Happy Slow Sparkly Spin Fine Art Butterflies
November 29, 2018
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Butterflies in addition to caterpillars are or in addition to then of our favorite Spring themes for our Virtual Book Club for Kids! This calendar week nosotros are reading Eric Carle's The Very Hungry Caterpillar in addition to making sparkly spin fine art butterflies!
These sparkly butterflies offering a uncomplicated symmetry lesson AND laissez passer kids the chance to railroad train or in addition to then uncomplicated fine motor skills too.
MATERIALS NEEDED FOR SPARKLY BUTTERFLIES
- cardstock
- salad spinner
- washable paint
- liquid watercolors
- white glue
- popsicle sticks
- googly eyes
Have you lot always tried salad spinner art? It is 1 of our all fourth dimension favorites!
HOW TO MAKE SPIN ART BUTTERFLIES
To learn started amongst spin fine art butterflies, laid about flexure a slice of newspaper inwards one-half in addition to cutting out a butterfly (see below).
Next, operate on the butterfly folded inwards one-half in addition to house it inwards the salad spinner.
Add pigment to the operate past times of the butterfly, unopen the lid, in addition to spin!
Once you lot convey tons of color on 1 one-half of your butterfly, opened upwards it upwards in addition to flexure it over in addition to press the painted side onto the blank side.
Open upwards the newspaper to let on a gorgeous butterfly that has symmetrical colors!!
To jazz these upwards a flake nosotros added or in addition to then popsicle stick bodies in addition to sparkles. You tin laissez passer the axe also merely operate out them blank in addition to they volition endure beautiful that agency too!
Every fourth dimension nosotros opened upwards the butterflies the kids loved the surprise of seeing the vivid colors on both sides of the wings!
Have you lot done whatsoever butterfly activities amongst your kids before?
Here are a few of our favorites...
Simple Cardboard Butterfly Craft
Easy Butterfly Craft for Toddlers
Butterfly Rice Crispy Snack
CHECK OUT THESE BUTTERFLY CRAFTS AND ACTIVITIES FROM OUR CO-HOSTS:
Butterfly Food Challenge – Preschool Powol Packets
How to Make a Butterfly Garden – Inspiration Laboratories
Caterpillar to Butterfly Science Activity amongst Balloons- The Educators’ Spin On It {That’s here}
Easy Sparkly Spin Art Butterflies- Toddler Approved
Caterpillar to Butterfly Craft – Mama Smiles
Caterpillar to Butterfly Craft – Artsy Mama
Exploring Shapes on Mats amongst a Butterfly Theme -JDaniel4’s Mom
Paper Butterfly Craft – Views from a Stepstool
Alphabet Sound Match Butterfly Puzzles- Sea of Knowledge
Paper insect display – Teach Beside Me