Use your finished pieces as spring decor, a keepsake gift idea OR have an afternoon of puppet play with them!
At Glued To My Crafts we are hoping to inspire YOU to get creative with basic craft supplies and create beautiful, unique pieces with your child this spring season!
Have you ever seen colorful butterflies floating through the air on a sunny day and wished you could join them? While we may not be able to sprout wings and take flight, we can create beautiful paper butterflies that resemble those winged wonders of nature.
In this post, I’m going to share a fun clothespin butterfly craft that uses handprints as the wings. It’s such a simple yet imaginative project that allows your child’s unique hand shape to become part of a crafty creature.
Creating these clothespin butterflies is an engaging art activity that fosters creative expression and brings smiles.
By the end, your little one may start to feel like they have wings of their own! Read on to learn how you can help your child craft clothespin butterflies with their very own handprint wings.
These easy and adorable clothespin butterflies are perfect for spring! Kids will love making these colorful creatures with their handprints.
Craft Supplies:
- Wood Flat Clothespins
- Craft Paint
- Paper Plate
- Paint Brushes
- Scissors
- School Glue
- Scrapbook Paper
- Pencil
- Black Marker
Directions:
- First squirt some craft paint on your paper plate.
- Have children paint one side of their clothespins {one per butterfly} however they like.
- Add black eyes with a fine tip Sharpie marker.
- Set aside to let them dry completely.
- Next grab your scrapbook paper and a pencil.
- Carefully trace around your child’s hands on the paper.
- Repeat so you have two handprints per butterfly.
- Now cut the handprints out with the scissors, as well as some antennas {two per butterfly}.
- Once the handprints are cut out, go ahead and glue those along with the antenna cutouts, to the back of your painted clothespins.
- To finish off the handprint butterfly puppet craft- have children decorate the wings and the body however they like.
- Then once you are done decorating, set it all aside to let it dry completely before playing and/or displaying proudly!!!
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Don’t let the creativity stop here with this bright and colorful handprint butterfly craft idea! We are BURSTING with unique tutorials for you to check out today and recreate from our awesome website!
Click on over to our Popcorn Sheep, Paint Splat Butterflies and Paper Teacup Card craft posts to be inspired! All of which would pair nicely with today’s handprint clothespin butterflies tutorial – hint hint!!!
Handprint Clothespin Butterflies
Use your finished pieces as spring decor, a keepsake gift idea OR have an afternoon of puppet play with them!
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