Making handprint butterflies is such a simple, fun and effective craft for all ages to enjoy and get involved as well as providing lots of lovely learning opportunities.
To make this butterfly craft draw round the children's hands on coloured paper of their choice. A top tip is to fold the paper in half and draw around one hand and then cut it out making two handprints in one.
Practicing cutting it out is a great life long skill as well as supporting children's fine motor skill development, dexterity and hand eye coordination. I would recommend encouraging the children to use child sized scissors so that they have more control over the cutting.
Once the children have cut out the hand prints this is a great opportunity to count the number of fingers the children have. They can count up to 5 on both hands then count them together to 10, introducing simple maths, counting and addition in a relaxed environment.
Cut out an oval and a heart shape from another piece of coloured paper to make a body for the butterfly and to add extra detail you could cut out feelers to. Talk to the children about the different shapes and how many sides and corners they have to support shape, space and measure learning and development.
Finally, stick all of the shapes and handprints together using a glue stick as demonstrated in the example photo. This is a fantastic opportunity to explore symmetry with young children. Challenging them to use coloured pens to make the design on each butterfly wing match. To get ideas maybe you could look at books or online to see different types of butterflies and their beautifully designed wings. To extend this craft activity and the children's learning you could go on a butterfly hunt and see if you can spot any butterflies in your local area or alternatively read The Very Hungry Caterpillar story which demonstrates how caterpillars transform into butterflies.
I hope you enjoy making your own handprint butterflies!
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