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Valentine's Day Butterfly Craft

This Valentine's Day Butterfly craft is made with a toilet paper roll, a printer, paper, scissors, glue and something to color with (if you've opted for the B&W version).

You can seal the bottom the this toilet paper roll craft (just glue on a circle of paper).  Then fill it with cinnamon hearts (or other candies) and seal to top.   What a cool way to give a Valentine's treat to a friend!
  

bulletPrint out the template of choice
  
bulletColour (where appropriate) and cut out the template pieces. 
  
bulletGlue the large rectangular piece on first to cover the tube.
  
bulletGlue on the head and the six hands (have the children count the hands.  Butterflies have 6 legs).
  
bulletColor and cut the wings template (you'll need to print two)
 
bulletGlue the hearts together (biggest to smallest). 
 
bulletHave your child sort biggest to smallest as an educational activity (for 3 year olds)
 
bulletIf you are precutting everything, you may prefer to cut out your own hearts from construction paper instead of using the wings template (it's quicker to fold construction paper and cut than it is to cut out the templates).  But if you're giving your child practice with scissors, then the templates are great.
  
bulletGlue the wings onto the back of the tp roll.
 
bulletClose the template window after printing to return to this screen.
 
bulletSet page margins to zero if you have trouble fitting the template on one page (FILE, PAGE SETUP or FILE, PRINTER SETUP in most browsers).

Butterfly template  (color)   or   (B&W)

Butterfly wings template (print 2) (color)   or    (B&W)

 

 

Printable Version of these instructions