All the DAZE Productions: Butterfly DAZE

Art:
Mirror Butterfly
Fold a piece of construction paper in half and cut it into the shape of a butterfly. Open it up and
paint one side of the butterfly. Fold it again and press it firmly. Open it up to reveal a beautiful
symmetrical butterfly.

Stained Glass Butterflies
Shave old crayons and place on a piece of waxed paper. Place another piece of waxed paper
on top. Hold an iron on top briefly. Cut into a butterfly shape and hand in a window.

Pattern Caterpillars
Cut a large number of 1 inch circles from different colored construction paper. Have the children
create caterpillars by gluing the circles together, alternating colors to form patterns. Let them
add circle stickers for eyes and construction paper antennae.

Butterfly Baggies
Materials: sandwich size zip close baggies, tissue paper in a variety of colors,
6" long pipe cleaner
Directions: Cut the tissue paper into 1/2" squares. Fill the zip close bag with tissue squares (the
more, the filler the wings). Zip the bag closed, pressing out some of the air. Gather bag in the
middle with the zip close at the top. Twist the pipe cleaner in the middle of the gather to form a
butterfly with antennae. Curl the ends of the pipe cleaner of the antennas.

Feet Butterflies
Materials: Construction paper, Paint, Glue, Markers or crayons
Directions: Have children take off shoes, dip feet into shallow pan of pastel paint. Step onto a
piece of paper so feet are going outward from the heels together. When dry, add antennae with
markers.

Waxed Paper Butterflies
Shave old crayons and place between a sheet of waxed paper on
newspaper. Cover with another piece of waxed paper. Press iron for a few seconds, cut into
butterfly shape and hang in front of window.

BUTTERFLY PRINTS
Have the children remove their shoes and socks. Allow one child at a time to dip a foot into
paint (Any color) and step down into the middle of a large piece of paper. Have the child step
into a tub of water to rinse his foot. Then have the child paint their hand by brush ,using maybe
one color for two fingers, one color for the palm etc. Just to receive colorful wings. Have the
child make a set of hand prints on each side of the footprint. Have the child then wash and dry
hands. When the paint is dry cut around the prints by an inch or two in the outline of a butterfly.
For finishing touches add wiggly eyes and pipe cleaners for antennae.

Spring Butterflies
Supplies: Food Coloring Coffee Filters Eye Dropper or Straws Wooden Clothes Pin Pipe
Cleaner Color small bowls of water with food coloring
Directions: Using an eye dropper or a straw, scatter drops of colored water onto round coffee
filters and watch the colors bleed and blend. While the filters dry draw eyes and body details on
wooden clothes pins. Gather each coffee filter up in the center and clip with the clothespin.
Make antenna for each butterfly by inserting a pipe cleaner into the end of the clothespin and
twisting it secure. Bend the ends of the pipe cleaner to make it look realistic. You can use
tissue paper instead of coffee filters for a multi-layered effect.

Egg Carton Caterpillars
Materials: one egg carton for every 2 children, paints, large paintbrushes, pipe cleaners, glue,
cotton balls, dry powdered paint, words to finger play
Procedure:
1. Remove the lid from an egg carton and cut the bottom portion in half lengthwise to make two
caterpillars.
2. Let the children paint their caterpillars in any colors they choose.
3. Use the pipe cleaners as antennae (feelers). Glue these into place.
4. Help the children dip cotton balls in dry powdered paint and glue them onto the humps to
make the caterpillar fuzzy.

Egg Carton Butterflies
Take egg cartons and cut them apart so that there are three bump sections. Cut a slit in each
side of the middle section. On the front section draw a face; add a pipe cleaner for antennae.
Cut heart shapes for wings. Let the children decorate the wings as they wish. Stick the point of
the hearts into the slits to attach the wings. Add a string through the carton above the wings and
hang.

Life Cycle Wheel
Divide a large paper plate into 4 sections. In one section make a butterfly out of a square of
tissue paper (twisted in the middle), in the next section cut out a leaf shape from some green
construction paper and glue a white navy bean on it (Egg). For the next section, create
caterpillars out of small pompoms. For the chrysalis, use a bunch of small twigs with a pasta
shell underneath. The plate is a good organizational tool because it shows that the cycle that
continues to go around and around.

Butterfly Art
Demonstrate to your students how to draw a background scene along with a flower garden.
You can also use die-cuts for the flowers if you choose. To make the butterflies for the garden,
have your students draw a 1 to 2 inch black line for a the body. Then have them glue on two
mini pretzels for the wings (the pretzels will be facing the opposite way) and use their black
crayon to draw two antennae. You’ll probably want to demonstrate this before beginning with
your students. Allow them to add a couple of butterflies to their garden, and then enjoy some of
the pretzels for their effort!

Coffee Filter Butterflies
Gather the dried coffee filter in the center using an accordion style gathering method. Twist the
filter together with a black pipe cleaner. Spread the coffee filter out to form the wings. Use the
left over pipe cleaner to form a body for the butterfly and his antennae. Curl the ends of the
antennae slightly outwards. You can add a magnet to these and send them home to grace the
parents’ refrigerators.

Inkblot Butterfly
Cut out a butterfly shape fold it in the center, have the children paint on side. Fold and rub lightly,
then unfold. The sides will be identical.

