Things You'll Need:
- Butterfly invitations
- Pin the Antennae on the Buttefly setup
- Toy butterflies
- Butterfly nets
- Butterfly piñata
- Butterfly coffee filter craft
- Colored paper for fans
- Face paint and tattoos
- Butterfly-themed plates, cups, napkins and tablecloth
- Butterfly cake
- Juice boxes or sherbet drink
- Healthy snacks
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Step 1
Purchase bug party-themed invite cards at a party store or department store.
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Step 2
Make your own invitations instead by drawing a butterfly or tracing a butterfly from an online template onto a folded sheet of card stock. Cut out the butterfly and have your birthday girl help you decorate it with markers and glitter.
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Step 3
Fill out all the party information inside the card. Insert a map if you need to and mark the designated party area by drawing a butterfly on the map or using a butterfly sticker.
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Step 1
Play Pin the Antennae on the Butterfly by drawing a butterfly on poster board and having children put black pipe cleaners folded as antennae on the butterfly. Cover their eyes, turn them 3 times and have them pin the item as close to a designated spot as possible.
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Step 2
Play Butterfly Relay by dividing the party guests into 2 teams, lining them up behind a starting line and arming each team with a small butterfly net. Place toy butterflies 20 to 25 feet away. Have each team run to the butterflies, get as many as they can in their net and then run back to pass the nets to their teammates. The teammates then take their turns. The team with the most butterflies at the end of the game wins.
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Step 3
Purchase or make a butterfly piñata for the party. Add toys with butterflies on them such as butterfly jewelry, tatoos and erasers to the candy inside the piñata.
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Step 4
Make a butterfly by having the party guests paint a coffee filter with water color paints, folding it accordion style all the way down the filter and pinning it in the middle with a clothes pin. Slide a 4" piece of black pipe cleaner folded in half into the top part of the pin and bend it to form antennas. Glue on "googlie" eyes and you have a butterfly.
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Step 5
Create butterfly fans by having the party guests draw and color pictures of butterflies on colored paper. Then fold the paper accordion style and gather the folds on one end to make a handle. Tape it together.
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Step 6
Paint a butterfly on each guest's cheek with face paint or put temporary tattoos on their cheeks or arms.
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Step 1
Purchase butterfly-themed plates, cups, napkins and a tablecloth for your party. You can put plain white table cloths on the tables and have party guests decorate it by drawing their own butterflies on the table.
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Step 2
Party hats can be made with a headband, 2 pipe cleaners rounded into a loose, slinky shape and 2 small Styrofoam balls. Make these into antennae hats by wrapping the pipe cleaners to the headband and gluing the balls to the top of each pipe cleaner.
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Step 3
Give a goodie bag to each guest. They can decorate their own goodie bags with butterfly stickers or you can purchase butterfly-themed bags at a party store. You can also use a butterfly net as the goodie bag. The kids can fill their own bags if you have a piñata or you can put candy and butterfly-themed toys into the bags.
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Step 4
Make a cake into a butterfly shape by cutting a round cake in half and turning the pieces so that the round ends face each other evenly to form the wings. Cut out notches on the straight sides and put the cut pieces in the center to form the body. Decorate the cake as a colorful butterfly with frosting, candy pieces and sprinkles.
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Step 5
Serve juice boxes or mix drinks with sherbet and ginger ale. Mix 3 cups of ginger ale to 2 cups of sherbet in a punch bowl. Add 2 cups of cranberry juice cocktail if you want to offset the sweetness.
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Step 6
Put out healthy snacks such as baby carrots and celery with ranch dressing on the side. Chex Mix also makes for a healthier snack If you're serving lunch, make finger sandwiches with various meats.
