• Skip to secondary menu
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to footer
  • Home
  • About
    • Email Me
    • Disclosure & Copyright
  • Start Here
  • Subscribe
  • Privacy Policy
  • Books for Moms

Creative Family Fun

Your one-stop shop for kids activities and family fun

  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • Pinterest
  • Twitter
  • Spelling Activities
  • Family Fun
  • STEM
  • Movie Night
  • Toddler Activities
You are here: Home / Crafts / Get Crafty: Layered Tissue Paper Butterflies

Get Crafty: Layered Tissue Paper Butterflies

June 18, 2012 By Terri Thompson

Sharing is caring!

0 shares
  • Share
  • Tweet

Butterflies are always a popular subject in the Creative Family Fun household.

So, when the girls wanted to do a craft project, the first thing that popped into my head was a butterfly project.

We had a lot of leftover torn bits of tissue paper from another project, so we thought we’d use them to make layered tissue paper butterflies.

Disclosure: There are Amazon Affiliate and other affiliate links in this article which means, at no additional cost to you, we could receive compensation for our recommendations. You can read our full disclosure policy on our Disclosure Page for more details.

Supplies Needed:

White paper
Black marker
Torn bits of colored tissue paper
Glue
Paint brush
Scissors
Pipe cleaner
Tape

Before we started, I drew simple butterfly shapes on the paper.

I gave the girls some glue that was thinned out with water to make brushing easier.

They painted the glue on their paper and started sticking the tissue bits.

I encouraged layering and overlapping to see what kind of pretty designs the girls could come up with.

We didn’t worry about staying within the lines either; we were planning on cutting out our butterflies.

Once the glue dried, we cut out our butterflies and attached our antennae.

I cut a sparkly pipe cleaner in half. The girls bent each piece into a “u” shape. We then attached them to the back of our butterfly heads with tape.

Simple and fun!

Perhaps the best part about this project was that the girls spent the afternoon playing with their new butterfly “toys.” I love it when a craft project turns into a play thing!

Have you made anything fun with your kids lately?

The following two tabs change content below.
  • Bio
  • Latest Posts

Terri Thompson

Terri is a writer and mom of two elementary-aged girls. She has a passion for learning and is always looking for ways to make learning fun. You can find her here writing about fun learning activities, art, craft, and family fun ideas.

Latest posts by Terri Thompson (see all)

  • Thanksgiving Math Activities for Kids - November 10, 2022
  • Paper Plate Tambourine Kids Craft - May 15, 2022
  • Outdoor Shape Activities for Kids - May 9, 2022

Recent Posts

  • Thanksgiving Math Activities for Kids
  • Paper Plate Tambourine Kids Craft
  • Outdoor Shape Activities for Kids
  • Shape Hopscotch Outdoor Game
  • Butterfly Paper Plate Wreath Craft

Primary Sidebar

Footer

Categories

Archives

Copyright © 2023 ยท Designed by The Blog Surgery

Creative Family Fun uses cookies to improve your experience. These cookies provide feedback to our analytics and advertisers. We use the information to track views of the site, where you go and to know if you are a regular visitor or brand new as well as provide a personalized experience where possible. We'll assume you're ok with this, but you can opt-out if you wish.Accept Reject Read More
Privacy & Cookies Policy

Privacy Overview

This website uses cookies to improve your experience while you navigate through the website. Out of these, the cookies that are categorized as necessary are stored on your browser as they are essential for the working of basic functionalities of the website. We also use third-party cookies that help us analyze and understand how you use this website. These cookies will be stored in your browser only with your consent. You also have the option to opt-out of these cookies. But opting out of some of these cookies may affect your browsing experience.
Necessary
Always Enabled
Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly. This category only includes cookies that ensures basic functionalities and security features of the website. These cookies do not store any personal information.
Non-necessary
Any cookies that may not be particularly necessary for the website to function and is used specifically to collect user personal data via analytics, ads, other embedded contents are termed as non-necessary cookies. It is mandatory to procure user consent prior to running these cookies on your website.
SAVE & ACCEPT
0 shares