Butterfly Mobile

Supplies Used: Adhesive, Construction paper, Crayons, markers or pens, Hole punches, Poster board, Ribbon, Scissors, Stickers, Thread

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

1. Die-cut Butterflies in pairs using several colors of construction paper.
2. Using different sizes of hole punches, punch holes in some of the Butterflies. They will look like polka dots when placed over a solid colored Butterfly.
3. Students can use crayons, markers or pens to decorate their Butterflies.
4. Cover the back side of a Butterfly with adhesive.
5. Cut a length of thread and place down the center of the body of the Butterfly on top of the adhesive.
6. Align and adhere the second Butterfly over the thread on the first Butterfly, creating a sandwich and resulting in a hanging Butterfly (Main Photo).
7. Die-cut the Spiral using poster board. Punch a hole in the center of the Spiral for hanging.
8. Cut a length of ribbon, and knot the two ends together.
9. Poke the unknotted end of the ribbon through the hole in the Spiral. The knot holds the ribbon in the Spiral.
10. Punch holes along the coil of the Spiral.
11. Poke the thread of the decorated hanging Butterflies through each hole, and hold in place by securing the thread with a small sticker (Main Photo).