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April 26, 2021

Butterfly Craft for Kids: a Fun and Easy Recycled Milk Jug

Follow the EASY directions to make a butterfly craft that’s beautiful and unique using recycled milk jugs and pens.

Today I have another Recycled Craft to share, yay! After we made our Stained Glass Easter Eggs, I still had a ton of milk jugs lying around so I asked Little Tiger (age 4, preschooler) if she wanted to do the craft again. She said yes without hesitation. I gave her the choice of making butterflies to add to our Bug Crafts collection or Flowers to decorate our window for Spring. She picked butterflies, so in no time at all we made some beautiful butterflies that look like they are glowing hanging on our window.

You may be interested in our Butterfly Activity Pack.

Stained Glass Butterfly Milk Carton Kids Craft: Kids can make colorful butterfly’s that seem to glow in the sun. A perfect idea for butterfly fans, bug unit, or spring crafting.

Butterfly Craft for Kids

Supplies:

  • Empty and cleaned plastic milk jugs
  • Sharpie Color Permanent Markers
  • Butterfly stencils (I made a large stencil and a small stencil out of cardstock)
  • Scissors
  • Tape
  • Fishing Line or string

Directions:

Make a butterfly stencil by folding a small piece of paper in half and drawing half a butterfly on it. Cut out the stencil. You can make several stencils with different shapes and sizes.

Use the butterfly stencils to trace as many butterflies as possible on the flat surfaces of the milk carton. Carefully cut them out. The hardest part was cutting through the mouth of the jug, once the scissors were through it was easy cutting.

Use the permanent markers to decorate the butterflies. The marker will be a little sticky until it dries. I pulled up some pictures of butterflies on my phone that Little Tiger liked using to design her butterflies.

Cut a piece of fishing line and tape the butterflies to it, then hang up your decoration and enjoy how the sun lights up the kids artwork!

Stained Glass Butterfly Milk Carton Kids Craft: Kids can make colorful butterfly’s that seem to glow in the sun. A perfect idea for butterfly fans, bug unit, or spring crafting.

KEEP THE FUN GOINGWITH THESE IDEAS!

RECYCLED SODA BOTTLE FLOWER CRAFT FOR KIDS: Perfect for spring flowers, Mother's Day, and recycled crafting

Soda Bottle Flowers

Adorable Handprint and Footprint Butterfly Craft: Kids can paint and decorate a beautiful butterfly made with their own hands and feet. They are perfect to make during spring, add to an insect unit, or even turn into a card for Mother's Day. (preschool, toddler, keepsake, painting)

Butterfly Handprint & Footprint Craft

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The Very Hungry Caterpillar Activity Pack

Original Post Date: 3/30/2015 Updated 4/26/21

Filed Under: Crafts, Create, Insects, Milk Container, Recycled, Spring

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