This lifecycle of a butterfly preschool lunch and craft idea are such a fun way to teach kids about the amazing transformation from caterpillar to chrysalis.
Kaylee and I had fun learning about butterflies last week. We did some activities and games about the life cycle of a butterfly. When I went to make her lunch, her croissant looked like the cocoons we had just seen on a video and so we went with it. This would be a fun little lunch to make with preschoolers. Lay everything out assembly-style and let the kids make their own chrysalis scene.
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Lifecycle of a Butterfly Preschool Lunch & Craft
Ingredients needed for each child:
1 mini croissant
1/2 pear
2 orange slices
4 slices of banana
1/2 of a cheese stick
She loved her little cheese butterfly and croissant cocoon.
We made these little caterpillar clips last year and they are still all over our house. Such a fun little project and perfect for clipping artwork to on our wall downstairs. I love simple projects that use supplies that we already have on hand. I keep a divided plastic tote with googly eyes, pom poms, sequins, clothespins, pipe cleaner and popsicle sticks in our craft closet for all of our kids crafting needs. It comes in pretty handy for impromptu projects like these butterfly clothespins.
Clothespin Caterpillar Craft
Supplies:
1 clothespin
2 craft eyes
white craft glue (or hot glue)
4 pom poms
Step 1: Glue the pom poms to the clothespin using craft or hot glue.
Step 2: Add the eyes using white glue or hot glue.
Step 3: Add a magnet (optional) to put on the refrigerator to hold their lifecycle of a butterfly preschool coloring pages and activities!
Clip them to curtains, a jacket, a backpack or anything!
These butterfly costumes made out of felt would be fun to have in a classroom for imaginative play. I made two for my girls for Halloween a few years ago and they still like wearing them!
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What a great learning lunch idea!
Beth @ Hungry Happenings
Saw your post on Pinterest. We are homeschooling and about to study butterflies. This will work great for us. Thank you for sharing your ideas.