We had lots of fun making butterfly crafts this week. One of the craft highlights was making the stages of a butterfly.
Stage 1~egg: For this first stage we cut a leaf out of construction paper and used a hole punch to make tiny eggs to glue onto the leaf.
Stage 2~caterpillar: For this stage we cut an egg carton and painted it green. We added googly eyes and pipe cleaners for feelers.
Stage 3~chrysalis: For this stage we cut two pieces of an egg carton, painted the brown, and glued them together. We finished it off by using DMC floss to attach it to a twig.
Stage 4~butterfly: For this last stage we used wax paper and crayon shavings. {Iron the crayon shaving between two pieces of wax paper.} I got the idea from Susana at My Family My Forever. We added a large popsicle stick, googly eyes, and pipe cleaner.
We played around some more and decided to take and index card and put drops of paint on it. We folded it in half and then opened it up to dry. Once dry we cut out a butterfly shape and stapled it to a popsicle stick. We tucked it into a toilet paper tube, which we pretended was its chrysalis. Once the butterfly was out of the chrysalis, we flew it all over the house!
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stART~Butterflies for Kiri {origami}
Regency Kindergarten
I found your blog from Deborah teach preschool. that’s really great idea 🙂 thx for sharing
Crystal
I love this! We are learning about butterflies this week and I can’t wait to do these crafts! I will definitely link back when I post pictures of our projects!
Ticia
How did I miss this when you first did it?
jennwa
Wow! What a fun learning project.
Thanks for sharing.
Helene
I love that….it looks like so much fun and educational, too! Can’t beat that!
Sarah
These are neat. My daugther brought one home from preschool that was a paper towel size….a caterpillar was attached to a string on one side and a butterfly attached on the other. Stick the butter fly in the tube then start your story…..with the caterpillar going in the tube (crysalis) and emerging as a butterfly. Love this life cycle!
Nicole {tired, need sleep}
What a great craft!
Sherry
That is an awsome craft thanks for sharing yes, very educational!
Kristen
Cute and educational – can’t go wrong with that!