If you have a Cricut or Silhouette machine and a heat press, you can make iron-on t-shirts. Of course, you can use scissors to cut out the butterfly but a cutting machine will make it even easier.
How to Draw a Butterfly Easily – Butterfly Drawing Easy
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Longer evenings and brighter skies mean that Spring is on the way! Why not learn how to draw a butterfly easily! My butterfly drawing easy instructions come with a printable template meaning that this Spring drawing idea is suitable for kids as young as 5 and 6!
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Easy Butterfly Drawing for Kids
Butterflies are so pretty and something all little children love! They come in so many different shapes and sizes!
The good news is that you can create your own with this easy to draw butterfly for kids! I have a free drawing template that helps 5 and 6 year olds make their own butterfly.
You might also want to decorate some of my butterfly coloring pages or try your hand at some of my easy butterfly crafts after you have completed this!
Why not learn how to draw butterflies and use them to make some easy Spring coloring pages
Step by Step How To Draw a Butterfly Easily – Butterfly Drawing Easy
For this easy butterfly drawing you will need a range of basic materials which can be used in future for other drawing tutorials
- Sketchbook
- Printable A4-sized paper.
- Pencil.
- Eraser.
- Ruler.
- Scissors.
- Color Pens.
- Black Gel Pen.
In order to make this Spring drawing idea as simple as possible we have also made a printable template to aid you.
Step by Step Butterfly Drawing Instructions:
Step 1:
Print out the butterfly outline template to make the stencils.
Step 2:
Cut out the large wing of the butterfly.
And place it in your sketchbook.
Step 3:
Use a pencil to draw around the stencil to draw the wing.
Step 4:
Similarly, draw the second wing.
Step 5:
Cut out the small design of the wing and place it on the upper part of the wing.
Step 6:
Draw around the stencil with the pencil to draw the design inside the large wing.
Step 7:
Cut out the teardrop shape from the template and place it on the bottom part of the wing.
Step 8:
Trace the teardrop shape on the wings.
Step 9:
Place the body in between the two wings. Your butterfly drawing easy is coming along very nicely now and starting to take shape!
Step 10:
Draw around the body stencil.
Step 11:
Erase the pencil lines inside the body.
Step 12:
Use free-hand drawing to draw two swirly antennas.
Step 13:
To add more details draw some polka dots on the wings.
Step 14:
Draw a few smaller polka dots and teardrop shapes inside the designs to give them more detail.
Step 15:
Outline the large wings.
Step 16:
Use a black marker pen to color the butterfly body and antennas.
Step 17:
Use a red marker to color the border.
Step 18:
Use yellow color to fill in the dots.
Step 19:
Fill in the teardrop shapes with a dark red color.
Step 20:
Use an orange shade to color the design inside the wing.
Step 21:
Color the rest of the wings using a pink color.
You do not have to use the template if you don’t want too. I have included it so that the youngest of kids can use it to draw an easy butterfly.
Do you agree that this printable template makes this how to draw a butterfly for kids simpler or would you prefer to do it without it?
What other insects and bugs would you like to learn to draw? How about a bee drawing tutorial or some caterpillar drawing instructions? Please let me know below.
I do have other cute animal drawing ideas such as my easy hedgehog drawing and my cute elephant drawing.
How to Draw an Easy Butterfly
Let’s start by gathering your materials to draw the butterfly.
Digital Drawing Supplies
Paper Drawing Supplies
I really love to use graphic software to draw. Some of my favorite drawing programs are Inkscape, Procreate, and Affinity Designer. Inkscape is an open-source graphic software to make svg files. Open-source just means it’s free to use.
For this drawing, I’m using Procreate.
Draw a Butterfly Step by Step
For the first step, I’m going to draw a small circle to make a head.
Then, I’ll draw the body by making a U-shaped line, up and then down on one side of the head and then up to the other side of the head. Once you’ve drawn this curve, this is the butterfly body.
How do you draw an easy butterfly wing
I’ll use a simple shape to draw an easy butterfly wing. Well, it’s really a number instead of a shape. Using a backward 3 shape, I‘ll draw the left wing.
Then, I’ll repeat this step on the right side.
See the picture below.
I’ll draw a few spots and teardrop shapes to decorate the wings.
