Butterfly Drawing Game
Need no prep, Spring art activities for 2nd, 3rd, and 4th graders? Imagine these butterfly drawing projects in your hallway with a writing prompt. The step by step drawing tutorial and PowerPoint also makes perfect emergency art sub plans for elementary art and general ed teachers.
A fun roll a dice game, ‘you pick’ worksheet, and digital spinners helps kids choose patterns. Moreover, boost their confidence and creativity.
And, it’ll help cash-strapped teachers like you craft Spring art activities using only markers. Yes, you can watercolor paint with markers! This butterfly art lesson includes an simple butterfly template for easy drawing.
Can I tell you a secret? It’s hard to get kids writing in ELA. When they’re not invested in it, they can’t connect with what they’re writing about. Mic drop!
Incorporating creative projects for the first day of spring like this cute butterfly painting activity helps. Finally keep all kids engaged!
What’s Included
I’ve designed 3 different ways for students to attempt this butterfly art project. All will motivate kids to create! Choose which way works best for your classes:
- Roll a dice game to add randomness to your student’s artwork
- “You Pick” art worksheet for kids to choose their own patterns
- Digital spinner wheels, so kids can randomly pick patterns and you can integrate technology
- Printable dice template in case you have no dice
- Step-by-step picture directions to guide students through the art process
- Butterfly template which kids can draw directly on it or transfer it to heavy drawing paper
- Drawing practice worksheet, so kids can practice drawing patterns
- 2 Writing prompts, so you can tie this drawing project to literacy
- 2 Butterfly Coloring pages that you can use for absent students or hand out as a classroom prize
- Helpful Tips & Tricks handout with teacher directions to help guide the lesson
How to Use Butterfly Drawing Projects for Elementary
The best part about my butterfly craft is that it’s flexible and can be used in many ways throughout your classroom. It’s great for maternity or emergency art sub plans, early finisher activities, indoor recess, or even an after-school art club.
You Will Receive
- 1 Non-Editable Printable PDF (Butterfly Art Project)
- 1 Non-Editable PowerPoint
- 5 Digital Spinner Videos (downloadable, and links to them on Google Slides and YouTube)
- Paperless Google Drive Digital Resource
Why You’ll Love It
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I bought this resource to use in order to make a spring board. It turned out great. The designs my students chose and the colors ended up being stunning. Can’t wait to use again.
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I love these activities so much! They are perfect for sub plans and my students always enjoy doing the writing and the craft. Thank you!
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What a fun art project to do with the students! They had so much fun with it! I love that there is the extra writing piece added to it! The students work looks amazing on the bulletin board! Thank you for making this resource!
Terms of Use
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Ilyce A. –
This turned out beautiful. Students loved creating the butterfly and writing a Haiku poem on the back. They looked great “flying” in our classroom!
Jennifer G. –
Great activity very easy to prepare for and my students enjoyed the helpful drawing examples.
Vanessa H. –
My students loved this art activity. It was fantastic and easy to plan and prepare. I was also able to leave it for a sub which was even better. My students were happy to create butterflies over and over again.
Read With Randi (Teacher-Author) –
This is so great; I can’t tell you how much my students enjoyed using it. Our classroom looked so festive and fun for spring:)
Stacia H. –
I absolutely love this activity. I used it in class to take a brain break and the students enjoyed the choices and creativity. We laminated them and wrote positive messages on the back to give away to kids we mentor and to seniors.
Ashley B. –
This was a great, simple art activity that kept my class busy!
Leah G. –
Perfect way to celebrate spring and work on some fine motor control.
Denice G. –
My students loved the game aspect of the art project. It was a great spring art project to complete after the rigors of state testing. The unique way each one turned out makes a lovely spring display and brightens up my hallway!
Ashley J. –
These are always fun, my students love getting to create patterns for the different seasons and holidays. They also enjoy answering the writing prompts and being creative with their responses.
