The metamorphosis of caterpillar to butterfly is a symbol of rebirth for the age groups,
eternal life and its lessons from newborns through Christ, the Bible makes it ideal Easy Kids Bible Story Crafts for Sunday School, homeschoolers or other groups looking for kids crafts or other Bible. The craft could accompany a classic story as the wonderful picture book The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle (this book also has beautiful pictures, collagescan inspire other projects).
In this amazing book, the caterpillar eats all kinds of food, including a cherry pie, you may also want a quick non-fiction picture book to read to children. After all, in real life caterpillars are very picky about what they eat.
Then you can grow a comparison with the leaves of the plant the right kind of caterpillar, it feeds a butterfly that can become, as Jesus 'teachings' of our mind so we can be regenerated inKingdom of Heaven. There are many similarities between the beautiful humble caterpillar becomes a beautiful creature is in flight.
Below is a butterfly crafts and tips on growing butterfly gardens.
Stocks
Or wooden spring type clothes-pin
O Green Bommel (4 medium)
White school glue or
O Pipe cleaners
or white paper
structure or butterfly wings
or pencils, chalk or paint
TeacherPrep
Most children need a butterfly wings for their submission. You can create a drawing of a pair of wings on a piece of paper and photocopies of each child.
Instructions:
Before Glue Bommel on one side of the clip.
Form-second antenna with a piece of pipe cleaner
Twist-third antennas by the end of the clip that does not include
Fourth Set aside to dry.
Fifth Color or paint the butterfly wings.
Sixth CutWing.
Seventh Transforming caterpillar into butterfly wings cutting the clip!
Butterfly Gardens
Kids love watching the butterflies, and if you create a butterfly garden, they also have the opportunity to observe the caterpillars and cocoons.
To cultivate a butterfly garden, you have to offer nectar plants, places for butterflies to lay their eggs on the plants grow food for the caterpillars (larvae) and places for them arePupae (cocoons).
Here are some tips for designing your butterfly garden:
First Grow nectar-producing plants in sunny areas such as adult butterflies feed only rarely in the shade.
According to many butterflies and caterpillars are picky eaters. Consult a regional field guide to discover which species of butterflies, the plants prefer.
Third plant dense clusters of small flowers such as zinnias, Gentian, verbena, mint, and large families are deprived of many butterfly plantsSpecies.
Fourth Do not use insecticides or pesticides.
Fifth Plan your garden so that grouped together as the flowers are the plant and also in black and white, large splashes of color. This makes it easier for butterflies to see and capture the scent of flowers.
Sixth Choose plants with tubular flowers or flowers to flat, better tracks and places of power. Choose simple, single flowers rather than doubles (with non-SIPPetals).
Seventh Since butterflies are from early spring until late autumn vegetable active accordingly, and include annual and perennial.
Include eighth in the butterfly garden plants that provide food for caterpillars and butterflies are attractive to women looking for places to lay their eggs.
Keep ninth favorite "watering holes" wetlands and / or shallow pools.
Containing the 10th, in many places in your butterfly garden, for elephant. Since butterflies can not fly if their bodyTemperatures below 70 F, often under the sun on the rocks to sunbathe naked soil or vegetation.
11 Last but not least, you create your butterfly garden in a way that makes it easy for you and the children enjoy, perhaps a bench swing in the garden, or bring your garden to plant next to her from a bridge or pond.
