This year we've been making a spring project book which includes spring stories, gardening, weather and nature study, as well as other spring projects.
One of our favourite spring books is The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle and we decided to do a project based on the book.
We played games,
we made a butterfly collage using Roses chocolate wrappers,
we used a page from an old copy of the book to make a clothes peg butterfly, inspired by Smiling like Sunshine,
and we cut up the rest of the old book to make more homemade bunting for the play house.
We've also been watching videos and reading about caterpillars and butterflies,
Usborne First Book of Nature by Rosamund Kidman Cox, Barbara Cork and Ruth Thomson
Lifecycle of the Holly Blue butterfly on the cemetery noticeboard
and we found a fun caterpillar, cocoon and butterfly game on Boowa & Kwala.
Official Eric Carle Web Site
Caterpillar and Butterfly links from the Spring Carnival:
Caterpillar to Butterfly Craft at Mama Smiles
Bursting the cocoon! Caterpillar Fun at Science Sparks
Bright butterfly window decorations at Sun Hats & Wellie Boots
Butterfly Foot Prints at We-Made-That.com
Handprint Butterflies at LLM Calling
Clothespin Butterfly at Smiling like Sunshine
Stained Glass Butterflies at Mama of Many Blessings
Lots of Butterfly Work at Mama of Many Blessings
Butterflies and Books at Doodles and Jots
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what a great bunch of resources. wow. great crafty goodness as well!
ReplyDeleteI love the bunting! What a great idea!
ReplyDeleteGreat projects! Thanks for sharing with Look What We Did.
ReplyDeleteVery cute! Love the bunting idea!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the mention! This is a great resources!!!
ReplyDeleteGreat ideas, I love the idea of using old favourite books to make bunting. We might make some Gruffalo bunting!
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What a fun bunch of projects, I love the idea of making a bunting out of an old book, what a fun idea!
ReplyDeleteI love that book it's one of my favourites - and you have really brought it to life.
ReplyDeleteOh my goodness this is awesome!
ReplyDeleteWe would LOVE for you to stop over and link these up in our Crafty Saturday Showcase. It is just our 2nd week. Your blog is cute and we can't wait to look around some more! I love the name of your blog!
Thank you!
Susie @Bowdabra
http://bowdabrablog.com/2012/05/12/saturday-showcase-craft-projects/
Great ideas! I love the bunting made from the book pages! Thanks for linking up with Weekly Kid's Co-Op and sharing your ideas!
ReplyDeleteThat is a lovely set of ideas! Did you see our hungry caterpillars on science sparks? Great fun and thanks you for sharing on family frolics!
ReplyDeleteOoh how wonderful. We just completed a butterfly craft too - after having watched our caterpillars turn into butterflies. But your post is really fabulous and so comprehensive (much more so than mine!!! only going up in 3 weeks - so don't go looking for it yet ;-))
ReplyDeleteThank you for sharing on Kids Get Crafty!
Maggy & Alissa
Wow what great resources, I absolutely love the butterflies made with chocolate wrappers they are so colorful!! Thanks so much for sharing our Butterfly work and our Stained Glass Butterflies! Hopping you have a wonderful week!!
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Mama Of Many Blessings
I love the idea of using an old book to make butterflies from. That is such a clever idea!
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing on Science Sparks