iPhoneography // Butterfly Activities

Though we won’t be able to raise butterflies this spring, we did get to learn all about them today in our butterfly-themed crafting class at Bright Minds.  We kept things pretty simple since the class is for 2 and 3 year olds and focused on the four main stages of the butterfly’s life cycle, the parts of the butterfly’s body, and the fact that butterflies are insects.  Here are the projects Grae worked on…

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The 4 stages of the butterfly’s life cycle in pasta…

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Grae thought this one was pretty funny and can tell you exactly what each piece of pasta represents.

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A colourful sun catcher butterfly that doubles as a flying finger puppet.

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And a sky full of butterflies made with play dough, sushi grass, and plastic butterflies.

Next week we learn about spiders!

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