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Faux Stained-Glass Butterfly Craft

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How to make a faux stained-glass butterfly craft using cardstock, glue, watercolors, and the provided printable butterfly template.

How to make a faux stained-glass butterfly craft using cardstock, glue, watercolors, and the provided printable butterfly template.

Buttery Craft

This beautiful butterfly craft is perfect for Spring.

Painted using bright watercolors, these faux stained glass butterflies would look great hanging on the wall.

This butterfly craft is great for older children or adults. For younger children, you might want to complete the glue steps, allow to dry, then simply have the children paint their stained glass butterflies.

How to Make Faux Stained-Glass Butterfly

First, gather your supplies and materials. For this butterfly craft you will need: cardstock, black paint, watercolor paint set, paintbrushes, white glue, and scissors.

Butterfly Craft Printable Template

Download the butterfly template here and print out on cardstock.

Pour black paint into white glue

Open the top of a bottle of glue. Pour a small bit out, if necessary, so that there is room to add black paint.

Add about a tablespoon of black paint, place the lid back on and shake well. Check the color to see if a dark grey / black color has been achieved. If not, add a bit more black paint and shake again.

If the paint and glue are not mixing well by shaking, you can place a wooden dowel or chopstick into the bottle to help stir. 

tracing butterfly with black glue

Trace each line in the butterfly template with black glue.

Allow the glue to dry completely — I recommend letting it dry overnight.Scissors and butterfly template on white cardstock

Cut butterflies out. 

A paintbrush applying yellow paint to butterfly

Use watercolors to paint the butterflies. The black glue will help keep each color from bleeding into other areas. 

Allow the watercolors to dry completely before displaying. 

How to make a faux stained-glass butterfly craft using cardstock, glue, watercolors, and the provided printable butterfly template.

A fun way to display these watercolor butterflies in the classroom is to make 2 and glue them together, back to back. Then, hang them from the ceiling using fishing line or clear thread so it will give the illusion that they are flying. 

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How to make a faux stained-glass butterfly craft using cardstock, glue, watercolors, and the provided printable butterfly template.
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Faux Stained-Glass Butterfly Craft

Make a faux stained-glass butterfly craft using cardstock, glue, watercolors, and the provided printable butterfly template.
Prep Time10 minutes mins
Active Time30 minutes mins
Additional Time1 day d
Total Time1 day d 40 minutes mins
Course: Crafts for Kids
Keyword: butterfly craft, faux stained glass
Yield: 1 butterfly
Author: Jaclyn Shimmel

Equipment

  • Scissors
  • paint brush

Materials

  • cardstock
  • glue
  • black acrylic paint
  • watercolor paints

Instructions

  • Download and print out the butterfly template.
  • Open the top of a bottle of glue. Pour a small bit out, if necessary, so that there is room to add black paint. Add about a tablespoon of black paint, place the lid back on and shake well. Check the color to see if a dark grey / black color has been achieved. If not, add a bit more black paint and shake again. If the paint and glue are not mixing well by shaking, you can place a wooden dowel or chopstick into the bottle to help stir. 
  • Trace each line in the butterfly template with black glue.
  • Allow the glue to dry completely -- I recommend letting it dry overnight.
  • Cut butterflies out. 
  • Use watercolors to paint the butterflies. The black glue will help keep each color from bleeding into other areas. 
  • Allow the paint to dry completely before displaying. 

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How to make a faux stained-glass butterfly craft using cardstock, glue, watercolors, and the provided printable butterfly template.

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By Jaclyn Shimmel | 03/21/2019
Filed Under: Crafts, Crafts for Kids Tagged With: Printable, Spring

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Comments

  1. Carol Garvie says

    04/17/2021 at 5:48 pm

    Can not print the butterfly

    Reply
    • Sheri says

      04/20/2022 at 8:33 am

      Go back up to the top and click the red “here” link and the printable will come up.

      Reply

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