butterflies Archives - Mama.Papa.Bubba. https://mamapapabubba.com/tag/butterflies/ Wed, 20 Apr 2016 19:21:14 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.7 56460141 Butterfly World Play Dough Kit https://mamapapabubba.com/2016/04/13/butterfly-world-play-dough-kit/ https://mamapapabubba.com/2016/04/13/butterfly-world-play-dough-kit/#comments Thu, 14 Apr 2016 06:31:14 +0000 https://mamapapabubba.com/?p=70106 With spring now in full force, it was time for a new addition to our ongoing play dough kit collection.  Though my first thought was to put together a spring garden set, we’ve made several very similar kits in the past and our garden set got a ton of play last spring, so I figured… Read More

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]]> https://mamapapabubba.com/2016/04/13/butterfly-world-play-dough-kit/feed/ 1 70106 Exploring Symmetry With LEGO https://mamapapabubba.com/2015/05/05/exploring-symmetry-with-lego/ https://mamapapabubba.com/2015/05/05/exploring-symmetry-with-lego/#respond Tue, 05 May 2015 22:14:58 +0000 https://mamapapabubba.com/?p=67608 As you may or may not already know, this week Miss G and I are participating in a fun-filled ‘LEGO Week’ with a bunch of other blogging friends, which basically means that we’re dedicating the week to sharing activities and projects inspired by LEGO! {this post contains affiliate links} LEGO lends itself perfectly to all… Read More

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]]> https://mamapapabubba.com/2015/05/05/exploring-symmetry-with-lego/feed/ 0 67608 A ‘The Very Hungry Caterpillar’ Themed Play Date https://mamapapabubba.com/2015/03/01/a-the-very-hungry-caterpillar-themed-play-date/ https://mamapapabubba.com/2015/03/01/a-the-very-hungry-caterpillar-themed-play-date/#comments Sun, 01 Mar 2015 23:29:11 +0000 https://mamapapabubba.com/?p=26151 This morning, after two months of outdoor meet-ups {gotta enjoy the cool weather while we have it!}, our play school co-op resumed its usual themed indoor play dates.  Grae and I were lucky enough to be the first hosts, and with our focus being on favourite children’s books this month, we got to plan a… Read More

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]]> https://mamapapabubba.com/2015/03/01/a-the-very-hungry-caterpillar-themed-play-date/feed/ 5 26151 iPhoneography // Butterfly Activities https://mamapapabubba.com/2014/04/16/iphoneography-butterfly-activities/ https://mamapapabubba.com/2014/04/16/iphoneography-butterfly-activities/#respond Wed, 16 Apr 2014 20:25:22 +0000 https://mamapapabubba.com/?p=20089 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… Read More

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]]> https://mamapapabubba.com/2014/04/16/iphoneography-butterfly-activities/feed/ 0 20089 Gracen Raises Butterflies: Release Day https://mamapapabubba.com/2013/05/25/gracen-raises-butterflies-release-day/ https://mamapapabubba.com/2013/05/25/gracen-raises-butterflies-release-day/#respond Sun, 26 May 2013 06:32:26 +0000 https://mamapapabubba.com/?p=12251 Well, the big day finally came…  As of yesterday morning, all 8 of our caterpillars had successfully completed the transition to butterflies (yay for a 100% success rate!)  We watched them for one final day, the newbies drying and pumping up their wings and the others slurping up juice from fresh fruit, knowing that if… Read More

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]]> https://mamapapabubba.com/2013/05/25/gracen-raises-butterflies-release-day/feed/ 0 12251 Gracen Raises Butterflies: We Have TWO! https://mamapapabubba.com/2013/05/21/gracen-raises-butterflies-we-have-two/ https://mamapapabubba.com/2013/05/21/gracen-raises-butterflies-we-have-two/#comments Wed, 22 May 2013 05:36:30 +0000 https://mamapapabubba.com/?p=12178 Day 13:  We woke up to our very first butterfly!  We’re not sure when it actually emerged, but we found it still hanging upside down from it’s chrysalis pumping up and drying out its wings. Then, not an hour later, as we were checking on our lone butterfly, we noticed a second one fully emerged… Read More

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]]> https://mamapapabubba.com/2013/05/21/gracen-raises-butterflies-we-have-two/feed/ 1 12178 Gracen Raises Butterflies: Caterpillars to Chrysalises https://mamapapabubba.com/2013/05/15/gracen-raises-butterflies-caterpillars-to-chrysalises/ https://mamapapabubba.com/2013/05/15/gracen-raises-butterflies-caterpillars-to-chrysalises/#respond Wed, 15 May 2013 17:53:53 +0000 https://mamapapabubba.com/?p=12118 Day 7:  It’s official.  All of our fuzzy little caterpillars have successfully built chrysalises and are hanging from their container lids waiting for the big transformation to occur. Though it’ll still be several days until they start emerging as butterflies, this morning we moved our little table and hanging structure directly under our homemade butterfly… Read More

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]]> https://mamapapabubba.com/2013/05/15/gracen-raises-butterflies-caterpillars-to-chrysalises/feed/ 0 12118 Butterfly Talk https://mamapapabubba.com/2013/05/14/butterfly-talk/ https://mamapapabubba.com/2013/05/14/butterfly-talk/#respond Tue, 14 May 2013 18:33:21 +0000 https://mamapapabubba.com/?p=12110 (showing them the impromptu drawing she did of the butterfly life stages) ‘Yook, chrysalises.  Yook what I made for you.’  ‘Hello, yittle chrysalises!  Yook, I’m a butterfly just like you’re going to be!’ ♥  For extra fun, like us on Facebook here and find us on Instagram here.

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]]> https://mamapapabubba.com/2013/05/14/butterfly-talk/feed/ 0 12110 Gracen Raises Butterflies: Hanging Our Chrysalises https://mamapapabubba.com/2013/05/13/gracen-raises-butterflies-hanging-our-chrysalises/ https://mamapapabubba.com/2013/05/13/gracen-raises-butterflies-hanging-our-chrysalises/#comments Mon, 13 May 2013 18:00:04 +0000 https://mamapapabubba.com/?p=12102 With our butterfly enclosure ready and our first chrysalises ready to be hung, Miss G and I had to get a little creative this morning.  When raising butterflies in my classroom, I used to hang the chrysalises from the inside of a wooden block that was open on two sides, but without one of those… Read More

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]]> https://mamapapabubba.com/2013/05/13/gracen-raises-butterflies-hanging-our-chrysalises/feed/ 1 12102 Gracen Raises Butterflies: We Have Chrysalises! https://mamapapabubba.com/2013/05/12/gracen-raises-butterflies-we-have-chrysalises/ https://mamapapabubba.com/2013/05/12/gracen-raises-butterflies-we-have-chrysalises/#comments Mon, 13 May 2013 06:42:53 +0000 https://mamapapabubba.com/?p=12051 It’s day 4 with our caterpillars and look at what we have today!  We woke up to find that three of our fuzzy little caterpillars had build their chrysalises over night.  We were actually cleaning up from breakfast already when Gracen called out, “Some of the caterpillars built their chrysalises, Mama!” And thank goodness.  If… Read More

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