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Create a Cute Butterfly Card for Your Valentine

Butterfly Valentine

My kids always love to make their own unique valentines to give to friends and classmates. This butterfly-shaped card holds either a candy stick or a pencil (especially handy when your child has a teacher who discourages giving candy away in class), and above all is easy to make and decorate.

My daughter cut out the butterfly shape with kid-safe scissors, and decorated the card with foam stickers. Of course you could embellish yours with whatever you like: crayons, markers, paint, or whatever you happen to have in your crafts bin.

Butterfly Valentine

For this project you'll need:

  • Colored card stock or heavy construction paper
  • Scissors
  • Old-fashioned candy sticks (keep the wrapper on) or colorful pencils
  • Pipe cleaners
  • Valentine themed stickers
  • Crayons, markers, paint, glitter glue, etc.

Instructions:

  1. Download the butterfly template here.
  2. Print the template onto the card stock and have your child cut it out with kid-friendly scissors.
  3. Cut the slots (dashed lines) for the butterfly's candy-stick or pencil body.
  4. Open the wings and weave the candy stick or pencil down into one slit and up through the other.
  5. To make the antennae, wind the pipe cleaner tightly around one end of the candy stick so that two equal lengths extend upward and then curl the ends.
  6. Finally, decorate your butterfly with stickers, crayons, markers, or glitter glue and write your message on the back.

This is a fun activity for you and your kids to do together. My daughter was really proud of her cards—each one was unique.