Inspired by a charlie and lola's butterfly gallery on the Cbeebies website this is a really simple activity. Everyone remembers making butterfly prints as children!
We had some sheets of thin card but the inside of cereal boxes would work well or cartrige or sugar paper. It would also be fine on printer paper but may be too flimsy to hang on the ceiling.
Paint on one side of the card/paper and then fold it over and press down and rub to create a mirror image on the other side. You can use hand prints, finger painting, brush strokes, paint flicks etc. Any paint will do, we used childrens finger paint which is quite thin and creates a nice effect when overlayed but you could create brighter colours using a ready mix paint or acrylic if you are feeling brave and wearing old clothes!!...I couldn't resist adding some glue and glitter...I never seem to be able to resist the glitter! You could add collage using cut out or foam shapes or stickers. Mati's butterflies have had glo in the dark stars added to them in the last few weeks!
I didn't cut out the butterfly sheets until after we'd done the painting so I could choose the best part of the painting to use.
We then stapled them (using a staple gun) to Mati's bedroom ceiling which had the added bonus of her being very keen to go to bed for the next 2 or 3 nights!
A nice activity to go with reading The Very Hungry Catipillar
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