How To Draw A Butterfly For Kids: Step-By-Step Tutorial

Children can draw this beautiful insect with this tutorial and use any color they like.

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How To Draw A Butterfly For Kids

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Kids love butterflies. Watching them flutter their wings and move around in nature is exciting and fun. While it’s hard to capture them, it’s certainly not difficult to bring one home if you can learn to draw a butterfly. Teaching how to draw a butterfly for kids can be a difficult task for most parents. To help you with that, we bring you here a step-by-step tutorial on how to make your kid draw a butterfly in simple ways. Read on.

For a simple butterfly drawing, you will need

  • Pencil
  • Eraser
  • Sharpener
  • Color pencils
  • Non-toxic crayons


In This Article

How to Draw a Butterfly Step By Step

Step: 1 – Start by drawing a freehand circle.

How to draw a butterfly for kids step one

Step: 2 – Add an oval shape under the circle as shown in the picture.

How to draw a butterfly for kids step two

Step: 3 – To continue the butterfly drawing for kids, add the wings now. Add one bigger circle to the oval shape on the left side.

How to draw a butterfly for kids step three

Step: 4 – Repeat the same on the right side of your butterfly image.

How to draw a butterfly for kids step four

Step: 5 – At the bottom of the first wing, add another wing in the shape of the letter U. As shown in the picture, start drawing from the wing and stretch it till the body of the butterfly.

How to draw a butterfly for kids step five

Step: 6 – Now draw the wing on the right side as well.

How to draw a butterfly for kids step six

Step: 7 – Add another small circle inside the first wing on the top of the butterfly’s body.

How to draw a butterfly for kids step seven

Step: 8 – Repeat the small circle on the other side too.

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Remind kids that drawing takes practice. Tell them not to worry if their first tries aren’t perfect. They will get better with practice and patience.

How to draw a butterfly for kids step eight

Step: 9 – Without the beautiful antennae, your butterfly pencil art is incomplete. Draw two small lines on the top of the body, which is the first circle of the drawing.

How to draw a butterfly for kids step nine

Step: 10 – Add two tiny circles on top of the antennae as shown in the picture.

How to draw a butterfly for kids step ten

Step: 11 – To complete your butterfly drawing, add colorful paints of your choice and bring the beauty to life.

How to draw a butterfly for kids final step

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Encourage kids to add flowers, grass, or clouds in the background of their butterfly drawing. It will improve the look of the artwork and inspire them to be more creative.

Frequently Asked Questions

1. What are some variations in drawing a butterfly that can make it more fun or creative for children?

Children may have more fun drawing a butterfly if they use glitter pens instead of the usual colored pencils. They may also use “glow in the dark” colors for more excitement.

2. What are some tips for choosing the right materials, such as paper and markers, when drawing a butterfly for children?

Choosing the right stationery while drawing a butterfly depends on the age of the child. For small children, thick crayons are more suitable. In comparison, older children may use colored pencils, markers, crayons, or watercolors. Use light-colored textured paper, if available, to make the butterfly look more elegant.

3. How can drawing a butterfly be used as a therapeutic or stress-relieving activity for children?

Drawing, even just as a hobby, can help children distract themselves from a bad mood and help regulate their emotions. This may have therapeutic benefits in stress relief (1).

With the help of this easy guide, practice, and patience, you will be able to teach your child how to draw a butterfly. Drawing helps bring out your child’s creativity and lets them tap into their imagination. You can also give them company while they draw and tell them stories that give them the inspiration and motivation to draw. So grab a coloring book, a painting brush, a few colors, and let your child paint their imagination or compile some drawing ideas for kids to help them learn.

Infographic: Step-by-Step Instructions For Children On How To Draw A Butterfly

Drawing can be a creative way to engage children away from the screen, and learning to draw a beautiful and colorful butterfly could be an engaging activity. Check out the infographic below for an easy step-by-step guide for children when drawing a butterfly.

simple steps for children to draw a beautiful butterfly (infographic)

Illustration: Momjunction Design Team

Key Pointers

  • Butterflies are fascinating creatures, and children enjoy observing these colorful creatures fluttering in nature.
  • Learning how to draw them step-by-step can be a rewarding and therapeutic experience by helping them regulate their emotions.
  • The drawing requires basic stationery like pencils, erasers, and color supplies. You could add variations by incorporating glitter or glow-in-the-dark colors.

Illustration: How To Draw A Butterfly For Kids: Step-By-Step Tutorial

How To Draw A Butterfly For Kids_illustration

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Learn how to draw a beautiful butterfly with this tutorial in easy steps! Follow along step-by-step and create a stunning drawing with ease!

References

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  1. Jennifer E. Drake; (2021); How Drawing to Distract Improves Mood in Children.
    https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7884745/
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Deepa Rachel Thomas holds a master’s degree in English from the English and Foreign Languages University, Hyderabad. She has done a certification course in Child Development and worked as a mentor for young children at an NGO that focuses on helping children develop their language and soft skills.

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