Bring The Butterfly Project to your community or classroom.
The Butterfly Project’s programming provides a powerful way to engage your students and community in the lessons of the Holocaust. Each ceramic butterfly painted represents one of the 1.5 million children who were murdered in the Holocaust. When you create a butterfly memorial, you take part in a global act of remembrance: by learning these children’s stories and memorializing their lives in public spaces, we combat their attempted erasure.
Order a butterfly kit for your family, classroom, or community event and join The Butterfly Project’s worldwide community today.
As of January 28th 2026, all orders in the United States can be placed using the same form. If you are located in the United States, please use the button below to order your kit programming. If you have any issues with our new ordering process, please reach out to us ASAP at info@thebutterflyprojectnow.org.
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Overview
Our Butterfly Kits have everything you need to lead The Butterfly Project. We offer two sizes: the Classroom Butterfly Kit and the Bulk Butterfly Kit. Each kit includes: ceramic butterflies; paintbrushes; ceramic glaze strips; and biography cards. See below for a breakdown of quantities per kit.
Each glaze set comes with 4 colors each and is intended to be shared between 4 butterflies. Each biography card tells the story of an individual child who was killed in the Holocaust.
*If you don’t have access to a kiln, we recommend checking out Kiln Share to see if there are any options near you. You can also partner with the art department of a local high school, community college, or university to have the butterflies kiln-fired.
Pricing
Beginning January 28th 2026, all Butterfly Project kits will include access to our award-winning documentary film, NOT The Last Butterfly, and our other film offerings.
We currently offer two different pricing tiers: Schools Direct and Community-Based Partnerships.
Our Butterfly Kits are priced at $6 per participant. However, thanks to the generous support of our donors, we are able to heavily subsidize programming for educators at public schools across the nation. These educators may purchase kit programming at our Schools Direct tier, listed below. Organizations such as museums, community centers, and other non-school based groups are counted as Community-Based Partners, and do not receive subsidized programming.
We also offer full and partial subsidies to educators who 1) wish to participate in our programming but are unable to due to financial constraints and 2) are unable to secure funding through their school or PTA. Educators chosen for a subsidy are still expected to contribute a meaningful amount towards their programming. You may apply for subsidized programming here.
Subsidy Applications
The Butterfly Project is able to partially subsidize butterfly programming for educators who are otherwise unable to fully participate with their students due to financial constraints. If you are unable to secure funding for butterfly programming through your school, PTA, or a crowd-funding site like Donors Choose, you are welcome to apply for a subsidy for butterfly programming.
Award-Winning Documentary Film
NOT The Last Butterfly is an educational film about art, remembrance, and the power of one person to make a difference. It tells the origin story of The Butterfly Project and shows viewers how they are becoming part of a larger global community creating peace one butterfly at a time. The film was created to provide more descriptive context of the scope of the project for all involved. Thanks to the generous support of our donors, the film will be included with every order at no additional cost to the educator beginning January 28th 2026.
European Orders
Through a partner educator in Germany, The Butterfly Project is able to ship kits to certain countries in Europe. If you are located in Europe and are interested in bringing our programming to your students or community, please use the order form below.
“The Butterfly Project continues the work of Friedl Dicker Brandeis and the children of Terezin. The power of art to bring hope and to bring beauty to life where there is no beauty, where there are no butterflies. I think that’s incredible. I believe in art, totally.”
Susan Goldman Rubin, Historian and Author of the acclaimed Holocaust children’s books, Fireflies in the Dark and The Cat With the Yellow Star
Make Your Own Butterflies
Did you know that you don’t have to use our butterfly kits? You can make your own instead! Here are all the instructions you need to make your own ceramic butterflies. If you do elect to make your own butterflies, we respectfully request that you submit payment for our licensing fee to become an official participant in The Butterfly Project and ensure that your butterflies are included in our global collective butterfly count towards 1.5 million ceramic butterflies displayed worldwide.
CERAMIC SUPPLIES
We recommend using white low-fired clay and glazes that can be obtained from a ceramic supply dealer.
- If you are not able to find them in your local community, click here to find your nearest distributor of clay.
- For glazes, we recommend using Mayco underglazes and top clear glaze. Click here for wholesale and retail distributors in the USA.
BUTTERFLY DESIGNS
We recommend going to a local craft store to find butterfly-shaped cookie cutters, or designing your own shapes. Don’t be intimidated!
- If you are not able to make your own butterflies from scratch, you can order butterflies from The Butterfly Project.
- Butterflies ordered from The Butterfly Project are designed to be glazed and fired in kiln, or painted with acrylic paints if firing in a kiln is not an option.
Licensing Fee
The Butterfly Project waives the licensing fee for any school or classroom purchasing kits.
If you will be making your own butterflies, we respectfully request that you submit payment for our licensing fee to become an official participant in The Butterfly Project and ensure that your butterflies are included in our official collective butterfly count towards 1.5 million ceramic butterflies displayed worldwide.
When ordering your butterfly kits, we kindly ask that you adhere to our nominal licensing fee as well. Please read more about the purpose and intention of this fee here and be sure to add the fee to your cart before checking out. Through generous funding from our donors, The Butterfly Project is able to waive the licensing fee for any public school or classroom purchasing kits. If you will be making your own butterflies, we do ask you to pay a nominal licensing fee. Click here for more information.
If you are interested in doing large-scale butterfly painting events and/or creating a large butterfly installation and would like to inquire about ordering ceramic butterflies in bulk (1,800+), please contact us directly.