Materials Needed:1 Dozen Egg Carton
Paints (tempura or finger paints will work best)
Large Paint Brush
Different Colored Construction Paper
Pipe Cleaners (optional)
Glue
Scissors
Directions:
Let your child choose what color he/she wants the body of the butterfly to be. Then pour out the paint into a shallow bowl. Add water to make it a bit runny. Turn the egg carton over and have your little one paint the egg carton with a large paint brush (we used a sponge brush - it was perfect). Let egg carton dry.
While egg carton dries fashion wings out of construction paper. Be creative - make them any way you like! Using Elmer's glue carefully attach the wings to the body - it will need quite a bit of time to dry.
Lastly - cut a pipe cleaner in half and attach the two halves to the front of the egg carton to create feelers. We didn't have any pipe cleaner on hand so we made feelers out of construction paper and glued them on with a dab of hot glue.
That's it! So fun.
