A few weeks ago we were reading The Very Hungry Caterpillar and made a caterpillar from bottle tops. He’s been sitting in a jar ever since and my 4 year old keeps looking at the jar and telling me how disappointed he is that the caterpillar hasn’t changed into a butterfly.
I thought we would make a colourful butterfly and hopefully make my son happy.
You will need:
cardboard tube
bubble wrap
double sided sticky tape
paint and paint brush
tray or large lid
paper
I covered the cardboard tube with a layer of bubble wrap which was held in place with double sided sticky tape.
My son chose a couple of tubes of paint which he squirted in lines on the inside of a lid (this was to contain the paint more than anything).
Then he carefully rolled our bubble wrap tube in the paint and rolled it onto the paper. He did this a couple of times.
When the paint had dried I drew a butterfly shape on the paper and cut it out , then we taped pipecleaners on for feelers. Thankfully my son loves the new butterfly and his very colourful wings.
I think he may have enjoyed printing with bubble wrap too so look out for lots more paintings!
I’m so happy I’ve been shortlisted for a BiB in the Crafts category again and would really appreciate your vote here!
25 Comments
Bek
May 13, 2014 at 5:18 pmOh my goodness-what a fantastic idea! I love it! I can see myself reading The Very Hungry Caterpillar at story time tonight and doing this craft with my daughter tomorrow. Brilliant! 🙂
Jen aka The Mad House
May 13, 2014 at 5:21 pmThat is beautiful and I love the idea of taping the bubble wrap to the rolling pin
Polly
May 13, 2014 at 6:37 pmlooks fantastic! We love using bubble wrap and paint 🙂
Cass@frugalfamily
May 13, 2014 at 7:32 pmI love this – your butterfly is beautiful x x
mellissa williams
May 13, 2014 at 7:39 pmI love this book, it’s fabulous for little ones. Great colourful craft activity!
VaiChin @RamblingThroughParenthood
May 13, 2014 at 8:13 pmThis is such a wonderful idea and a great way to upcycle bubble wrap. Pinned!
You Baby Me Mummy
May 13, 2014 at 8:50 pmThis is a brilliant idea! So cute, thanks for sharing x
Sara-Jayne
May 13, 2014 at 9:07 pmWe always seem to have bubble wrap in the house…what a great project! I’m going to try this (outside) tomorrow, I’m sure the boys will love it!
Kate Thompson
May 13, 2014 at 9:31 pmWhat a brilliant idea! This looks really effective. I love that book 🙂
Pinkoddy
May 13, 2014 at 10:04 pmWhat a great idea. I always remember learning about symmetry painting a butterfly as a kid.
Foz
May 13, 2014 at 10:43 pmOh wow what a great idea to use bubblewrap! Have plenty in the house so may try this! Girls would love it.
Kirsty Hijacked By Twins
May 13, 2014 at 10:47 pmWhat a great idea, the butterfly looks lovely x
Foz
May 13, 2014 at 10:51 pmWhat a great idea to use bubblewrap! We have plenty in the house, may try this as the girls would love it!
Debbie
May 13, 2014 at 11:57 pmThis is fab! The boys have been making cress caterpillars at nursery so this would definitely float their boats!
Vicky (@aroundandupsidedown)
May 14, 2014 at 2:11 amWhat a fantastic way to use bubble wrap to make cool colours and textures for your beautiful butterfly. Way to think outside the box 🙂
40 Year Old Domestic Goddess
May 14, 2014 at 10:22 amWhat a beautiful idea, am sharing this with a friend of mine who runs a local playschool xx
wendy
May 14, 2014 at 3:22 pmwhat a brilliant idea. My daughter loves butterflies
agatapokutycka
May 14, 2014 at 6:07 pmI like the idea of painting with a bubble wrap. It sounds different.
Kara
May 14, 2014 at 8:18 pmLove making butterflies and the affect on these is really pretty
Keri-Anne
May 15, 2014 at 7:43 pmi LOVE this idea. My girls love that story. It will always stick with me as my eldest used to call it “the hunty hatter hatter”! x
Fritha Strickland
May 15, 2014 at 8:38 pmso cute! Wilf would love to try this! x
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