Paperplate Butterfly

This is a simple paperplate craft that can be done with preschool through first grade.

Supplies

paper lunch plate

Craft plate

Scissors

Glue stick

ribbon or shredded tissue paper

crayons

markers

Step 1:

Color the outside of the white paperplate with color of your choice for the background. I chose green to look like the grass.

Step 2:

Draw a butterfly on small craft paper plate.

Step 3:

Cut out the butterfly on craft paper plate.

Step 4:

Glue the butterfly to the white paper plate.

Step 5:

attach the shredded tissue paper to the head of the butterfly. These will be the antennas.

Step 6:

Attach the shredded tissue paper to the middle of the butterfly. This will be the body.

Step 7:

Take a crayon and color the dot pattern on the wings. Butterfly wings look the same on both sides. This is called symmetry.

Step 8:

Use crayons to draw flowers on the paper plate. I drew a flower on each side to give it balance.

Step 9:

The last step is to draw long and short blades of grass under the butterfly. Grass is different sizes so this will add more detail.