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Clay Pot Butterfly Craft for Kids


Get creative with this adorable clay pot butterfly craft! Follow these easy steps to make your own unique and colorful butterfly.

Clay Pot Butterfly Craft on a brick background



Looking for a fun and easy craft project to do with your kids?


Simple mini clay pots along with paint, wiggle eyes, doilies, and pom poms transform into a Mama and Baby Butterfly just in time for the summer garden season.



Materials you will need:

  • Small Clay Pots – 2.5” and 1.5” in diameter
  • Acrylic Craft Paint – Lavender, Green, Pink
  • 4 Wiggle Eyes
  • 4 Pom Poms, Green
  • Chenille Stem, Blue
  • 2 Small Pink Paper Doilies
  • Glue Gun and Glue Sticks
  • Black Permanent Marker
  • Scissors
  • Paintbrush
  • Pencil with New Eraser



How to make a clay pot butterfly craft for kids to make!



STEP ONE


Basecoat both clay pots with lavender acrylic craft paint.  Let the paint dry and then apply a second coat, if necessary.



STEP TWO


Attach two wiggle eyes to each Butterfly head with a glue gun and glue sticks. You can use liquid craft glue for this project, but you would have to wait for it to dry.


Add polka dot cheeks by dipping a new pencil eraser into pink acrylic craft paint. Set aside to dry.


Draw a mouth on the Mama and Baby Butterfly with a black permanent marker.



STEP THREE


Cut a 12” blue chenille stem in half and fold both sections in half.


Attach a green pom pom to the cut end of both sets of antennae with a glue gun and glue sticks.


Secure the folded end in the hole in the bottom of the clay pot with a glue gun and glue sticks.



STEP FOUR


Cut one small pink paper doily in quarters and attach two to the back of the Baby Bee using a glue gun and glue sticks.


Cut the second small pink paper doily in half, then cut out a notch to create the Mama Butterfly wings, and then glue two wings to the back of the Mama Butterfly.



A great family fun craft activity to complete with the kiddos.


The perfect place card for a summer barbecue dinner, fun tag for a summer birthday present, or decoration to gift to a neighbor or co-worker!



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Terra Cotta Butterfly Craft

Terra Cotta Butterfly Craft

Yield: 2
Active Time: 15 minutes
Total Time: 15 minutes
Difficulty: easy
Estimated Cost: inexpensive

Get creative with this adorable clay pot butterfly craft! Follow these easy steps to make your own unique and colorful butterfly.

Materials

  • Small Clay Pots – 2.5” and 1.5” in diameter
  • Acrylic Craft Paint – Lavender, Green, Pink
  • 4 Wiggle Eyes
  • 4 Pom Poms, Green
  • Chenille Stem, Blue
  • 2 Small Pink Paper Doilies

Tools

  • Glue Gun and Glue Sticks
  • Black Permanent Marker
  • Scissors
  • Paintbrush
  • Pencil with New Eraser

Instructions

  1. Basecoat both clay pots with lavender acrylic craft paint.  Let the paint dry and then apply a second coat, if necessary.
  2. Attach two wiggle eyes to each Butterfly head with a glue gun and glue sticks. Add polka dot cheeks by dipping a new pencil eraser into pink acrylic craft paint. Set aside to dry. Draw a mouth on the Mama and Baby Butterfly with a black permanent marker.
  3. Cut a 12” blue chenille stem in half and fold both sections in half. Attach a green pom pom to the cut end of both sets of antennae with a glue gun and glue sticks. Secure the folded end in the hole in the bottom of the clay pot with a glue gun and glue sticks.
  4. Cut one small pink paper doily in quarters and attach two to the back of the Baby Bee using a glue gun and glue sticks. Cut the second small pink paper doily in half, then cut out a notch to create the Mama Butterfly wings, and then glue two wings to the back of the Mama Butterfly.

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