Handmade by Haley Mae (Teacher-Author) –
Super easy and fun! My students love making these and I love the writing prompts that accompany the projects!
Zackery N. –
This was a great resource. It was just what I needed for my students to practice the skills we have been working on. Thank you!
laurel H. –
This is a great resource to help reduce the amount of effort I have to use. Loved this.
MINERVA S. –
My students were engaged throughout and really liked this. Thank you for an amazing resource.
Angie’s Print Creations (Teacher-Author) –
Thank you for this resource. I appreciate it so much!
Chelsi R. –
My students did this activity on the first week of school as part of an extension of a read aloud. It provided an opportunity to discuss our dice as a math resource as well as scissors and pencil crayons.
Jane S. –
Such a fun activity! My students loved it!
Elise Harvey –
Great resource!
Hey Mrs Smith (Teacher-Author) –
Great resource for added activities to curriculum!
Dicus Designs (Teacher-Author) –
Great!
Amanda F. –
Loved this resource! My class had so much fun designing their butterflies.
Diane B. –
I was looking for a quick coloring activity for my class and this worked nicely. I enjoyed seeing the different colors they chose for their butterflies. Thank-you!
Noemi M. –
Great product. Thank you!
Douglas C. –
Great product!
Reagan Lovelacce –
Love this fun spring activity!
Jacquelyn Eckert –
Thank you so much!
Anna Kelly’s Creations (Teacher-Author) –
My students enjoyed creating and coloring these butterflies.
Robin M. –
Great product. My students loved it.
Christine H. –
I love these activities so much! They are perfect for sub plans and my students always enjoy doing the writing and the craft. Thank you!
valerie C. –
I actually used this as a “steam” activity to enrich one of our science units. It was easy, fun, and the students loved it.
Christina Fillier –
Great resource
Mary W. –
They loved making these!
Danielle E. –
Great for sub plans!
Howard Howard –
Great thanks!
Analee K. –
Print and go. Students loved it!
Carrolyn S. –
I used the coloring portion of this resources as an activity after read alouds about spring with my library classes. The kids really enjoyed the game feel of the activity and did a great job trying new patterns in their butterflies.
Kelsey D. –
We love this product. It helped my class understand different patterns and shapes.
Ellisa D. –
My students enjoyed this project and they turned out beautiful. Thank you.
heather S. –
Thank you for this resource!
Elizbeth H. –
This was a great task for early finishers! My students loved decorating their butterflies and it tied in with our informative unit as well!
Delaney P. –
Very engaging resource!
Heidi Bruaw –
My students created beautiful butterflies thanks to this product!
Hemingway in 4th Grade (Teacher-Author) –
Love how easy these art projects are to print and do. My students always enjoy doing them.
Stephanie F. –
I bought this resource to use in order to make a spring board. It turned out great. The designs my students chose and the colors ended up being stunning. Can’t wait to use again.
Alyse James –
My students loved the ability to have choice in their designs!
Ms Davenports Classroom (Teacher-Author) –
My students enjoyed that there were examples of types of doodles because some of them struggle to come up with ones for each section.
Laurel F. –
Fun!
Tiffany W. –
Good Resource!!!
Jenna W. –
Thank you!
Teacher Friendly Lessons (Teacher-Author) –
Great art project for grade 2 students!
Anna N. –
My class loves art, so this was a wonderful activity for them to do. Also easy for them to complete during distance learning too.
Cassandra L. –
These turned out so neat and unique. We used it for a writing prompt in our Bible lesson as well.
Lauren H. –
my kiddos love roll and draws- this was a great one for spring!
DeAnn B. –
This was somewhat difficult for my firsties.
Jennifer T. –
I’m not a natural art person and this was such a nice activity for people dipping their toe in the water with art and teaching. The projects turned out beautiful
Brianna Vento –
great resource, thank you
Ashley Paula –
Super easy to follow!
