Perfect Butterfly Life Cycle Activity With Pasta
And yes it really does involve pasta believe it or not.
Butterfly life cycle activity with pasta. The tiny shells are the butterfly eggs the rotini represents caterpillars the regular shells are chrysalises and the bowtie pasta represents butterflies. Set the plates aside so the glue can dry completely. Its a cute activity that really gives the children an understanding of how a caterpillar changes into a butterfly.
Its a simple art activity that highlights creativity and shows how simple it can be to create fun craft projects right at home. This post was originally published on March 12 2015 and has since been updated. The kids find it pretty adorable that the pasta really does look like a butterfly as do I.
If you have all of the pieces together in one bin have the kids sort them. Weve actually done this fun pasta craft a lot of times in our house. Egg - Small Shell or BeansCaterpillar - RotiniChrysalis - Large Shell Butterfly - Bow Ti.
In this fun spring craft for kids children will illustrate the butterfly life cycle right onto a paper plateThis post also contains a free printable template to help get you startedThis post contains affiliate links Follow our Spring Crafts and Learning Pinterest board. In the center of the paper plate write the title The Life Cycle of a Butterfly in marker. Spirals orzo small shells and bowtie.
The leaf should be large enough to hold several pieces of orzo. You can use plain non-colored pasta to complete this activity as well This is how our finished project turned out. Your noodles represent the different stages in the caterpillar life cycle.
This is our colored pasta we use 4 different kids to represent the egg caterpillar chrysalis and butterfly and its super easy to dye. Butterfly Life Cycle Sensory Bin from View From a Step Stool Explore the butterfly life cycle with this sensory bin made with colored pasta. Glue illustrations of the 4 stages of a butterfly on the left side of a paper and then the corresponding pasta pieces directly next to them.