Making a Clothespin Flying Butterfly

Imaginary Clothespin Flying Butterfly - wings could be decorated at this point

A spring clip style clothespin, scissors, construction paper, glue, a pipe cleaner, googly eyes, and a marker or other decorative embellishments are what you will need to make this fun flying butterfly with your toddler. Give it a try following the steps below.

Craft: Imaginary Clothespin Flying Butterfly

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February 8, 2019

Imaginary Clothespin Flying Butterfly - pink and purple paper and clothespin butterfly If your toddler loves butterflies, this would be a fun craft to make together. Not only is it a fun craft, but your toddler can play with their butterfly and get in some indoor exercise (since it's been raining all day). I did not think she would have this much fun with this imaginary butterfly, but she did and ran around with the butterfly as if it was flying!

Total Time: 15-20 minutes

Yield: 1 butterfly

Supplies:

pipecleaner
construction paper
scissors
glue stick
hot glue
googly eyes
clothespin
markers or stickers

Steps:

Prep butterfly project by cutting two sets of squares then fold and cut into a heart shape. I made one set in purple (larger heart) and one set in pink (smaller heart).

Imaginary Clothespin Flying Butterfly - cut two squares of different colored paper then fold in half and cut into heart shapes

Glue the hearts together to assemble the butterfly wings.

Imaginary Clothespin Flying Butterfly - glue the hearts together to make the wings

Imaginary Clothespin Flying Butterfly - child using glue stick to construct the wings

Have your toddler decorate the clothespin, optional. You can also put on stickers, but she ended up just using a marker.

Imaginary Clothespin Flying Butterfly - child using a marker to decorate the clothespin

Clip paper wings onto the pin and hot glue so when your toddler holds and walk/runs with the clothespin they won't accidentally have the butterfly fall off.