Create you own colorful paint butterfly craft with your toddler. All you need is some paint and paper.
This craft is easy enough a toddler can do it but can be fun for an older child too. With older children, you can talk about symmetry.
Pair with a book about butterflies for crafting and reading fun. This butterfly painting craft would be great for the letter B too.
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How to Make a Rainbow Butterfly Craft
supplies
- white card stock or paper
- washable finger paint or acrylic paints
- scissors
- pen
step 1.
Fold white paper in half horizontally.
step 2.
Pour a little of each color on the paper in different spots on one half of the paper.
step 3.
Finger paint – let them paint but no long enough to make mud.
step 4.
Fold the paper together and press together. Then unfold. Let paint dry.
step 5.
Draw a butterfly shape using a pen and cut out.
Finished Butterfly
You can have the child add a black body. You can also talk about symmetry and a line of symmetry. A line of symmetry is the imaginary line where you could fold the image and have both halves match exactly. A line of symmetry is also know as reflection symmetry.
These washable paints worked great! My 2 yd old loves to paint. she gets it on her clothes and it washes right out. Comes in a rainbow assortment great for other rainbow and spring crafts.
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