21 Monarch Butterfly Crafts for Preschoolers

From simple paper crafts to stunning butterfly mobiles, your little ones will have a blast making these unique butterflies.

Their black wings adorned with bright orange patterns and white dots are a sight to behold every spring and summer.

If you’ve been here a while, you know that we love butterfly activities.

PAPER ROLL MONARCH BUTTERFLIES

You'll need orange and black construction paper, pipe cleaners, googly eyes, and white paint to make these stunning paper roll monarch butterflies.

Children will love holding on to the popsicle sticks and flying their butterflies around in the air as they play.

MONARCH BUTTERFLY STICK PUPPET

Our easy printable butterfly life cycle wheel is such a fun way to learn about the monarch butterfly life cycle.

BUTTERFLY LIFE CYCLE WHEEL

Introduce the concept of symmetry in nature and art with this simple art project. It's beautiful, colorful, and a wonderful likeness of the actual butterflies.

SYMMETRICAL BUTTERFLY ART

Butterfly-loving kids will adore these DIY butterfly peg doll toys. The toys are great for imaginative play or will look fantastic on a shelf as decoration.

MONARCH BUTTERFLY PEG DOLLS

Decorate your spring bulletin board in the classroom with these beautiful mosaic butterflies.

MOSAIC MONARCH BUTTERFLY CRAFT

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