What better way to teach your kiddos about life cycles than to let them create them hands on! We are going through the life cycle of a butterfly here and I can not wait to get into other cycles as well.
A few simple items needed for this craft and you are ready to get started. Do you have a science lover? I love how curious kids are, makes teaching fun and watching them learn even better.
The Life Cycle of a Butterfly Craft
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What You Need
1 White Paper Plate
1 Small Stick – from outside 😉
Green Paper, small piece
Tissue Paper, light green and pink
3 White Sixlets
Black Marker
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How to make The Life Cycle of a Butterfly Craft
Paint the entire outer ridge of the inside of the paper plate. Leave the flat middle part white. Let dry.
For the chrysalis: cut a small square of the green tissue paper and form it into a cocoon shape over one end of the stick. Twist it closed around the stick.
For the butterfly: cut a small square of pink tissue paper, pinch together in a fan style, and clip the clothespin on it to hold it in place. Make sure each side of the paper is equal and fans out like wings. Cut a small piece of pipe cleaner, fold in half, and clip the clothespin to it so it looks like antennas.
For the eggs: cut out a small leaf from the green paper and draw some lines on it to resemble leaf veins. Glue the sixlets on in the middle of the leaf.
Once your plate is dry, draw 2 black lines on the white flat part so you have 4 equal sections.
Glue the leaf onto one of the sections. Glue the six poms on another section to look like a caterpillar. Glue the cocoon onto another section and glue the butterfly onto the last section.
Use the black marker to write the life cycle names above each life cycle section: Write eggs above the leaf, write caterpillar above the caterpillar, write cocoon above the cocoon, and write butterfly above the butterfly.
Its fun learning the life cycle of a butterfly via crafts!
The lifecycle of a Butterfly Craft
What You Need
- 1 White Paper Plate
- Craft Paint yellow
- 1 Pipe Cleaners brown
- 1 Wood Clothespins mini
- 1 Small Stick
- 6 Pom Poms
- Green Paper a small piece
- Tissue Paper light green and pink
- 3 White Sixlets
- Glue Stick
- Black Marker
Directions
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Paint the entire outer ridge of the inside of the paper plate. Leave the flat middle part white. Let dry.
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For the chrysalis: cut a small square of the green tissue paper and form it into a cocoon shape over one end of the stick. Twist it closed around the stick.
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For the butterfly: cut a small square of pink tissue paper, pinch together in a fan style, and clip the clothespin on it to hold it in place. Make sure each side of the paper is equal and fans out like wings. Cut a small piece of pipe cleaner, fold in half, and clip the clothespin to it so it looks like antennas.
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For the eggs: cut out a small leaf from the green paper and draw some lines on it to resemble leaf veins. Glue the sixlets on in the middle of the leaf.
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Once your plate is dry, draw 2 black lines on the white flat part so you have 4 equal sections.
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Glue the leaf onto one of the sections. Glue the six poms on another section to look like a caterpillar. Glue the cocoon onto another section and glue the butterfly onto the last section.
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Use the black marker to write the life cycle names above each life cycle section: Write eggs above the leaf, write caterpillar above the caterpillar, write cocoon above the cocoon, and write butterfly above the butterfly.
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Fun learning craft!
Ann Snook-Moreau says
This is so cute . . . I wish I had made this in school as a kid! We watched actual Monarch butterflies hatch, though, so that was a pretty cool way to learn science.
Samuel frodo says
This seems so simple and practical, lovely pictures too.
Sarah Bailey says
The life cycle of a butterfly is so interesting and this is such a fun way to learn about it when your a child!
Shelley says
Making learning fun — this is awesome
Nisha says
the life cycle of a butterfly is a cute and simple way to teach kids. the instructions are very written too 🙂 thank you for sharing
Daniele says
This an interesting way to make a child know about these things. Such an excellent work
Agentszerozerosetter says
Loved this post! So creative! Butterflies are so charming, kids will sure enjoy to learn trough your idea!
Curlywhippedtee/tee vaughn says
These are so cute. My daughter would love these. Thanks for sharing!
David Allen Elliott says
This does look like such a cute and educational project. I know being able to visualize things always helps while learning. I will have to think about this the next time my daughter is learning about cycles.