yet?

This butterfly card craft is perfect for that! It’s a simple paper craft that comes with a free printable template so it’s easy to make in 15 minutes or less!
We love the idea of having each of the kids make their own so Mom gets a unique, handmade card from every child.
This craft is great for making with preschoolers, kindergarten and elementary children, whether at home or at school.

How To Make A Butterfly Card

Directions
Download the butterfly template, print and cut out the pieces. Begin by writing your child’s message on the white inside of the card.
Because the wings are the only part that will open, write the messages near the edges of each wing, like in the pictures.
hands holding butterfly craft template hands writing inside butterfly card

Place the wing cutout above the white butterfly cut out and staple twice in the middle of the butterfly body.
Use a black marker to draw a smile on the butterfly’s head. Draw any decoration you want on the butterfly body. We did curved lines but you can do anything you want. Some other ideas include polka dots or stripes.
hands drawing on lines to butterfly body with black sharpie
Glue the butterfly eyes on just above the smile. Place glue along the back of the completed butterfly body and secure it to the middle of the butterfly card.
hands gluing on googly eye to paper butterfly body
hands gluing on butterfly body to wings
Use the circle punch or any decorative items to decorate the butterfly’s wings. We like the idea of making this educational by using shape stickers.

You can have the kids place a sticker on and then tell you what shape it is. You can do thesame sort of thing with solid colored stickers as well.
hands gluing on blue circle to butterfly card craft
Cut out two long thin strips from the black cardstock to be the butterfly’s antennae. Glue them to the back of the head.
hands gluing on black antenna to paper butterfly craft
This butterfly craft is a simple and cute handmade card that Mom or Grandma will love getting for Mother’s Day!
hand opening butterfly card craft to read inside of text “happy mother’s day! love, Ella”
We’re sure Mom, Grandma or even Auntie would love to receive one of these adorable
butterfly cards!