# Birds and Butterfly Spring Mobiles
> Kids decorate foam butterfly and chick cut-outs with googly eyes, sequins, pom poms, gems, feathers and glitter glue. Once dry, the shapes are hung on a ribbon as a spring mobile.
- URL: https://www.funlittles.com/spring-crafts-for-kids-birds-and-butterfly-mobiles/
- Ages: 3–6 yrs · Difficulty: easy · Mess: medium
- Time: prep 15 min, activity 30 min
- Works for: one-on-one, small group, whole class
- Skills: fine-motor, creativity, art, patterns
- Cautions: ingestion-risk

## Materials (one batch)
- 3 piece Foam cut-outs (butterflies and birds/chicks)
- Googly eyes
- Sequins
- Spangles
- Pom poms
- Acrylic gems
- Pipe cleaners, cut up
- Feathers
- Glue
- 1 piece Small paintbrush for glue (household)
- Glitter glue (optional)
- 1 piece Divided tray or small containers for decorations (optional) (household)
- Green ribbon

## Safety
- Googly eyes, sequins, spangles, acrylic gems and pom poms are small parts and a choking hazard. Supervise closely, especially with toddlers or kids who still mouth things.
- Cut pipe cleaner ends can be sharp. An adult cuts them ahead of time.
- Keep glue and glitter glue away from eyes and mouths, and wash hands after crafting.
- Adult hangs the finished mobile.

## Before you start
- Cut pipe cleaners into small pieces.
- Sort the decorations (googly eyes, sequins, spangles, pom poms, gems, pipe cleaner bits, feathers) into a tray or small containers for each table.

## Steps
1. Set out the foam butterflies and chicks with the tray of decorations and glue.
2. Pick a foam butterfly or chick to decorate.
3. Brush a little glue on the back of a googly eye and press it on.
4. Glue on sequins, spangles, gems, pom poms and pipe cleaner pieces any way you like.
5. Add colorful feathers.
6. Squeeze glitter glue lines and swirls onto your shape.
7. Decorate more butterflies and chicks, then let them dry.
8. Adult: attach the dried shapes to a green ribbon and hang the mobile on the wall.

## Tips
- Every season I stock up on the seasonal foam cut-outs available at most stores. This time a pack of foam butterflies and birds was just $1.
- Any accessories you have should work. We use our usual fine motor accessories: googly eyes, sequins, spangles, pom poms, acrylic gems, cut-up pipe cleaners and sometimes feathers.
- Using a brush to put glue on the back of the googly eyes makes it even more of a fine motor activity.
- Put glitter glue out and the kids get even more excited!
- Crafting with children becomes an enjoyable process when I let go of my adult inhibitions and go with the flow. My pattern-loving 5 year old made very orderly designs, while my 3 year old used all sorts of assortments.
- In the US, TurkeyMom found the foam cut-outs at Target. (from readers)

## FAQ
**Where did you get the foam cut-outs?** In the US, TurkeyMom got them from Target. A pack of foam butterflies and birds was $1.

## The original post by TurkeyMom (2014)

Turn of the season means fun new kids crafts on the table. With warm weather slightly showing up we got cracking with fun new [**spring crafts for kids**](https://www.funlittles.com/category/season/spring-season/). The children love their share of outdoor nature inspired kids activities. However now and then we enjoy our time at home and we created these cute spring themed butterfly and chicks mobiles. Every season I always stock up on those seasonal foam cut outs available at most stores. { We did a similar [**fine motor activity for Valentine's day**](https://www.funlittles.com/valentines-day-activities-hearts-mobile/) and we did the same last Thanksgiving with our [**foam turkeys**](https://www.funlittles.com/thanksgiving-craft-with-foam-shapes/)} Materials ( any accessories you have should work)

- Foam Cut outs
- [Sequins](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B002FTJFR8/?tag=blmemo-20)
- Sapangles
- Acrylic Gems
- Pipe Cleaners
- Feather
- Googly Eyes



### Directions for this spring craft for kids

This time I got a pack of foam butterflies and birds just for $1 each. I set out these cuties along with our usual fine motor activities accessories. Typically I have googly eyes, sequins, spangles, pom poms, acrylic gems, cut up pipe cleaners and every now and then feathers.

Then it is all about the kids and how they want to continue with this spring craft. My 3 year old started with the chick and decorated her bird with all sorts of assortments.



She was very particular about using the brush to apply some glue on the back of the googly eyes. Sure this is even more of a fine motor activity.



This time I had glitter glue out so they were even more excited with this spring craft since they get to decorate with GLITTER GLUE!



Some birds were stuffed with colorful pom poms. We even had a butterfly with feathers! Crafting with children becomes an enjoyable process when I let go my adult inhibitions and go with the flow.



Yep, that's the work my pattern loving 5 year old.



And then we decorated more butterflies and even more chicks.



Once the foamies dried, I attached them to a green ribbon and displayed them on our living room wall. They made for a cute spring themed mobile



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