Filtery, Fluttery Butterflies

Why

Watch butterflies flutter outdoors, then make your own with coffee filters.

Steps

1. Butterflies' dazzling colors twist and turn. We can't touch these fragile creatures, but you can make one for a decoration.

2. Cover your art area with newspaper. Use your Crayola® Paint Brush to wet a coffee filter. Paint the filter with Crayola Washable Watercolors. The colors will blend and mix into beautiful patterns. Decorate a spring clothespin with the paint, too. Air dry.

3. Gather your coffee filter together in the middle. Hold it together with the clothespin.

4. Curl a long twist tie to look like antennae. Twist it around the clothespin.

Safety Guidelines

Adult supervision is required for any arts & crafts project. Observe children closely and intervene as necessary to prevent potential safety problems and ensure appropriate use of arts and crafts materials. Some craft items, particularly beads and buttons, are potential choking hazards for young children. Avoid use of such small parts with children younger than 3 years. Craft items such as scissors, push pins and chenille sticks may have sharp points or edges. Avoid use of materials with sharp points by children younger than 4 years. Read all manufacturers' safety warnings before using arts and craft supplies.

Crayola Washable Paints—Not for use as body/face paint.

Wood—By its nature, wood is rough and may contain splinters or sharp points

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Supplies

crayola supplies
  • Paint Brushes
  • Washable Watercolors
household supplies
  • recycled newspaper
  • paper towels
  • coffee filters
  • container(s) of water
  • clothespins (clip)
  • twist ties

Where & When

"Our family has a butterfly bush in our back yard, so we have lots of models. The children ask to make these again and again."
Myra B., mother of ages 6 and 7.

"After raising butterflies, we released them. To say goodbye to our friends, children made these butterflies!"
Aihua W., after-school child care assistant.


Interesting Info

Butterflies taste with their feet. Their taste sensors are located in their feet, (all six of them!), so by standing on their food they can taste it.