Butterfly Symmetry- Toddler Art Project

This lesson was just a fun lesson that we made after visiting Butterfly Live at Lewis Ginter.  I had left over butterfly shapes from our butterfly playdate art project Decorate a Butterfly that I had been wanting to find a good use for.

AGES: 2-3+ YEAR-OLDS

MATERIALS:

• Tag Board cut into the shape of a Butterfly (Before cutting out the butterfly, the tag board was 12 x 18)
• Washable Tempera in two primary colors
• A couple of paint brushes. I used brushes from Darice 20-Piece Kids Brush Set

DIRECTIONS FOR ADULT:

1. Cut out butterfly shape. (Adaption for older children: Have them trace a butterfly template, and then cut it out themselves)
2. Fold Butterfly so that only on side can be painted.
3. Once child is fished painting one side of the butterfly, fold so paint is on the inside, rub, and then open.  (Older children can do this step.)

DIRECTIONS FOR CHILD:

1. Paint!

SKILLS:

• Painting
• Coloring mixing

VOCABULARY:

• Coloring mixing: red + yellow= orange; blue + yellow= green; red + blue= purple
• Symmetry/Symetrical

IMAGES OF THE PROCESS

Adding the Paint Folding the Paper Finished Project

EXTEND LEARNING

Read Waiting for Wings