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This activity illustrates how a chrysalis becomes a butterfly!

What You’ll Need

toilet paper tube
green construction paper
watercolor paper or plain paper
scissors
paints and paintbrush
paper punch
pipe cleaner

Instructions

1. Decorate the green construction paper, then cut it to size and wrap around the toilet paper tube.

2. Cut out a butterfly shape from watercolor or plain paper. Make sure the butterfly is only as tall as the toilet paper tube. Paint your desired design on the butterfly's wings, you can also add any other decorations you wish such as beads or sequins.

3. Punch a hole in the top center of the butterfly shape. Tie a pipe cleaner through the hole, pulling the ends upwards for antennae. Curl the ends under.

4. Roll up the butterfly. Place it inside the toilet paper tube so that the antennae are sticking out. Make the butterfly emerge from its chrysalis by pulling up on the antennae.

Children will love learning about how butterflies emerge with this activity! Let them pretend the butterfly is eating the paper and toilet paper tube to get out, let them show the butterfly struggling to get out and then finally be able to reveal his wings.

Submitted by Leximom