Happy “HUMP” day!!! {I couldn’t resist!} Is the spring weather beautiful where you are? We finally pulled out the hoses for the lawn and started watering the grass this past weekend. And amazingly – we haven’t had the heater on for a week now. It’s a really nice change in Wyoming and I’m excited about the beautiful weather. Most days I feel like we are wasting our time sitting on the couch when the sun is shining bright. I guess we better start knocking things off our Spring Bucket list!
To celebrate this recent beautiful spring weather – Lil Man & I made this Butterfly Kid Craft together. It’s just a paper plate, glue and tissue paper. Pretty easy, right? And of course – it’s kid friendly for all ages AND you can customize the colors of the tissue paper to reflect the style of butterfly you want.
Supplies:
* Tissue Paper
* Paper Plate
* Glue
* Pipe Cleaner
* Scissors
* Stapler
Directions:
* Cut your paper plate in half.
* Stapler the two halves together, to look like a butterfly.
* Fold a pipe cleaner in half and stapler to the paper plate. This is the antennas of the butterfly.
* Cut your tissue paper into small squares.
* Put a good layer of glue all over the paper.
* Have your child stick the tissue paper on the glue, until the butterfly is completely covered.
* Let dry. Display.
If you enjoyed this post, you may also enjoy these spring themed kid friendly crafts:
Handprint Flowerpot
Paper Plate Ladybug
Clothespin Bunnies
Handprint Sunshine Canvas
Edited 6/11/2015
Here is another fun way to craft up butterflies with your little one! Simply glue down a popsicle stick & two paper doilies in a butterfly formation on cardstock. Then grab some glitter glue and paint dabbers to add some embellishments to really make the Doily Butterfly your own!
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