{"id":1440,"date":"2009-10-22T08:12:16","date_gmt":"2009-10-22T15:12:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.makeplaydough.com\/blog\/1440\/butterfly-flier\/"},"modified":"2009-10-22T08:12:16","modified_gmt":"2009-10-22T15:12:16","slug":"butterfly-flier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.surfnetkids.com\/early\/1440\/butterfly-flier","title":{"rendered":"Butterfly Flier"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here are some rather simple, but fun, butterfly crafts that you can do by yourself or with children.<\/p>\n<p>\t<strong>Butterfly Flier <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\t<u>Materials<\/u><\/p>\n<p>\tTP Roll &#8211; if you cover it in tinfoil instead of painting it, the butterfly will fly faster<br \/>\t6 to 8 feet of wool, the smaller the kids the shorter you should make it. But you can always adjust it later if you need too<br \/>\tYou can also use fishing line, which makes the butterfly faster than wool<br \/>\tPrinter<br \/>\tGlue<br \/>\tScissors<br \/>\tSomething to color with &#8211; using paints allows it to go quicker because of how many pieces there are to color<br \/>\tPoster board or cardboard &#8211; Jumbo size cereal boxes work great<br \/>\t5 pieces of paper<\/p>\n<p>\t<u>Instructions<\/u><\/p>\n<ul>\t<\/p>\n<li>\tPrint out the template from http:\/\/www.dltk-kids.com\/CRAFTS\/insects\/butterfly_flier.htm<\/li>\n<p>\t<\/p>\n<li> You can print one or two copies of the template depending on if you want a one sided or two sided butterfly. Just keep in mind that the two sided butterfly will take twice as long to do.<\/li>\n<p>\t<\/p>\n<li>\tColor or paint the template pieces where it is needed<\/li>\n<p>\t<\/p>\n<li>\tAfter the pieces have dried cut out all of the pieces<\/li>\n<p>\t<\/p>\n<li>\tGlue the rectangular piece around the toilet paper tube<\/li>\n<p>\t<\/p>\n<li>\tGlue the toilet paper tube to the butterfly&#8217;s body. Add some tape to reinforce it.<\/li>\n<p>\t<\/p>\n<li>\tAssemble and glue one of the butterfly&#8217;s wings, then attach it to the body<\/li>\n<p>\t<\/p>\n<li>\tPut your one wing butterfly on your cardboard and trace around it. This doesn&#8217;t have to be exact.<\/li>\n<p>\t<\/p>\n<li>\tCut out the cardboard<\/li>\n<p>\t<\/p>\n<li>\tPlace the cardboard cutout on another piece of cardboard and trace a second piece. What this does is helps your wings to be symmetrical<\/li>\n<p>\t<\/p>\n<li>\tGlue one piece of cardboard to your one winged butterfly<\/li>\n<p>\t<\/p>\n<li>\tGlue the second wing template pieces to the other piece of cardboard<\/li>\n<p>\t<\/p>\n<li>\tGlue the second wing onto the butterfly<\/li>\n<p>\t<\/p>\n<li>\tTape down the seam of the cardboard for extra support<\/li>\n<p>\t<\/p>\n<li>\tIf you are doing a two sided butterfly glue your second set of template pieces to the back of the cardboard<\/li>\n<p>\t<\/p>\n<li>\tOnce everything has dried trim any bits of cardboard that is showing<\/li>\n<p>\t<\/p>\n<li>\tFold the wool in half and tie it so that you have a big loop<\/li>\n<p>\t<\/p>\n<li>\tPut the loop through the toilet paper roll<\/li>\n<p>\t<\/p>\n<li>\tOne player needs to hold each end of the loop. Person A should hold hands together while Person B stretches their arms wide apart. This is what causes the butterfly to move to one end from the other. Take turns doing this to make the butterfly move.<\/li>\n<p>\t<\/p>\n<li><\/li>\n<p><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here are some rather simple, but fun, butterfly crafts that you can do by yourself or with children. Butterfly Flier Materials TP Roll &#8211; if you cover it in tinfoil instead of painting it, the butterfly will fly faster 6 &#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.surfnetkids.com\/early\/1440\/butterfly-flier\">[Continue]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1584],"tags":[3485,3494,3495,3496,3497,3489,3498,3499],"class_list":{"0":"post-1440","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-nature-crafts","7":"tag-butterfly-crafts","8":"tag-butterfly-crafts-for-all-ages","9":"tag-butterfly-crafts-that-you-can-make","10":"tag-easy-butterfly-crafts","11":"tag-good-butterfly-craft-ideas","12":"tag-ideas-for-butterfly-crafts","13":"tag-simple-butterfly-crafts","14":"tag-types-of-butterfly-crafts","15":"entry"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Butterfly Flier &#187; Early Childhood Education \u00bb Surfnetkids<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Here are some rather simple, but fun, butterfly crafts that you can do by yourself or with children. 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