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.
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.
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 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.
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.
A fun sounding idea making a butterfly-shaped frame out of Fun Foam.
These neat little pins are made using craft foam and pom-poms.
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.
Transform a sweatsuit and four pairs of gloves into a fun costume.
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!
These cute little bugs won't bite and they're great projects for you and your children.
Use wax paper and crayon shavings to make this pretty butterfly.
