Kids Corner: Keeping It Spring 24/7 With This Activity
As the saying goes, Spring Showers Bring May Flowers, and we are in full bloom this spring! Do you know what that means! Beautiful butterflies all around in the month of June. Here is a fun activity to have your own personal butterfly in your home.
Stained glass butterfly
Craft Materials:
Elmer’s Craft Bond Tacky Glue
Gold Metallic Sharpie
1 sheet of black card stock
1 sheet of wax or parchment paper
Paint brush
Small cup
Water
Colorful tissue paper cut into small rectangles
Directions:
Step 1. To create your butterfly pattern for tracing, take your construction paper and fold it in half. Draw one half of your butterfly.
Step 2. Cut the butterfly out and unfold your paper to reveal the pattern.
Step 3. Trace your butterfly pattern onto your black card stock.
Step 4. Cut out your butterfly. If you are making multiple butterflies, you can pile up the paper and cut them all at once.
Step 5. Draw the inside of your butterfly. This will show you where to cut to create the holes in the butterfly where you stain glass will go.
Step 6. Cut your sheet of wax or parchment paper. Make sure it is large enough to fit your butterfly. This will be the inside “glass” of the butterfly.
Step 7. Using your pattern once again, trace your butterfly onto the wax or parchment paper.
Step 8. Cut out your butterfly from the paper. Again, if you are making multiple butterflies, you can pile up the paper and cut them all at once.
Step 9. In a small cup, mix about a teaspoon of Elmer’s CraftBond Tacky Glue with about a 1/4 teaspoon of water.
Step 10. With a small paint brush, apply a bit of glue to your waxed or parchment paper. Attach a tissue paper rectangle to each spot of glue. Cover the entire butterfly. You can overlap some pieces too, this will create fun blended colors when the sun shines through your butterfly. Use a little bit more of your glue mixture to wet the edges of each piece so that each piece lays down flat. Don’t worry about the appearance of glue here, it will dry later.
Step 11. Once all of the glue mixture has dried, glue the black butterfly outline on top of your butterfly.
