Butterfly Crafts With Tootsie Roll Pops

Focus on the butterfly's distinctive wings with these crafts.

Butterfly crafts with Tootsie Roll Pops teach children about the insect's metamorphosis in the sweetest possible way. Depict the full beauty of the adult butterfly with its colorful wings with these crafts. A few ideas for Tootsie Roll Pop butterflies include pipe cleaner bugs, a party centerpiece, a simple paper craft and a greeting card.

Pipe Cleaners

Choose bright colors for your butterfly.

Form the wings of a butterfly with colorful pipe cleaners. Start by twisting two pipe cleaners around your Tootsie Roll Pop's stick. The should create two even pieces on either side of the pop stick. Shape the pipe cleaners into rounded circles to look like butterfly wings. Googly eyes and antennae are options for the craft. Serve the butterflies at a spring party.

Centerpiece

This craft recycles old cardboard tubes.

Repurpose a toilet paper roll with a butterfly craft. Wrap yellow construction paper around the toilet cardboard roll to cover and glue to secure. Draw two large and symmetrical butterfly wings and a butterfly face with antennae onto the construction paper. Decorate them with crayons or marker and cut them out. Glue the wings to the back of the toilet paper roll and glue the face onto the top front of the roll. Place as many Tootsie Roll Pops as you can into the center of the toilet roll and place onto your table.

Paper

This craft is a simple favor for a kid's party.

This craft is ideal for young children. Draw a simple 3-by-3-inch butterfly onto construction paper. Instruct the kids to decorate the butterfly and then cut it out with safety scissors. Poke a small hole into the center of the butterfly with a pencil tip and insert a Tootsie Roll Pop into the the paper. Write your child's name on another piece of paper and cut it out. Glue his name onto the candy stick.

Card

A butterfly card can be given at Valentine's Day.

Fold construction paper in half so the two short sides meet to construct a butterfly greeting card. Draw half a butterfly with two oval shapes near the center crease. Cut out the half butterfly shape to create a full butterfly when you open it up. Decorate the exterior of the card with colored pencils and markers. Write a message inside and cut two 1/2-inch slots at the top and middle of the card along the crease. Insert a Tootsie Roll Pop into these slots so the candy is at the top.

References

• Thrifty Fun; Spider Tootsie Roll Pops; Stella Bui-Rivet
• DLTK: Butterfly TP Roll Craft
• "Litchfield Independent Review": Valentine Crafts: Tootsie Pop Valentine, butterfly, Clothespin Clip Read more: Litchfield Independent Review - entry Valentine Crafts Tootsie Pop Valentine Butterfly Clothespin Clip
• Family Fun: Butterfly Card

Resources

• Tootsie: Tootsie Pops: Original