Drama:
Creative Movement: Creepy Crawly Caterpillar
A creepy crawly caterpillar that I see(shade eyes)
Makes a chrysalis in the big oak tree. (make body into a ball)
He stays there, and I know why (slowly stand up)
Because soon he will be a butterfly (flap arms)

No Sew Costume
Take a 24X36 in piece of orange construction paper (for each child) and fold it in half
and trace a wing. Cut this out and sponge paint with black and white (we use large
marshmallows for painting, they work great and are disposable!) on one side, let dry and flip.
The wings are attached to the back of a doodad we make by stapling black strips of
construction paper (2 x9) to two 9 x 12 pieces of construction paper to make a
thing that fits over their heads. It looks like the straps to bib overalls. The wings get stapled in
the back . Then make a black headband with two antennas. Roll the antennas on a crayon to
make them curly.

Butterfly Dance
Give each child a colored butterfly cutout (or have the children cut them out). Have the children
fly their butterflies around to cheery music. When the music stops encourage them to land their
butterfly on something the same color.

Language:
First comes a Butterfly and lays an egg
Out comes a caterpillar with many legs
oh see the caterpillar spin and spin
A little cocoon to sleep in
oh oh oh look and see
oh oh oh look and see
out of the cocoon my oh my
out comes a beautiful Butterfly

Caterpillar
Little fuzzy caterpillar In your warm cocoon
The cold winter's over and you'll be hatching soon.
Then you'll spread your wings
On a warm summer's day
And wave us all good bye As you fly, fly away.

Creepy Crawly Caterpillar
A creepy crawly caterpillar that I see(shade eyes)
Makes a chrysalis in the big oak tree. (make body into a ball)
He stays there, and I know why (slowly stand up)
Because soon he will be a butterfly (flap arms)

Ode to the Caterpillar
Fuzzy wuzzy, creepy crawly
Caterpillar funny,
You will be a butterfly
When the days are sunny.
Winging, flinging, dancing, springing
Butterfly so yellow,
You were once a caterpillar,
Wiggly, wiggly fellow
Little fuzzy caterpillar In your warm cocoon
The cold winter's over and you'll be hatching soon.
Then you'll spread your wings
On a warm summer's day
And wave us all good bye
As you fly, fly away.

I am just an egg-no bigger than a dot
If you look very carefully
You'll find my special spot
underneath a leaf
My mother put me down
to guard me from my enemies
So I cannot be found

Butterfly, Butterfly, brighten summer days
The beauty of the butterfly started this way

Fuzzy, wuzzy, creepy, crawly
Caterpillar funny
You will be a butterfly
When the days are sunny.

Butterflies on the wagon
Butterflies on the ball
Butterflies on the fence
Butterflies on the doll
Butterflies on the plate
Butterflies on the glass
Butterflies on the flowers
Butterflies on the grass
Butterflies on the table
Butterflies on the chair
Butterflies on the umbrella
Butterflies everywhere!

Inchworm
Inchworm, inchworm, inching along (bend index finger and move it up and down)
Inchworm, inchworm, singing a song (hand one hand up to ear like listening)
Inchworm, inchworm, before the day ends (put hand in circle over head, then drop arms
Flat to side)
Inchworm, inchworm, will you be my friend? (put hands out palm up)

Music
The Caterpillar
(Sung to the Adams family)
My tummy is fat (snap snap)
I like it like that (snap snap)
I wiggle around
I jiggle around
My tummy is fat (snap snap)
I'm a stri-ped caterpillar
I'm such a chubby feller
I love to eat and eat,
those leaves are such a treat
Back to refrain

The Fuzzy Caterpillar
(tune: eensy weensy spider)
The fuzzy caterpillar crawled up upon a leaf
Spun a cocoon and then fell fast asleep
While she was sleeping she dreamed that she could fly
And when she woke up, she was a butterfly!
(we made up hand actions to this)

Butterfly Life Cycle
(Tune: Up on the Housetop)
First comes a butterfly and lays an egg
Out comes a caterpillar with many legs
Oh see the caterpillar spin and spin
A little chrysalis to sleep in!
Oh, oh, oh..wait and see!
Oh, oh, oh...wait and see!
Out of the chrysalis, my oh my!
Out pops a pretty butterfly!

The Life of a Butterfly
(sung to skip to my lou)

I'm a tiny egg under a leaf (sing tree times)
thats the first part of my metamorphosis

I'm a hungry caterpillar eating up leaves(3x)
That's the second part of my metamorphosis

I make a chrysalis and take a nap inside (3x)
that's the third part of my metamorphosis

I wake up and emerge as a butterfly (3x)
That's the fourth part of my metamorphosis!

Caterpillar Song
(Yankee Doodle Dandy tune)
I started as a tiny egg
Upon a leaf of green (picture is torn construction paper for tree,
a leaf
and a tiny egg all from construction paper)
And now I stay upon the leaf (picture is again with caterpillar on
leaf)
So I will not be seen
Soon I'll build a chrysalis (brown construction tree trunk with
limb and then brown oval for chrysalis)
Upon a limb up high
I'll stay a while and then come out
And be a butterfly

(Sung to the tune of "Up on the Housetop")
First comes the butterfly and lays its eggs.
Out comes the caterpillar with its many legs.
Oh see the caterpillar spin and spin,
A little chrysalis to sleep in!
Oh oh oh, look and see,
Oh oh oh, look and see.
Out of the chrysalis, my oh my
Out comes a pretty butterfly!

Science
Collect caterpillars and put them in aquariums with a mesh lid and tree branches inside.

Release caterpillars after observation.