Letter B: Butterfly Craft, Butterfly Life Cycle Hat, Bug Hunt & Match, Paint Bug Rocks (Day 3)

1) Butterfly Craft from Crystal & Comp.: I love contact paper and tissue paper crafts! My two only wanted to place a few tissue paper squares before he was "all done". I taped his finished butterfly on the window and love when the sun shines through each day. You can print a free butterfly template or you can cut out a butterfly shape from black construction paper. NOTE: Sometimes I'll leave crafts our for my two to come back to later in the day. You'll need:
  • Contact Paper - I found ours at the Dollar Store!
  • Tissue Paper in various colors, cut into 1 inch squares
  • Butterfly Cut Out from Black Construction Paper
  1. Place your butterfly cut out on the sticky side of the contact paper (your letter B will look backwards, so it will face the correct way when hung on the window). 
  2. Let your child place tissue paper squares to fill in the wings. 
  3. Place the completed butterfly on a window. The first picture is from 2015 (age:just turned two) and the blue butterfly in the second picture is from 2016 (age:almost three).
Age: 2

2) Make a Butterfly Sequencing Hat from Preschool Alphabet: You'll need:
  • butterfly life cycle cards (print from The Mailbox)
  • Crayons
  • Scissors & Glue
  • Colored Card Stock, cut in half length wise
  • Tape
  • 2 Pipe Cleaners
  1. Color & Cut the butterfly life cycle cards.
  2. Talk about the cards and put them in order. Ask your child, "Which one happens first?" or "Which one happens next?" 
  3. Tape your two pieces of card stock together make one long strip.
  4. Glue the life cycle cards onto your hat. 
  5. Tape on 2 Pipe Cleaners as antennas.
  6. Measure around your child's head and tape the hat together
  7. NOTE: Buy wings from the Dollar Store for your child to wear and fly around in. Wear your hat and wings to go on a bug hunt next!

3) Bug Hunt & Match: My two loves when I hide things around the room for him! The weather should be nice this year, so I'm going to hide the bugs outside. NOTE: I bought a bug kit and bugs from the Dollar Store. You could also find some on Amazon.
  • Bug Kit 
  • Two Sets of Plastic Bugs
  • Optional: If you'd like to catch real bugs, check out this cool Bug Catcher
  1. Hide the bugs around the room or outside.
  2. Have your child "catch" the bugs and put them inside the container. Talk about the bugs as you find them - their colors and attributes.
  3. Once all the bugs are found, match them. 


4) Paint Bug Rocks from Preschool Alphabet: We have done rock painting before, but I love the idea of making the rocks into bugs!
  • Go outside and look for a bunch of rocks (and bugs along the way!)
  • Paint the rocks - show your child the bugs books from the Letter B Booklist or your plastic bugs to give them ideas of how to paint them.
  • Once the paint dries, glue on goggly eyes.

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