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Butterflies are among the most beautiful insects. They have four wings; their colors may be bright or pale, and they often form a pattern. There are over 15,000 different kinds of butterflies, and they live all over the world. In this fun activity, you get to choose the color and pattern you’d like your butterfly to have. Be sure to check out some of the resources recommended below to learn more about butterflies.

Supplies Needed:

  • Butterfly template on white cardstock
  • Acrylic paint in assorted colors
  • Q-tips
  • Scissors
  • Paintbrush
  • Paper plate or paint palette

  • Butterfly template

Instructions:

Step 1: Print out your butterfly template on white cardstock. Butterfly Template

Step 2: Pour out your paint colors onto a paper plate or paint palette and use one Q-tip per color. Make sure you don’t mix up the Q-tip colors.

Step 3: Use your Q-tips to paint dots onto your butterfly. Have fun creating different wing patterns. Take your time and explore different colors and patterns.

Step 4: Next, paint the butterfly body using your paintbrush. Let the wings and body dry.

Useful Resources

COSMOS

Becoming a Butterfly by  Ruth A. Musgrave

Vibrant photography, colorful illustrations, and simple facts combine to show how a butterfly becomes a butterfly, from egg to caterpillar to chrysalis to an adult ready to spread its wings and fly.

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Born to be a Butterfly by Karen Wallace

Simple text and photographs describe the stages by which a butterfly develops from an egg.

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I Love Insects by Rockwell, Lizzy

The girl in this story loves insects. Her friend does not like insects. Like them or not, children will learn many interesting facts, as well as why insects are essential to human survival.

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HOOPLA

Butterfly by William Anthony

Have you ever wondered how a caterpillar becomes a butterfly? This colorful life science guide shows you how it works! Real-life photographs combined with charming illustrations are sure to interest even the most reluctant readers.

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Butterfly by R.E. Robertson

A butterfly is an insect. It’s a flying insect! What does it eat? And how does it use its feet? Let’s find out! Flying Insects: Butterfly gives young readers in prekindergarten to grade 1 an introduction to these fascinating fliers through simple text, vivid photos, and fun facts. This series introduces early readers to flying insects. Each book includes a list of words to look for in the text, with callouts that match the word to the image on the page where it appears.

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For a creature so small and delicate-looking, butterflies are amazing. Monarch butterflies will travel over 3,000 miles each year for the winter. Purple Emperor butterflies will feast on animal corpses and dung. To celebrate such incredible creatures, here’s a fun and easy DIY to try!

Materials needed:

  • A square piece of paper.

Instructions

Step one: Fold paper lengthwise, open, then fold widthwise and open. Fold diagonally and open. Once you get the creases, fold in half.

Step two: Push the sides in to get this triangular shape. (Optional step: You can cut the corners off to give your butterfly a softer look).

Step three: Fold one side up towards the tip.

Step four: Flip to the other side, fold the tip upwards slightly past the top. This will strain the paper and that’s okay! (Optional step: Fold the tip down on other side).

Step five: Bend at the crease.

Voila!

For more information, check out these items:

Butterflies by Marfe Delano

Describes the characteristics of butterflies, including their colors, how they ward off predators, their food habits, and how caterpillars become butterflies.

Origami Birds and butterflies by Lisa Miles

Butterflies by Roberta Baxter

Butterflies are the rock stars of the insect world. They are beautiful. They glide through the air, looking elegant and regal. Photographers like to snap pictures of them. The press gives special coverage to the famous Monarch butterfly. Butterflies are adored by all. These flying insects play an important role in the life cycle of plants. They are pollinators, and many are native to America. Butterflies help plants to grow many of the flowers you love to see and smell. Native Pollinators Butterflies is a good place to start learning about these magnificent insects.

Grow a butterfly garden by Wendy Potter-Springer

Since 1973, Storey’s Country Wisdom Bulletins have offered practical, hands-on instructions designed to help readers master dozens of country living skills quickly and easily. There are now more than 170 titles in this series, and their remarkable popularity reflects the common desire of country and city dwellers alike to cultivate personal independence in everyday life.

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