Materials
One clean pizza box, any size, for each child
Yarn or string
Paint and paintbrush
Construction paper or tissue paper and glue
Markers, cotton balls or yarn bits or pieces of material
Pipe cleaners, optional
Hole punch or pointed scissors
Instructions
1. Pre-cut each side of the pizza box using the butterfly patterns shown below, or allow the children to create their own designs.
2. Let the children decorate the top or both sides of the butterfly using paint, glue, paper and other materials. You might suggest that the children decorate the butterflies symmetrically, so that one wing mirrors the other.
3. Punch two holes along the butterfly's "back" and lace string or yarn through the holes, tying the ends tightly together to make a handle on the butterfly's underside. Use pipe cleaners to create antennae.
4. Show the children how to slip their hands into the handles and move their arms to make the butterfly "fly."
