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Butterfly Lifecycle Craft

April 27, 2020 by Bernardé Leave a Comment

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Let your kids make a butterfly lifecycle craft as a project to show their knowledge of the subject in a fun and creative way.

Butterfly lifecycle craft pin

You can use this idea not only to show the butterfly life cycle but also as a cute gift for granny or mother’s day. (Instead of making the eggs, caterpillars and chrysalis, add a few pretty flowers on the paper.)

You will need:

  • Binding wire and pliers
  • Green felt
  • Brown T-shirt material or any fabric with a bit of stretch
  • Pom Poms
  • Butterflies
  • Googly eyes
  • Pipe cleaners
  • Flowerpot
  • Sand and a few pebbles
  • Glue

What to do:

Unroll some of the wire to make lengths of about 30cm. Do not cut the wire, loop it at the top and bottom. Make six loops at the top and three or four at the bottom. You can cut the wire off the rest of the roll once this is done. Use the last loose piece to wrap around the “trunk” working from bottom to top.

prep

Fold the top six loops in half to form twelve loops for the leaves. Secure to the trunk using a piece of wire. Twist the bottom loops together to form the roots. Use a long strip of T-shirt material and wrap it around the roots and trunk. “Plant” your tree in the pot, and fill the pot with sand to secure.

leaves

Cut twenty-four leaf shapes out of the green felt. Using the wire as a frame, glue two pieces at a time together, to make the top and bottoms of the leaves. Secure with pegs and let dry.

Leaf

I already had pre-made felt butterflies in my craft bag. If you do not have any, you can cut butterflies out of colored cardboard or felt. Secure your butterflies to the leaves with a small piece of wire or green pipe cleaner.

Bend a colorful pipe cleaner in a continuous “S” shape to form the bodies of the caterpillars. Use a pom pom and add googly eyes to make a face.

chrysalis

Roll a brown, fluffy pipe cleaner in a cone shape to represent the chrysalis.

You can use small white pom poms for the eggs, I was out of white pom poms but found tapioca in the kitchen cupboard, which worked perfectly.

caterpillar

Add finishing touches to your project with a few pebbles and a ladybug or two.

Lifecycle of butterfly craft

There you have a cute butterfly lifecycle craft to show off your kids’ knowledge of the butterflies’ lifecycle or give as a gift! PS: Have you seen this Parts of an Insect craft?

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About Bernardé

Homeschool mom of two geeky, computer crazy boys. We didn't choose to homeschool, homeschooling chose us. It often is one crazy journey but I have no regrets. I am passionate about Art and being creative is a key ingredient in our homeschool recipe book.

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