DLTK's Crafts for Kids
Butterfly Toilet Paper Roll Craft

The butterfly looks sort of like a monarch butterfly (except a bit more cheerful than the real deal).  To see what a REAL monarch looks like, including a bunch of facts about their lives and habitat and a printable coloring page... visit Fun Facts for Kids.  Close the window when done to return to this screen.

Materials:

• toilet paper roll,
• a printer,
• paper,
• scissors,
• glue 
• something to color with (if you've opted for the B&W version).

Instructions:

• Print out the craft template of choice.
• Color (if using the black and white version of the craft) and cut out the template pieces.
• Glue the large rectangular piece on first to cover the tube.
• Glue on the head and the six hands (have the children count the hands.  Butterflies have 6 legs).
• Glue the wings onto the back of the toilet paper roll.

Templates:

• Close the template window after printing to return to this screen.
• Set page margins to zero if you have trouble fitting the template on one page (FILE, PAGE SETUP or FILE, PRINTER SETUP in most browsers).

Template    (color)   or   (B&W)

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