Not An Ordinary Family: The Caterpillar to Butterfly Transformation

While learning about critters, bugs, & insects this week I came across a fun activity to teach kids about the caterpillar to butterfly transformation. It was super easy & a fun way to explain how they change so I had to do it. On day #1, the crazies made caterpillars using a clothespin & pom-pom balls. On day #2, their caterpillars went into a quiet place (a toilet paper roll) & built a cocoon. We wrapped the toilet paper roll with brown tissue paper & they sealed it together by painting the paper with some watered-down glue. On day #3, the crazies colored coffee filters with markers & then wet them to spread the colors out. These created their wings. They cut open the cocoons (with supervision, of course!) & the caterpillars turned into butterflies as they clasped the wings into the clothespin. They thought it was fun & walked away understanding the process a little bit better.

Building caterpillars