Kids Crafts: Doll Pin Butterflies

With a bunch of basic craft supplies this kids craft could possibly be hours of fun – creating gorgeous butterflies from doll pins, pipe cleaners and pom poms. {Collection of butterfly activities here}

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This is a beautiful and fun kids butterfly craft which exercises the kids’ finger muscles since the kids are doing a ton of pulling, twisting, stretching etc.

Materials { products links below}

I used the gorgeous neon colors and the glow in the dark colors I had on hand to set out this craft activity.

The children had a great time painting the doll pins with vibrant colors. Since the paint is not acrylic, we had a bit of a tough time getting the paint to stick on the doll pins. Honestly though, this small part did not faze the kids. They went on to brightly color the doll pins.

The multi colored doll pins looked gorgeous all ready for a even beautiful kids craft.

Next step was to collect all the colorful pom poms. We separated the pom poms by 3 and glued them together to serve as part of the butterfly wings.

Gluing the pom poms by threes leads to tremendous play time for the children.

Once they have the pom poms ready next step is to get the wings ready using pipe cleaners. There are several ways to complete the wings. Using a single pipe cleaner the kids can make a simple figure eight and insert it into the gap in the doll pin and push it up.

Making the antennae is the next part of this kids craft. One pipe cleaner makes 2 pairs of antennae. You can either glue or tape the antennae to the back of the doll pin head.

Stuff the pipe cleaner outline of the wings with the pom poms to give the butterfy a 3D effect.

Cute butterflies ready. If the kids are not into the process, you can make them as party favors as well.

What do you with these?

Just a fun kid craft
Kids room decor
Party favors
Kids party activity
Kids party center pieces
Personalize them with kids’ initials and you can make a child’s name with these bugs.