DIY Butterfly Craft Ideas for All Ages

Todays $5 Dollar Tree Challenge is all about DIY Butterfly Craft Ideas. As usual, the three of us each have $5 to spend at the Dollar Tree to spend on a butterfly craft. If you missed our other episodes, keep scrolling because we’d love for you to watch and subscribe to our YouTube Channel.

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$5 Dollar Tree Challenge: DIY Butterfly Craft Ideas

Wasn’t that fun? As usual, we had the best time together. Here are the details.

Nala’s Preschool Butterfly Craft

She Spent: $5.00

She Bought:

• Butterfly Balloon
• Pipe Cleaner
• Craft Sticks
• Pompoms
• Glue

Items from Home:

• Construction Paper
• Pencil
• Wiggly Eyes
• Scissors

How She Made It:

1. Glue pompoms to a craft stick for the body.
2. Fold a piece of construction paper in half and trace half of the butterfly. Cut it out and open it.
3. Glue the wings to the craft stick
4. Use pipe cleaners as antennas and glue them on.
5. Decorate the wings with construction paper and stickers.
6. Use wiggly eyes or construction paper for the eyes.

Mia’s Giant Butterfly Pen

She Spent: $4.00

She Bought:

• Giant Pen
• Purple Paint
• White Paint
• Stickers

Items from Home:

• Construction Paper
• Pencil
• Wiggly Eyes
• Scissors
• Pipe Cleaners
• Hot Glue and Glue Gun

How She Made It:

1. Paint the pen to cover any images. Mia use white first, let it dry, then painted it purple on top.
2. Fold a piece of construction paper in half and trace half of the butterfly. Cut it out and open it.
3. Glue them on to the pen and decorate them with stickers.
4. Glue on pipe cleaner antennas and wiggly eyes.

Dinah’s Paper Butterfly Terrarium

I Spent: $4.00

I Bought:

• Glass Vase
• Plate
• Small Rocks
• Moss

Items from Home:

• Paper
• Hot Glue and Glue Gun
• Sticks
• Pencil

How I Made It:

1. Fold a piece of construction paper in half and trace half of the butterflies. I fit three on one piece. Cut them out and open them.
2. Glue them onto sticks. I glued the sticks together so that they would stay up.
3. Glue moss on the sticks if desired.
4. I layered moss and rocks on the plate, inserted the sticks into the vase and placed the vase upside down on the plate.

We hope you enjoyed these spontaneous butterfly crafts. We have one for all ages! Until next time!

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