Make a butterfly metamorphosis craft! You can learn about the 4 stages of a butterfly's life: egg, caterpillar, chrysalis, and butterfly.
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Make a butterfly metamorphosis craft! You can learn about the 4 stages of a butterfly's life: egg, caterpillar, chrysalis, and butterfly.
1. Print out the Butterfly Metamorphosis printable. 2. Cut out the shapes to use as a template. Ask an adult to help you with scissors. 3. Trace and cut out the pieces. You can cut the pieces out yourself, or ask an adult to help you.
1. Glue the brown branch to one side of the clothespin. 2. Glue the pom-poms to the other side of the clothespin. 3. Set aside to dry.
1. Tape the two butterfly wings together in the middle. 2. Color the wings!
1. Glue the brown chrysalis and the green leaf to the back of the butterfly. 2. Line up the shape of the wings together.
1. Color the leaf using your green marker and glue the egg on. 2. Color horizontal lines on the chrysalis using your brown marker. Look at the picture of the finished chrysalis for reference.
1. Fold the butterfly in half. 2. Use the brown side of the clothespin to clip to the leaf like a branch.
1. Turn the clothespin over to the caterpillar side. 2. Clip onto the leaf.
1. Remove the clothespin. 2. Wrap the chrysalis around the caterpillar.
1. Open the wings up. 2. Pin the clothespin in the middle of the wings.
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