Butterfly Theme for Parties and Retreats

A Butterfly theme can make a great party for a little girl’s birthday party (or even a big girl’s). It can also make a fun theme for women’s ministry events that concentrate on “new life” in Christ, “change”, “emerging” to do more for Christ, or even “creation”. Makes a great spring or summer theme.

Butterfly Party and Event Theme

Butterfly themes make for a beautiful teas such as ones honoring mothers or friendship teas.

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Butterfly Event Concept

—Originally Posted July 28, 2009 as “On Butterfly Wings” women’s ministry theme
—Updated June 2020

The event themes on the website can be used for showers, parties, women’s ministry retreats and activities, or church functions. Each theme will have one or several possible spiritual applications. I give you lots of info and ideas—You pick just a few to enhance your event. More ideas can be used for showers and parties, but less is always more for ministry events.

Theme Title Ideas

  • Becoming A Butterfly
  • Be the Change
  • Butterfly Garden Party
  • Butterflies In The Garden
  • Changing the World Together
  • Flutter Over for Fellowship
  • Fluttering By
  • Fly Like A Butterfly
  • Life Changing
  • On Butterfly Wings
  • New Creatures
  • New Life In Christ
  • On Butterfly Wings
  • Taking Flight
  • Tiny Wings (baby shower)
  • Transformation
  • Welcome Little Butterfly (baby shower)
  • Wings of Wonder

Spiritual Applications

  • Focus on being a “new creature” in Christ.
  • Focus on “being the change” or “changing the world”.
  • Focus on creation.
  • Focus on taking flight and conquering fears, mental blocks, change, etc.

Theme Verse Suggestions

“Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.”   2 Corinthians 5:17 (KJV)

Devotional Starters and Workshop Ideas

Simple Decorating

  • Tray with spring and butterfly items
    • Butterflies (fake) – all sizes Lots of vivid colored flowers
    • Butterfly net
    • Garden type objects
    • Small garden pot of flowers
    • watering can or birdhouse

Icebreakers

Discussion Starter Questions

  • What is the biggest change in your life since you met Christ?
  • What is the biggest change you have made in the last year?
  • Does change scare you? Why?

Music

  • Beautiful Garden of Prayer  (Eleanor A. Schroll)
  • In the Garden  (C. Austin Miles)
  • Living for Jesus  (Thomas O. Chisolm)

Favor Ideas

  • Butterfly cut-outs with lip balm attached to center
  • Butterfly magnets
  • Butterfly embellished notepads
  • Butterfly nets (check dollar stores)
  • Anything with a butterfly motif

Door Prizes

  • Anything that’s butterfly embellished.  You’ll find all kinds of things.  Notepads, notebooks, pens, bookmarks, windchimes, etc.
  • Potted plant with butterfly plant poke. (look in the garden department)
  • Butterfly shaped cookie cutter.  Tie it up with a cute tag and ribbon.
  • Devotional book
  • Bible

Just for Fun

Group Project
Do a butterfly group craft.

Invitation Wording Ideas

  • Flutter in to Celebrate
  • We are all a-flutter for the new arrival (baby shower)
  • We are giving Butterfly Kisses and Birthday Wishes to…(birthday)
  • Butterfly Kisses and Baby Wishes for… (baby shower)

Food and Serving Ideas

  • Butterfly shaped cookies
  • Butterfly shaped cake
  • Butterfly Cupcakes (Who Needs a Cape)
  • Fold napkins into butterfly shapes. 

Photo Source

  • Want the photo used for the page title of this theme?  Find the original at Unsplash here.
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Thanks for stopping in.  Please leave any extra ideas for this theme in the comments.  Or if you have used this theme, let me know!  Love hearing from you.

Creative blessings,
Julia


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