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Make a beautiful butterfly using a fun squish painting technique and recycled newspaper! Each butterfly will be special and unique, just like you. This craft is a great way to explore different textures and colors.

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Fold paper, outline wings with paint, and add dots.

First, pick a light-colored piece of paper and fold it in half. Now, choose your favorite paint colors! Squeeze a line of paint to draw the shape of one butterfly wing on one side of the folded paper. If you want, you can draw the wing shape with a pencil first, then trace it with paint. Next, squeeze little dots of paint inside your butterfly wing. Don't use too much paint at first; you can always add more later!

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