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Nikhil & Jay: Make your own butterfly

Have fun creating and decorating your own butterfly and , the more colourful the better!

You will need
  • Cardboard tube
  • Paint
  • Glue
  • Coloured paper
  • Pen
  • Scissors (grown-up use only)
  • Coloured pens or pencils
  • Pipe cleaner
  • Sticky tape

Step by step guide:

  • Paint a cardboard tube in a colour of your choice. 

  • You could add some eyes by cutting out two circles on a piece of white paper and colouring in black circles and then stick them onto the cardboard tube - this will bring the butterfly alive!

  • Fold a piece of coloured paper in half and draw two semi circles - one bigger than the other.

  • Ask a grown-up to cut around the two semi circles.

  • Once you've got the shape of the wings, you can decorate them with coloured pens or pencils, or any other craft supplies that you have at home!

  • Put some glue along the middle of the butterfly and press the cardboard down to make it stick together.

  • Lastly, fold a pipe cleaner in half and curl the ends into the shape you'd like your antennae to be, and use a sticky tape to secure it onto the back of the cardboard tube. 

And there you have it, your own butterfly!

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