Butterfly & Bird Urns and Keepsakes

Butterflies and birds can hold deeply personal meaning when remembering someone you love. A butterfly may bring to mind transformation, hope or a sense of continuing connection. Birds can evoke freedom, flight, nature or simply a species that reminds you of the person you are honoring.

Our collection of butterfly and bird urns for ashes brings these meaningful images into memorials designed for different ways of remembering. Choose from full-size cremation urns for human ashes, smaller keepsake urns, heart keepsakes and memory lamps, with designs featuring butterflies, hummingbirds, cardinals, songbirds, doves and other birds.

Butterfly Urns for a Meaningful Tribute

For many families, butterflies feel especially appropriate as a memorial symbol because of their association with change and transformation. Others choose a butterfly urn simply because butterflies were meaningful to their loved one or because the colors and artwork feel like the right reflection of them.

Butterfly cremation urns are available in a range of styles, from traditional urn shapes to colorful ceramic, metal and cloisonné designs. Smaller butterfly keepsake urns can hold a portion of ashes when you would like to keep a remembrance close or share ashes among family members.

If you are drawn to memorials with botanical details as well as butterflies, you may also want to explore our roses and floral urns.

Bird Urns, Hummingbirds, Cardinals and Songbirds

A bird memorial can be just as personal. Some people associate birds with freedom or the idea of a spirit taking flight, while others choose a particular bird because it carries its own memories.

Our bird urns for human ashes include designs featuring hummingbirds, cardinals, songbirds, doves and birds in flight. The collection ranges from full-size cremation urns to sculptural songbird keepsakes and smaller memorials for a portion of ashes.

Hummingbird urns can feel particularly fitting for someone remembered for their energy or love of nature, while cardinal and songbird designs offer another way to choose a memorial around a bird that held personal meaning.

Choosing a Style That Feels Like Them

The image may be what first draws you to a butterfly or bird urn, but the material, size and form can help make the final choice feel right.

For a more decorative memorial, consider ceramic cremation urns, which can incorporate detailed artwork and softer shapes. If you prefer a smaller remembrance rather than a full-size urn, our cremation keepsakes and mini urns include pieces designed to hold a small portion of ashes.

Some bird and butterfly memorials can also be personalized with a name, dates or another meaningful inscription. Our engraving and personalization guide explains the available options and can help you decide what feels appropriate.

Whether you choose a butterfly, hummingbird, cardinal, songbird or another bird design, the most meaningful memorial is the one that brings your loved one to mind and gives you a fitting place to hold their memory.

If you are still deciding what feels right, our broader collection of urns for cremation ashes includes designs across a wide range of styles, materials, colors, and sizes.