Butterfly Windsock Toilet Paper Roll Craft

This Windsock Butterfly Toilet Paper Roll would be a great project for kids as they learn the basics of the butterfly life cycle.

A simple and fun butterfly craft for preschoolers that also makes the ultimate spring classroom decoration.

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Spring is the time of butterflies and making lovely butterfly crafts and this is definitely one of the cutest crafts. Make a dozen of these crafts and watch them dance in the breeze.

These wind pipe crafts are great for the classroom (can you imagine how great they would look displayed outside or on a wall).

These are pretty easy to make so they are suitable for preschoolers and older. They are a great addition to a lesson on the life cycle of a butterfly as well as to practice some math concepts like symmetry.

How to Make a Windsock Butterfly Toilet Paper Roll Craft

What you need:

paper rolls (construction paper rolls, toilet paper rolls, kitchen paper towel rolls)
green paint
spring color tissue paper
colorful craft paper
glue
drag
single hole punching machine
thread to hang
black marker

Step by step instructions

Start by brushing green paint onto the roll of paper.

Allow the paint to dry before continuing.

Use a hole punch to punch two holes opposite each other on one side of the paper roll.

Thread the yarn through both holes…

Tie the rope tightly.

Cut long strips of tissue paper and tape them to the inside of the toilet paper roll.

Choose the color of cardboard to make the butterfly wings.

Fold the paper in half and cut out the wings (make number 3).

Cut the butterfly body into different colors.

Stick the body to the wing.

Draw a face.

Wing decoration.

And stick it on the toilet paper roll.

Done! Your Butterfly Windsock toilet paper roll is ready to hang and dance in the breeze.

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