Today's activity is another colourful one and is really simple to make! Use your own template or the one I have linked below to create this bright butterfly :)
What you will need:
- paper or card
- pencil
- scissors
- paint
1. Firstly, you will need to draw and cut out your template.* You can use the one that I have linked and print it out, or get creative and draw your own one! If you are drawing your own, draw only one side of the butterfly, fold the paper in half and cut it out. This will make the butterfly symmetrical.
2. Once you have cut out your butterfly, put some old newspaper or magazines underneath the butterfly to make sure that there are no paint spillages. Dab the paint as messy or neat as you like over one wing of the butterfly. You can put a fair amount of paint on the wing as you want to make sure that when you fold it over, it transfers onto the other wing.
3. Now you have painted one side, fold the wing over so it sticks to the other wing and transfers the paint. Press down and then fold back over the wing. You should have a symmetrical pattern on both wings.
4. Leave to dry and hang up as a decoration or give it to someone as a present!
Extra suggestion:
- paint both sides of the butterfly, and hang up from the ceiling with some string to create a lovely mobile.
- fold the butterfly in half and write on the inside to make a card for someone.
* = Parental supervision needed for this task
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