Caterpillar to Butterfly Craft

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The new butterfly made with paint, coffee filter, googly eyes, cotton balls, and a clothespin

Johnny goes to our town’s preschool to receive speech therapy and extra support learning how to communicate (a skill that eludes him, much of the time). I’ve been very impressed, not only by the progress he has made, but also with the activities at his play-centered preschool.

This caterpillar is my favorite of the many cute crafts he has brought home. To make it, you need:

  • three cotton balls
  • paint (they used tempera, I think)
  • one coffee filter
  • two googley eyes
  • one clothes pin
  • glue

First, glue the three cotton balls to the top of the clothes pin. Paint them green, and set aside. Take the coffee filter, draw on it with markers, and then spray with water. Let everything dry overnight. The next day, attach googley eyes. Now you have a little caterpillar! To turn your caterpillar into a butterfly, glue the now-dry coffee filter to the bottom of the clothes pin. Wrap the wings around the body of the butterfly, and slide it into an empty toilet paper roll.

toilet paper roll turned butterfly cocoon

You now have a butterfly inside its cocoon, just waiting to make its entrance into the world!

butterfly emerging from its cocoon craft

Most of the crafting my kids do is open-ended, so I never know how their creations are going to turn out. But I love directed crafts like this one, that teach a hands-on lesson!

You can make this craft even more interactive by sliding the wings into the middle of the clothespin instead of gluing them on, so that you can change the butterfly back into a caterpillar and recreate the entire transformation.

Do you have a favorite spring learning craft?
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