How To Make An Egg Carton Butterfly Craft
Kids can make the cutest butterfly craft from an egg carton.
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Equipment
- Scissors for adults to cut egg carton
- Glue Bottle if googly eyes are not stickers
- Glue Gun For adults only
Supplies
- Pre-Cut Egg Carton 4 sections per craft
- Tempera Paint you can use any colors you want
- Paintbrush
- 1/2 piece Pipe Cleaner
Body Material
- 2 Googly Eyes
- 4 Pom Poms
- Craft Stick or Clothes Pin
Instructions
Prep Egg Carton
- Cut a cardboard egg carton in so you have four cups for the wings.
Making Your Butterfly Wings
- Use tempera paint to paint the egg carton.
- Let the painted egg carton fully dry.
Make Butterfly Body
- Hot glue a craft stick on to egg carton. You will have to trim the end a little or your body will be too long.
- Cut a full pipe cleaner in half. Fold 1/2 of a full pipe cleaner and hot glue on onto the stick.
- Glue on 4 poms poms on the craft stick using hot glue or glue bottle
- Glue on googly eyes.
Notes
- If you are working with older children, you could look at real butterflies and introduce the concept of symmetry.
- You could also make the body out of paper or just paint the craft stick or use a clothespin.
- Let your young child experiment and have fun making this easy egg carton craft.
- Cardboard egg cartons will be easier to work with instead of styrofoam (and better for the environment, too)
Cost: under $2