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Butterfly Card Craft

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This is a colorful butterfly card made from construction paper. This card is great for birthdays, Mother’s Day, or other occasions.

Estimated Time: 20 minutes
Supplies Needed:
  • Construction paper
  • Pencil
  • Scissors
  • Hole punch
  • Glue stick
  • Markers or crayons
  • Optional – Glitter glue or glitter

Instructions

1.

Fold two pieces of construction paper in half, making two card shapes.

Folded cards
2.

Put the two folded cards together (one inside the other).

Along the fold of one of them, draw half a butterfly.

A drawn butterfly on the cards.
3.

Keeping the two cards together, cut along the line you just drew. You will now have two butterflies.

Cutting out the paper butterflies.Cutting out the paper butterflies.
4.

Take only one of the butterflies, and fold it in half again and draw a smaller butterfly within it.

Cut along the line you just drew.

Cut out the paper butterfly.
5.

Using the hole punch, make a series of holes along the edges of the two pieces you just cut.

Punching holes in the paper.
6.

Glue one of these pieces onto the larger, uncut butterfly. Flip the large butterfly over and glue onto the other cut piece.

Gluing the paper butterflies.Gluing the paper butterflies.
7.

Cut a black or brown body for your butterfly. Glue it onto the inside of your butterfly.

Cut out the paper body.The finished butterfly card.
8.

You now have a nice butterfly card! Write a message on your card.

Optional: Decorate your butterfly with crayons, markers, glitter glue, or glitter.

The finished butterfly card.
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