Objective
By the end of this lesson, you will create beautiful butterfly sun catchers to decorate your home!
Materials and Prep
- Colorful tissue paper
- Clear contact paper
- Scissors
- Marker
No special preparation needed, just make sure to have a clean workspace.
Activities
- Butterfly Design: Use the marker to draw a butterfly outline on the contact paper.
- Tissue Paper Fun: Cut small pieces of colorful tissue paper and stick them inside the butterfly outline.
- Seal the Beauty: Cover the butterfly with another sheet of contact paper to seal the tissue paper pieces inside.
- Hang It Up: Cut out the butterfly shape and hang it on a window to catch the sunlight!
Talking Points
- “Butterflies are beautiful insects with colorful wings that help them fly.”
- “Tissue paper is like painting with paper, we can make our butterfly colorful with it.”
- “Contact paper will keep our tissue paper in place and make our butterfly sun catcher strong.”
- “When we hang our butterfly sun catcher on the window, the sunlight will make it sparkle and shine!”