- Gather your materials. You will need 2 large leaves with stems, some cardboard, markers, tape, glue and googly eyes.
- Start by drawing a butterfly body on the cardboard.
- Have your child color it – red was the only color he wanted to use today.
- While they are coloring snip the stems off the leaves, don’t loose the stems they will be made into antenna in a bit.
- Cut the body out.
- Tape the antenna on underside of the head.
- Tape the leaves on as wings. Tape works way way better than glue since the leaves can still have some moisture , they can take forever to dry sometimes.
- Glue the googly eyes on add a smile!
Books
“Lucky Leaf” by Kevin O’Malley is a funny book about a boy kicked outside and off his video game by a parent and his quest for a lucky leaf. He waits and waits for the last leaf from a tree to fall, even after his friends give up and go home. The story is cute and my son thought it was funny. I liked the comic book format of the illustrations and the little boy’s dog has some pretty funny facial expressions throughout.
“Autumn : An Alphabet Acrostic” by Steven Schnur is a lovely book that is also a wonderful introduction into this form of poetry for young children. Each page has a poem about the season, from Acorns, to Owls to Pumpkins. Each letter of the words are a jumping off point for a sentence in the poem. The beauty of this book is that it reads well traditionally as well as individual poems which really makes it two books in one.
looks beautiful!
Love this, Love Fall!!! I blogged about you today. I seriously cannot thank you enough for all of these ideas. I always need ideas to keep my twin toddlers occupied and your blog is the first place I check!!! Thanks again!
Becky
This is really cute!!
Love this one!
Too cute!
what a cute butterfly!
What a great (adorable) idea!
Great idea! I can't wait for the leaves to start falling around here!
Is it fall already? I still want to hit the beach! But I love this idea. B loves butterflies, so when the leaves start falling – and we have some huge leaves, she will adore this. Thanks again for all your creative work.
oooh i love this! makes me want to bake a pumpkin pie. 🙂 i'm ready for fall and leaf crafts like this one. good job!
very cute!
Valerie would LOVE this one!!! Thanks Allie 🙂
is it really fall already!!! We'll be doing this in a few weeks when we revisit letter B!!
This is great! So simple too. Thaks.
Kaylee will absolutely love this idea. She’s really into leaves and butterflies right now. I think I’ll have to share this with daycare for a simple craft too!