Sailing To Teach (Teacher-Author) –
My students loved this resource. We used it for a fun Friday activity. The butterfly’s look so cute in my classroom! Thanks!
Natalya G. –
great art activity!
Aubrey G. –
Fun activity!
Margaret S. –
I have used these in my art room. They are great for subs and the students seem to like them.
Shannon L. –
My students enjoyed this, it was nice to take a break from the computer screen.
Jessica C. –
Great resource and easy to use for online learning!
Stephanie S. –
What a fun art project to do with the students! They had so much fun with it! I love that there is the extra writing piece added to it! The students work looks amazing on the bulletin board! Thank you for making this resource!
LouCrew (Teacher-Author) –
Overall this was a great activity to keep my students engaged.
Miranda Affleck –
Wonderful! Thanks!
Sheri T. –
My students really liked this activity. I left it for the sub to give while I was out.
Kristina M. –
This was a great activity for my students to show their creativity they really enjoyed it! thank you
stacey F. –
Very easy to use!
Jennifer B. –
Excellent resource!
Danielle G. –
I used this as an art activity to do with an occasional teacher and they ended up being beautiful.
Susan M. –
Used this with my Hungry Caterpillar lesson and gave students options on decorating their butterfly.
Christina J. –
Fun activity that allowed the students to use some creativity.
Danielle P. –
Such an amazing resource!
Mandy D. –
Thank you!
SavvyRae Designs (Teacher-Author) –
Thank you!
Stephanie B. –
Super cute!
Jennifer K. –
Very fun project. The kids loved it!
Shernette H. –
This is a creative resource. It will work well with our butterfly life cycle unit. Thanks!
JennaMae T. –
Amazing for end of year vacations
Kallan Ertley –
love it
Sarah P. –
Amazing product and wonderful resource!
Tiffany C. –
Love it!
Melissa R. –
I loved this activity! We used it to decorate our classroom for spring and review our patterns!
Lori Smith –
Great activity! My class loves it! Thanks!
Love to teach 1986 (Teacher-Author) –
My class loved doing this with their buddy class.
Hub City Classroom (Teacher-Author) –
Perfect sub plans for my makerspace students!
Keisha Harris –
My students struggled a bit at first to understand the instructions but once they got the hang of it they enjoyed the activity and now I have beautiful butterflies on my bulletin boardl
Meleah H –
I had one die roll for my first graders. They loved it! It was a good project to learn about many things and to practice drawing.
Adriana A. –
This was great! I was able to use this with both 7th graders (during teacher “switch” day) as well as with my own 3rd graders!
Angela Sherman –
Loved this!
Amanda Z. –
My kids love these!
Jan B. –
My students loved creating the butterflies. They added some glitter to their creations and they are stunning
Emily C. –
My classroom theme is butterflies, so this was perfect for my students! They loved the activity, especially how it was open ended yet still directed with the dice.
Paris Z. –
Very cute craft! I used this for my May bulletin board.
Reagan Montgomery –
Students enjoyed this. We couldnÕt get the markers to fade and paint like you did but it was still fun.
Kristen M. –
These are the perfect activity for the start of every month. Kids love them and use them to decorate our windows as an early finisher work.
Fawn Wessel –
These turned out great! 😀
Ellen K. –
These were beautiful!!!
The Craft of Teaching (Teacher-Author) –
These were a great activity to keep kids engaged towards the end of the year! Thank you!
Karen W. –
Cute Spring project! They looked nice hanging up around my classroom!
Bookstore Baby – Yanet Lopez (Teacher-Author) –
Thanks!
Leisha C. –
My kiddos love these. This is our second set
Mrs Killen’s Kids (Teacher-Author) –
I just discovered these roll a dice / art lesson activities and love them! I’m a classroom teacher but don’t consider myself very artsy so these are perfect! I plan to let kids make butterflies so we can “fly” them in formation as a way to steady our nerves for EOY testing! These are perfect -and so pretty! Thank you!
Shelley Edwards –
Love these!