Butterfly and Caterpillar Crafts

Check out this collection of butterfly and caterpillar crafts. You can make butterflies and caterpillars using a variety of craft supplies and recyclables!

Use this free pattern to make beaded safety pin jewelry.

Stitch the cheery free Butterfly Blessing to display in a child's room or elsewhere in your home.

Renate shared this picture of a fun butterfly card she made.

With a little craft wire and a few beads, you can make this butterfly charm to add to hair accessories or jewelry.

Find out how to make this simple yet creative Halloween costume. Follow these directions and you can dress up as a butterfly.

This printable pattern will help you make a lovely cross-stitched butterfly fairy.

Sassy Gal shares how she made a colorful butterfly mobile.

From your About.com guide, make this butterfly jewelry out of a clothespin and tissue paper.

Print out and color this pretty butterfly.

Print out this free butterfly template and use it as a pattern or a coloring page.

Print out and color this picture featuring a butterfly on a flower.

From your About.com guide, instructions for making a fun caterpillar snack using refrigerator biscuits!

Print out and color this picture featuring a cute caterpillar.

From your About.com guide, turn an old sock into a colorful caterpillar.

From your About.com Guide - Create your own colorful butterfly using a clothes pin and coffee filters.

Follow these directions to transform yourself into a colorful butterfly.

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.

MomAtHome shares directions for making a butterfly you can pretend is flying.

Use these free directions and create a butterfly using hearts.

Creating a butterfly garden is easy, even if the only dirt you have available is in a window box. Sheila Ellison encourages you to discover creative garden activities perfect for warm spring or summer days.

Follow the direction in this how-to video and learn how to construct your own set of butterfly wings.

Learn how you can create your own butterfly picture using iris folding techniques.

Fill in this butterfly with orange and you have a beautiful monarch.

Instructions for making a butterfly using a paper plate, a toilet tissue roll, and a few other supplies.

Create a unique butterfly using sea shells.

Print out and color this picture featuring a fun butterfly.

Make a story sack for this book by Eric Carle.

These butterflies look like stained glass when they are done. Minimum supplies needed: tissue paper, wax paper, liquid starch, paintbrushes, and scissors.

A cute mobile made from construction paper, twigs, and thread.

Make a fun zipper pull or keychain out of pony beads.

Take your choice of these coloring pictures of different butterflies, moths, and ceterpillars. Includes a coloring picture of the life cycle.

Create a beautiful butterfly using a couple of paper hearts.

Fold a piece of paper to look like a butterfly.

A simple craft. Make a paper chain and then add a face!

Use wax paper and crayon shavings to make this pretty butterfly.

Find out how to make a cute little butterfly using a couple of Ziplock sandwich bags.

This video will teach you how to make two different costumes.