After we finished learning about the butterflies, it was time to make a craft. My 1st grader brought home a fun project this year that I thought would go perfectly with this lesson, so special thanks to Miss Lee for the fun idea! I just changed it up a little. Here is what we made:
Materials Needed:
. Pasta- Rotini, Shells & Bowtie
. White Beans
. Paper Plates
. Twigs and leaves
. Pen
. Glue
. Labels- Eggs, Caterpillar, Chrysalis, Butterfly
Step One:
Using your pen, divide your plate into 4 equal parts.
Step Two:
Begin gluing your items down on each part of the plate. (I’ll show you what goes where in the pictures below.)
(Here is my 2 year old and his chubby little hands having too much fun with his glue!)
First Space- “Eggs”
1 leaf with 3 white beans
Second Space- “Caterpillar”
1 leaf with 1 rotini pasta
Third Space- “Chrysalis”
1 twig with 1 shell pasta
Fourth Space- “Butterfly”
1 bowtie pasta. Draw antennae with your pen
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thank you, this is great! every year we gather a few caterpillars, make them a home and watch them go through the phases. Once they become butterflies we let them go. This will be a great activity to add in there. Im always looking for great kids activities, thanks!
What a great idea! My daughter will love this- thanks!
my daughter did this for school. what a fun way to learn about butterflies
so cute! I'm totally gonna use this next year for Kate's preschool!
Very cute!! Thanks for sharing the doc- great job!
I love this idea!
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Casey
This is SO cute!! Definitely going in my I {heart} Friday post this week!!
Great idea for something to do with the kiddies.
Cute idea! My kids would enjoy learning about butterflies. Thanks!
What a brilliant craft idea…clever and fun.
We raise a butterfly or two every year…As long as you give them fresh food daily it is super simple and it is so fun to watch them hatch from their chrysalis, pump their wings full of blood, and fly away.
This is fantastic!! I am new to your site and was just browsing around and came across this post. This is will be terrific when we get to flying animals in Science. Thank you so much for sharing!
I am having a hard time downloading the information you put together for the Monarch Butterflies. Is there any other way you can send me the information? Thanks so much. My kids are going to love this!
Caterina