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36 Gorgeous Butterfly Crafts

Learn how to make butterfly decorations with these awesome tutorials

By: Melissa Conner, Editor, FaveCrafts.com

When the spring sun starts to shine, there is only one type of craft that we want to make: butterfly crafts! Making DIY crafts that resemble our favorite insects and winged friends just add a lovely, lively touch to our homes and crafting adventures. Butterfly craft ideas are the perfect craft project ideas for spring because they easily add some spring flair and delicate touches to your DIY endeavors. The list of butterfly crafts below varies greatly, allowing any type of crafter to add some butterflies to their home, crafts, décor, and more. From butterfly crochet patterns to butterfly DIY wall art, these gorgeous craft projects are sure to welcome spring in the loveliest way possible.

Since so many of these adorable butterfly DIYs are small and delicate, you can easily use them to add some spring touches to your already-created project ideas and home décor pieces. Jazz up a crochet pattern with an itty bitty butterfly or use mini craft ideas to bring new life to an old piece of wall art or furniture. No matter where these butterflies perch, they are sure to remind you of your favorite season.

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Crochet Butterfly Crafts

You can crochet hanging butterfly decorations and butterfly room decor with these easy crochet patterns. Butterfly themed dishcloths, mobiles, and stuffed animals are easy to make with these fun and free patterns!

Crochet Butterfly Square

This easy to make butterfly decor is great for the bathroom or kitchen. This crochet butterfly granny square also makes great butterfly gift ideas for friends who love these pretty bugs!

Butterfly Crochet Bag

Easy crochet patterns like this are great for shopping and traveling! This bag is embellished with butterfly decor and brightly colored flowers. 

Crochet Butterfly Dishcloth

Time will just flutter by as you crochet these quick butterfly dishcloths! Brighten up your kitchen with this colorful butterfly room decor.

Butterfly and Flower Baby Mobile

Hanging butterfly decorations, like this Baby Mobile, make great butterfly nursery decor. This sweet and simple project is great for a little girl's room.

Butterfly Wings Free Crochet Afghan Pattern

Delicate and lovely, this butterfly baby blanket crochet pattern is perfect for little girls. Patterns like these make wonderful butterfly gift ideas for the newest additions to your family.

Quick and Easy Crochet Butterfly

This simple crocheted butterfly is perfect for decorating other projects or even to display on its own! Add a butterfly to that headband you're working on, or set it on your desk to keep you smiling all day.

How to Make and Add Dragonfly/Butterfly Patches!

Add some flair to those old jeans with this adorable tutorial! If your favorite pair of jeans are starting to get worn out, you can cover any hole with a crochet butterfly. 

Butterfly Room Decor

Butterfly room decor is easy and fun to make, and it's a great way to bring spring and summer into your home. Butterfly decor ideas like this look great in living rooms, kitchens, bathrooms, and more. 

Colors of Spring Butterfly Wreath

Welcome spring with hanging butterfly decorations like this wreath. You may even find that real butterflies can't help but check out this brightly colored butterfly decoration!

Big Dreams Butterfly Window

Butterfly decor can be inspirational, like this Big Dreams window. If you're looking for great butterfly crafts for adults, this is a great project to add to your collection.

Paper Butterfly Mobile

Lightweight and so inexpensive to make, this hanging butterfly decor is simple, yet stunning. It would look so sweet in a child's bedroom or by a big bay window where everyone can admire it!

Butterfly Bliss Candleholder

Butterfly decor is great for a spring party... and butterfly decorations help make it fun and festive! This candleholder is very simple to make, yet looks like a fun vintage purchase!

Create a Butterfly Haven

This butterfly decor is absolutely beautiful in its simplicity. It's a great way to bring the indoors outdoors... and butterfly room decor like this looks great year round!

Butterfly Birthday Boxes Centerpiece

DIY birthday centerpieces are a fun way to celebrate on a dime. This lovely Butterfly Birthday Boxes Centerpiece is a lovely idea for party crafts for a spring birthday party. These DIY party decorations are excellent features for a bright and cheerful party table or buffet.

