Grownups probably remember making this cute little fellow when they were little.  It is made from two capital letter B's (one a mirror image) with a body in the middle.  It's a good project to do as part of a letter recognition exercise!

You can use the same idea to make a caterpillar with a C, a snake with an S and a worm with a W.

Materials:

• something to color with,
• scissors,
• glue,
• printer and paper
• Optional:  letter B items to decorate the wings -- my favorite is Bingo Daubers you can add dots with -- you can call the dots "bubbles" or "blops" to further reinforce the "b" message.

Instructions:

• Print out the template of choice -- you can print the B&W version on colored paper instead of using the color version if you wish to save ink.
• Color the template pieces (if using the B&W version).
• Cut out the template pieces (young children may need help with this step but these pieces are fairly easy for beginner scissor users to cut out).
• Arrange the B's side by side as wings -- one should be a mirror image of the other.
• Assemble the butterfly:
  • Glue the circle (head) to the smaller body oval
  • Add the larger body oval to the bottom to complete the body
  • Glue the antennas onto the head
  • Glue the wings onto either side of the body
• Optional:  Decorate the wings with Buttons or Bingo daubers.

Templates:

• Close the template window after printing to return to this screen.
• Set page margins to zero if you have trouble fitting the template on one page (FILE, PAGE SETUP or FILE, PRINTER SETUP in most browsers).

Template 1 (letter B)    color  or   B&W

Template 2 (mirror B)   color  or   B&W

Template 3 (body)       color  or   B&W

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