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Paper Butterfly Craft for Kids with a Party Horn Tongue

Paper Butterfly Craft for Kids with a Party Horn Tongue

May 1, 2017 By Katie Chiavarone 2 Comments

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One of my absolute favorite kids’ books is The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle. For this week’s Virtual Book Club for Kids‘ theme of butterflies, we are making a paper butterfly with a tongue that actually extends! Perfect for pretend play and a hands-on approach to learning how butterflies drink nectar.

This paper butterfly craft for kids has a party horn as a realistic tongue for pretend play!

Make a Paper Butterfly with a Realistic Proboscis!

Ever wondered how butterflies eat? They suck nectar or water through their proboscis (a tongue similar to a straw) which they unroll to put into a flower. It’s pretty cool to see, the video below shows some real butterflies eating!

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What you need:

scrapbook paper or construction paper

glue

scissors

tape

party horn

This paper butterfly craft for kids has a party horn as a realistic tongue for pretend play!


What to do:

Cut a butterfly shape out of paper. Cut some circles or semi-circles as well to decorate the wings.

This paper butterfly craft for kids has a party horn as a realistic tongue for pretend play!

 

Glue the decorations onto the paper butterfly and tape a party horn to the center.

 

This paper butterfly craft for kids has a party horn as a realistic tongue for pretend play!

 

That’s it! I showed my kids the video of the butterflies eating, and then they went outside searching for nectar, and ‘drank’ the nectar through their party horn proboscis! And what a fun word to learn! 

This paper butterfly craft for kids has a party horn as a realistic tongue for pretend play!

 

This paper butterfly craft for kids has a party horn as a realistic tongue for pretend play!

Check out the video below to see the entire process of how we made and played with our paper butterfly.

 


 


See more butterfly activities from the Virtual Book Club for Kids:

Butterfly Food Challenge – Preschool Powol Packets

How to Start a Butterfly Garden – Inspiration Laboratories

Easy Sparkly Spin Art Butterflies- Toddler Approved

Caterpillar to Butterfly Science Activity with Balloons- The Educators’ Spin On It

Pom Pom Caterpillar to Colorful Butterfly Craft – Artsy Momma

Caterpillar to Butterfly Craft – Mama Smiles

Exploring Shapes on Mats with a Butterfly Theme -JDaniel4’s Mom

 


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