Butterfly Stem Activities
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Introduce STEM into your preschool lessons with this amazing collection of butterfly STEM activities for kids.
These STEM activities are perfect for your butterfly activities for preschoolers. They’re sure to engage your little scientists!

Whether you focus on the science, technology, engineering, or math part of STEM, these spring challenges will certainly entertain your preschoolers while teaching them at the same time.
Butterfly Stem Activities
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Plastic Bottle Butterflies Recycled Art
You won't believe how easy it is to create these gorgeous plastic bottle butterflies. They're perfect for a recycled art project.
Butterfly Life Cycle Craft
There is a free template to download to make this butterfly life cycle craft a breeze for little ones to make.
Butterfly STEAM Activities
Here's a fun list of butterfly STEAM activities that includes a life cycle craft, watercolor butterflies, and a few hands-on science activities.
Stick Butterfly Nature Craft
Grab some sticks on your next nature walk, and use them to make these gorgeous watercolor butterflies.



Caterpillar to Butterfly Craft
Preschoolers will love making their caterpillar transform into a butterfly over and over again.
Butterfly Life Cycle Activity for Kids
This printable butterfly life cycle activity is a great low-prep science activity for preschoolers.
Butterfly Floating Dry Erase Marker Experiment
I have yet to try this floating butterfly experiment, but it is at the top of my to-do list this spring.
Edible Butterfly Life Cycle
Preschoolers will love playing with their food as they create this tasty edible butterfly life cycle project.
Life Cycle of a Butterfly Craft
Spring is a great time to learn about butterflies. This life cycle of a butterfly craft will help little ones see how caterpillars become butterflies.
Celery Stick Butterflies
These celery stick butterflies make a great afternoon snack during your butterfly unit.
PRESCHOOL BOOKS ABOUT BUTTERFLIES
Fill your book basket with a great collection of books about butterflies. Most of these books can be found at your local library or used bookstore. If you have a hard time finding them, you can order them through my Amazon affiliate links by clicking the images below.Butterflies – Curious kids ages 3 to 7 will be excited to learn about the magical world of butterflies: their beauty, their importance to plant life, and their incredible metamorphosis and migration. Pinkalicious and the Little Butterfly – Pinkalicious is so excited when Miss Penny brings monarch caterpillars to class. She makes friends with one and watches as it turns into a pinkamazing butterfly! Butterfly Butterfly: A Book of Colors – Lucy sees a beautiful butterfly in the garden, along with a bright green beetle, a brilliant blue dragonfly, some red ladybugs, and many more flying and crawling things. But when will the radiant butterfly appear again?

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This wooden butterfly puzzle brain game will promote hand-eye coordination, develop problem-solving skills and improve matching skills. In addition, it can stimulate a child’s imagination and creativity. This beautiful butterfly lacing toy is great for practicing the sewing motion. It’s made of solid cherry wood, and finished with my homemade organic beeswax polish. The “needle” is attached to the natural cotton “thread” to make it easy to poke through the holes.Related Posts
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