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stART~Butterflies for Kiri {origami}

By Jenn (aka Mama Jenn) • Last Updated: January 20, 2020

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A Story + Art = A Great stART

This week we read Butterflies for Kiri,which my daughter, especially, loved because we were finishing up our butterfly unit. After reading the book, I KNEW that our stART project would be origami butterflies.

This was a cute book about a little girl who received a gift (an origami book) with a beautiful paper butterfly attached to it. The book follows her attempts at making the origami butterfly and provides step by step instructions for creating your own! I just love the bright, vibrant colors on the cover of {and throughout} this book!

Once we read this book, I thought I knew exactly what our stART project was going to be! But, KJ had other plans. I thought we would stop at the butterflies, but she wanted to make the same picture that Kiri made in the book. So, we pulled out the watercolors for the sky and grass and paper scraps for the flowers. Lastly, she attached one of her butterflies.

For more stART projects, be sure to check out A Mommy’s Adventures.

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  1. Nicole {tired, need sleep}

    August 2, 2011 at 11:55 pm

    WOW – she did a fabulous job!!

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  2. Lil' Ms. P

    August 2, 2011 at 11:55 pm

    I love how she recreated what she saw. She did a really great job.

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  3. Brimful Curiosities

    August 2, 2011 at 11:55 pm

    Your picture matches the one in the book perfectly. Yes, it does look like a colorful book.

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  4. Cathryn Falwell

    April 24, 2010 at 4:35 am

    So happy to see that my book sparked your daughter’s creativity!
    Best wishes,
    Cathryn Falwell

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  5. Cathryn Falwell

    April 24, 2010 at 4:35 am

    So happy to see that my book sparked your daughter’s creativity!
    Best wishes,
    Cathryn Falwell

    Reply
  6. Brimful Curiosities

    October 30, 2009 at 2:51 pm

    Your picture matches the one in the book perfectly. Yes, it does look like a colorful book.

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  7. Elise

    October 30, 2009 at 2:42 am

    Hi Jenn

    I have just come from Michelle’s blog where we participated in the stART project for the first time.

    This sounds like a wonderful book, one that I will be keeping in mind for when my little girl is a bit older. Your daughter created such a vibrant and beautiful scene.

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  8. Nicole {tired, need sleep}

    October 30, 2009 at 12:39 am

    WOW – she did a fabulous job!!

    Reply
  9. vanessa

    October 29, 2009 at 11:16 pm

    The picture is very beautiful!

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  10. Ticia

    October 29, 2009 at 9:39 pm

    That turned out AWESOME! I am super impressed at her origami, I can’t even do that.

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  11. sbswtp

    October 29, 2009 at 9:32 pm

    This came out really well! It looks great 🙂

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  12. whisperingwhispers

    October 29, 2009 at 8:39 pm

    This is so pretty! KJ really did a great job of recapturing the picture in the book, she is quite artistic!

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  13. Lil' Ms. P

    October 29, 2009 at 7:28 pm

    I love how she recreated what she saw. She did a really great job.

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  14. Raising a Happy Child

    October 29, 2009 at 6:49 pm

    Wow, this turned out so pretty. KJ did an awesome job. I will keep this book in mind for when my daughter is older.

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  15. Michelle

    October 29, 2009 at 6:47 pm

    This looks like a great book and I love your project to go with it. Origami is so much fun and her picture came out so good! Thank you for linking up :0)

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