DLTK's Crafts for Kids
Paper Chain Butterfly

This is a fun, simple craft for all ages.  It's also a good project for practicing making patterns.

Materials

• 2 pieces of white paper or construction paper
• paint in various colors
   
• construction paper (2 or 3 colors)
• scissors
• scotch tape or glue
• wiggly eyes (optional)
• black marker
   

Instructions:

• Set one piece of white paper out on the table.
   
• Squeeze splotches of different paint colors onto the white paper in a few different spots
   

• Place the second sheet of white paper over top of the first so all the edges line up
   
• Smoosh your hands over the paper to spread out the paint that's sandwiched between the pieces.  You might want a piece of newspaper underneath in case any paint oozes out the sides
   
• Peel the pieces of paper apart and set aside to dry (you should have two pieces that are mirror images of each other
   

• Once the paint is dry, put them back together face to face (paint side to paint side) again.
   
• Cut a rough wing shape out of the pages.
   
• Take them apart again and tape the pages together so you have wings for your butterfly
   
• You can paint around the outside edge of the wings with glitter glue or one of the paint colors you used for the wings.