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Try these free bug-insect craft patterns and projects. Use many creative techniques and supplies to make a variety of butterfly and caterpillar related crafts.
Butterfly Beaded Safety Pin
Use this free pattern to make beaded safety pin jewelry.
Butterfly with a Flower
Print out and color this picture featuring a butterfly on a flower.
Butterfly Necklace
From your About.com guide, make this butterfly jewelry out of a clothespin and tissue paper.
Butterfly Profile
Print out and color this pretty butterfly.
Butterfly Valentine
From your About.com guide, a fun card that looks like a butterfly.
Caterpillar Biscuit Snacks
From your About.com guide, instructions for making a fun caterpillar snack using refrigerator biscuits!
Caterpillar Coloring Page
Print out and color this picture featuring a cute caterpillar.
Caterpillar Puppet
From your About.com guide, turn an old sock into a colorful caterpillar.
Coffee Filter Butterflies
From your About.com Guide - Create your own colorful butterfly using a clothes pin and coffee filters.
Egg Carton Caterpillar
Looking for a rainy day activity that your kids will really enjoy? Grab an old egg carton, some craft supplies, and alfalfa seeds, and make a cute caterpillar.
Flying Butterfly
MomAtHome shares directions for making a butterfly you can pretend is flying.
Monarch Butterfly Coloring Book Page
Fill in this butterfly with orange and you have a beautiful monarch.
Paper Plate Butterfly
Instructions for making a butterfly using a paper plate, a toilet tissue roll, and a few other supplies.
Sea Shell Butterfly Magnet
Create a unique butterfly using sea shells.
Smiling Butterfly
Print out and color this picture featuring a fun butterfly.
The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Make a story sack for this book by Eric Carle.
Beautiful Butterflies
These butterflies look like stained glass when they are done. Minimum supplies needed: tissue paper, wax paper, liquid starch, paintbrushes, and scissors.
Butterfly Mobile Craft
A cute mobile made from construction paper, twigs, and thread.
Butterfly Note Holder
An easy craft made with craft foam, chenille stems, a clothespin, and a few other supplies.
Butterfly Picture Frames
A fun sounding idea making a butterfly-shaped frame out of Fun Foam.
Butterfly Pin
These neat little pins are made using craft foam and pom-poms.
Butterfly Pony Bead Pattern
Make a fun zipper pull or keychain out of pony beads.
Butterflies and Moths
Take your choice of these coloring pictures of different butterflies, moths, and ceterpillars. Includes a coloring picture of the life cycle.
Caterpillar
Transform a sweatsuit and four pairs of gloves into a fun costume.
Heart Butterfly
Create a beautiful butterfly using a couple of paper hearts.
Origami Butterfly
Fold a piece of paper to look like a butterfly.
Paper Chain Caterpillar
A simple craft. Make a paper chain and then add a face!
Sculpey Caterpillar
These cute little bugs won't bite and they're great projects for you and your children.
Waxed Paper Stained Glass Butterfly
Use wax paper and crayon shavings to make this pretty butterfly.

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