Thursday, June 11, 2009

Making Butterfly Prints

The idea for this activity came from A Bit of This and That.

To make the butterfly prints, O squeezed paint on the paper, folded it in half, smooshed it, and opened it to see the butterfly. O LOVED this activity! I loved hearing her explain exactly how she did it to Elliott when he got home from work :)




Here is her favorite butterfly.




We used double sided tape to attach it to a toilet paper roll to make a butterfly that could fly around the room :)


 

3 comments:

  1. O made a great butterfly. We did something similar by applying the paint with a popsicle stick and a spoon to make aliens, but I think my 3-year-old would love squeezing the paint...

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  2. I love how bright your paint is even after it dries. What kind of paint (brand and type) is that? The one I have dries very dull.

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  3. The tempera paint we have dries dull and chalky, too. The shiny paint that you see in the picture is Apple Barrel Gloss Acrylic Paint. It's my craft paint, but I let her use it occasionally. I don't think it's washable, so we don't use it very often.

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