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This May Be The Perfect Art Project For Spring!

Hey there! Long time no see. After taking a bit of a hiatus from posting amazing and fun craft projects for kids, I’m ready to dive back in with a few Springtime craft ideas. I took my daughter to playgroup the other day and we made the world’s cutest butterfly craft that I just had to share! It’s cheap and easy to make with just a few craft supplies and all the kids loved it!
Fun Spring Butterly Craft For Kids Of All Ages.
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Butterfly crafts are my favorite! 🦋 Check out some of our other super cute butterfly art projects for kids. Tissue Paper Painted Butterfly Art | Pipe Cleaner Butterfly Rings | Cardboard Nature Butterflies | Beaded Pipe Cleaner Butterflies

What You’ll Need

  • Watercolor Paper (regular printer paper will also work)
  • Watercolor Paint and a Paintbrush 
  • Bowtie Pasta (also called Farfalle pasta)
  • Glue
  • Black Marker
Spring is the perfect tine to learn about butterflies. This easy art project is also perfect to follow along with a butterfly unit in the classroom. butterfly unit craft idea for kids.

How To Make Bowtie Pasta Butterflies

I highly recommend grabbing a few friends and heading outside like we did. This is a great outdoor craft on a beautiful Spring day. We had a mix of 4 to 6 year olds and they all love this butterfly art project. 

Step 1 – Create The Background

Time to grab a paint brush and get creative. This part can really be up to your artist. We painted a blue sky and some grass with pretty little flowers. Other kids painted a sunset or mountains.  Butterfly art project using uncooked farfalle noodles that look like bowties and some paints. Create a pretty background with paints and then glue butterfly shaped pasta to the paper creating a whimsical springtime scene.

Step 2 – Paint The Butterflies

Take a few uncooked bowtie pastas and use watercolor paints to paint each one a different color. The colors will be subtle with water colors, so if you’d like more vibrant butterflies use tempura paint or something like Crayola Washable Paints! Set the painted butterflies to the side to dry. Check out this adorable art project for kids using just a few simple and cheap supplies found around the house. This butterfly craft is perfect for playgroup or classrooms. Grab some bowtie pasta and paints and get started today.

Step 3 – Glue The Butterflies

Once the paint has dried on the butterflies, grab some glue and start gluing the bowtie pasta butterflies to your paper. We used Elmer’s glue just to make it easy for the little kids, but you can use hot glue or craft glue if you’re working with older kids or adults. You’ll need a nice glob of glue for the butterflies to stick and make sure you let the glue dry before moving the art project.  Creative and fun way to use noodles to make whimsical butterflies. This simple craft idea for kids is cheap and easy to make with supplies you already have at home.

Step 4 – Add The Final Touches

Once the glue has dried, you’re going to add antennas to the butterflies. Using a simple black marker, draw 2 curved lines coming out of the top of the butterflies. Let your kiddo get creative here. We had all different antennas and it was amazing! Step by step tutorial for making the cutes butterfly craft out of uncooked noodles. Simply paint and glue your way to an easy spring craft idea for kids. I mean… Can you even handle to cuteness of this butterfly craft?! I absolutely love the simplicity of this art project for kids. We also read a National Geographic’s butterfly book (like this one) to round out a day of crafting and play. How to make the cutest flying butterflies craft that easy to kids to make on their own. This butterfly craft would be perfect for classrooms and homeschool groups or just a boredom busting activity on those long afternoons inside. I hope your kiddos love this bowtie pasta butterfly art project as much as mine did. 

Don’t forget to pin and save this easy craft for later!

Are you ready for the best craft idea for kids? This easy spring art project is perfect for preschoolers and kindergarteners using cheap supplies you already have at home. Grab some bowtie pasta and watercolors create the best springtime butterfly craft ever. Easy and fun butterfly noodle craft that kids will love. An easy art project that's great for spring. Are you looking for an easy craft idea for spring time? Check out this bowtie noodle butterfly craft using cheap household supplies. This fun craft idea is perfect for springtime and it makes a great outdoor activity for classrooms and homeschool groups.  
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