Paper Butterfly Wreath

This beautiful Paper Butterfly Wreath makes a lovely decoration for your home. Easy paper crafts like this are simple to embellish and customize to suit your tastes.

Butterfly DIY Wall Decor

Following along with this crafting video to learn how to make butterfly crafts for your wall.

Tie Dye Footprint Butterfly Canvas

Make DIY wall art with this adorable tie dye craft idea for kids.

Upcycled Tuna Can Butterfly Ornament

We're all about upcycling and this project takes it to another level! Take your old tuna cans and make them into a beautiful decor piece with this simple tutorial.

Faux Stained-Glass Butterfly Craft

Do you love the look of stained-glass? Now, with this easy tutorial, you can have it without the cost! 

Metallic Gold Spring Butterfly Wreath

This beautiful gold wreath is perfect for spring! It's a great accent piece for warm-toned room decor.

Butterfly Gift Ideas

Butterfly themed gifts are great for everyone on your list. With these butterfly themed gift ideas, you'll be able to create gifts for all your friends and family in no time!

Butterfly Inspiration Charm Bracelet

You can make butterfly jewelry for your mom or sister. This charm bracelet makes butterfly themed gifts easy and fun to make.

Butterfly Flower Seed Favors

Butterfly crafts, like these flower seed favors, are great for a wedding! With easy butterfly craft ideas like this, throwing a butterfly themed party or spring fling celebration is stress free and fun!

Tulle Butterfly Applique

Butterfly room decorations, like this Tulle Butterfly, are especially charming in a Christmas tree or hanging from a window. Butterfly craft ideas like this are also great for kids!

Butterfly Bookmark

This butterfly bookmark makes butterfly gift ideas inexpensive and fun. This would be a great gift for someone who enjoys flying through books!

Soda Can Butterfly Pin

Butterfly jewelry is perfect for spring, and with this stunning pin, you'll have butterfly decor to spruce up any outfit!

Decorative Butterfly Soap

This handmade soap makes great butterfly room decorations for the bathroom. Package 5 or 6 together and you have butterfly themed gifts in no time! These are also great for a wedding or baby shower.

Butterfly Trio Card

The great thing about butterfly craft ideas like this trio card is that it's perfect for any occasion. You could customize the card to say whatever you'd like!

Butterfly Dreams Name Journal

Whether it's dreams or wishes, this Butterfly Journal is the best place to write them down. The butterfly decor on this journal is easy to customize and it makes a great gift for a teenage girl.

Butterfly Garden Globe

Add some decor to your garden (and reuse an old lamp fixture) with this Butterfly Garden Globe. In a few easy steps, you can have a lovely garden craft that will impress visitors of all shapes and sizes!

Clay Butterfly Charm

Great for adding a little tag to a Mother's Day or birthday gift, this butterfly clay charm is an easy project to make that is sure to liven up any gift package.

Vintage Butterfly Magnets

These butterfly crafts are crazy simple to make and perfect for keeping papers organized on your fridge or bulletin board.

Polymer Clay Butterfly Tutorial

Make these butterfly ideas out of polymer clay before adding them to home decor pieces or using them as fridge magnets.

Butterfly Crafts for Kids

Kids love bugs, but not all of them have to be creepy crawlies! Give your kids something fun and beautiful to make with these awesome butterfly crafts for kids.

Butterfly Suncatcher Craft

If you're looking for a cute suncatcher craft to hang on the window, this butterfly one is exactly what you need! Your kiddos will love to see the way the colors catch the light,

Easy Coffee Filter Butterfly Craft

Coffee filter crafts are classic for arts and crafts time. We love this adorable coffee filter butterfly. They're cute enough to earn a place on the fridge!

Toilet Paper Roll Butterflies

What's your plan for all those old toilet paper rolls? Instead of throwing them out, let your kids recycle them into an adorable butterfly craft!

Fluttering Butterfly Craft from Cup Cake Liner

These simple little butterflies can actually flutter! Your kids will love making them and when they're done, they can shake them and watch the wings flap.

Pipe Cleaner Butterflies Craft for Kids

Pipe cleaner crafts are the best for helping kids with their fine motor skills, and this one gives them something to play with once they're done!

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