Printed butterfly

I showed my little friend how to make these printed butterflies last week. I think he was very impressed. Making these got us talking about how butterflies grow from a caterpillar to a butterfly. You probably know this but there is a wonderful book by Eric Carle called The very hungry caterpillar that explains this perfectly. I highly recommend it.

Print Recipe

Printed butterfly

Ingredients

Cardboard paper

A few colors of paint

Paintbrush (es)

Paint tray

Plastic glass filled with water (to clean brushes)

Instructions

1

Pour the paint into the paint tray and fill the plastic glass with water.

2

Fold the paper in half.

3

Then show your child how to put blobs of paint onto one side of the paper.

4

Then fold over and rub over the picture.

5

Open the paper to reveal the beautiful butterfly.