Coffee Filter Butterfly

Messy Little Monster April 11, 2015 3 comments
Make a butterfly craft using painted coffee filters! Kids will love this simple spring or summer craft. The art process used to colour the coffee filters is simple enough for toddlers and preschoolers and lots of fun. Follow a few simple instructions and turn coloured filters into adorable butterflies. 


Messy Little Monster: Butterfly coffee filter craft for kids


Coffee Filter Butterfly Craft


Coffee Filter Butterfly Supplies:



  • Large coffee filters (UK link / US link)
  • Watered down paint or ink (we watered down liquid acrylic paint (UK link/ US link)
  • A pot or jar for each colour 
  • Eye droppers (we used jumbo eye droppers (UK link/ US link)
  • A pipe cleaner

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Painting the coffee filters


This part is really fun! Use the eye droppers to drop paint onto the coffee filters and watch as the colours mix and blend together. Leave them to dry. 


jumbo eyedroppers on coffee filters

How to turn coffee filters into a butterfly


 You will need 2 coloured coffee filters for each butterfly.
  • Fold the coffee filters in half.
coloured coffee filters

  • Scrunch each coffee filter in the middle.
coffee filter craft

  • Twist a pipe cleaner around the two coffee filters to create a butterfly.  Leave a bit of pipe cleaner at the top to create its antennae.


Coffee Filter Butterfly Craft for Kids

Don't they look effective! 

Coffee Filter Butterfly Craft for Kids

If after making your coffee filter butterfly craft you have a few coffee filters remaining, check out our collection of 21 fun coffee filter crafts!

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3 comments

  1. Unknown10 May 2015 at 19:56

    My Grandson and I are having a blast making these for his Mom and his other Gramma! Thanx for the great ideas!

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    1. Messy Little Monster12 May 2015 at 15:14

      Im glad you enjoyed making them. We did too :-)

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  2. Unknown10 May 2015 at 19:59

    Last week we made Terrariums and home made cards! Early Mother's day gifts as I was not sure I would get to see my daughter and Grandson for Mother's day! They turned out beautiful, she loved her terrarium, home made card and a tea bag and tea pot paper to hang on fridge, she had made one for me as a little girl which I still have and she loved it!

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