Butterfly Shape Book

Supplies Used: Adhesive, Construction paper, Copy or lined paper, Marker or pen, Stapler

The teacher will die-cut the materials for student use prior to the lesson.

1. To create shape books, some die shapes work better to fold the paper and cut at the top, and other die shapes work better to fold and cut on the side. The Butterfly works better with the fold at the top.
2. Align pink construction paper and two pieces of white construction or copy paper or lined paper; fold them all in half together.
3. Slide the folded papers up to just below the top of the Butterfly wings, leaving the blade exposed, and cut.
4. Open the Butterflies, and align the pages together. Staple on the exposed fold lines to create the shape book.
5. Die-cut a Butterfly from red construction paper. Cut the red Butterfly into three pieces horizontally.
6. Attach the top of the red Butterfly to the top of the pink Butterfly shape book to cover the folded edge of the wings.
7. Attach the bottom of the red Butterfly to the bottom of the pink Butterfly, and add the shape book name with a marker or pen (Main Photo).