Creating a butterfly life cycle picture

We’ve been learning about the life cycle of various insects recently as part of our #30DaysWild activities. The butterfly life cycle is always a favourite one for children to learn about. The transformation from caterpillar to butterfly is quite fascinating, especially when viewed through a little one’s eyes. Our latest craft box for our #BostikBlogger crafts was perfect for creating a picture to help teach the children about the different stages of the butterfly life cycle.

You will need:

A piece of card or paper
Scissors
Pipe cleaners in green, red and brown
Sequins, or small buttons
Leaf shapes
Butterfly stickers
Glue (we used a Bostik Fine and Wide Glu pen and Bostik White Glu)
A marker pen

Stage 1: Eggs

Stick a leaf shape to the top left hand corner of the piece of card/paper. Glue sequins or small buttons to the leaf to make the eggs.

Stage 2: Caterpillars

Stick some more leaf shapes to the top right hand side of the piece of card/paper. Cut small piece of green or red pipe cleaner for the caterpillars. You can leave the pipe cleaner plain (especially if it’s a thick fuzzy piece of pipe cleaner) or thread sequins along the pipe cleaner. This is good for encouraging fine motor skills. Glue the caterpillars to the leaves.

Stage 3: Chrysalis

Stick another leaf shape to the bottom right hand side of the piece of card/paper. Cut a brown pipe cleaner in half. Fold in half once and then in half again and then twist the pipe cleaner to make the chrysalis. Glue to the leaf.