Butterfly & Plant Lifecycle eBook craft activities - Silkysteps - Early learning resources and childcare activities for Preschool, home and Children's early years play

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Butterflies & Caterpillars ~ Seeds to Blooms ...

This eBook is an invaluable resource for demonstrating how two lifecycles progress.

With novel crafting projects that give the children a hands crafting experience that they'll remember ... !

Take a look inside and discover the magic of change....


The Butterfly Leaves Craft - Forage with your children in advance of this craft and find leaves and natural resources that are then used to create a habitat collage for butterflies. Activity Sheet - Which leaf?
Eggs Craft - Pop up puppet craft that uses green collage materials and rice. Activity Sheet - Eggs on a leaf.
Caterpillar Craft - Using a caterpillar template and block stampers wound with wool, Children are inspired to create patterns and designs with coloured paints. Activity Sheet - Dotty caterpillar
Chrysalis Craft - This craft looks at how the caterpillar turns ‘IN’ to a chrysalis and how a butterfly comes ‘OUT ’with templates and collage materials. Story telling the sequence would bring this craft to life. Activity Sheet - Wrap the cocoon.
Butterfly Craft - Assembling the butterfly parts to make a model and then paint and glue the decorations to it. Activity Sheet - Butterfly shapes
The Plant Seed Craft - Plant a seed in a pot, colour in the pot surround and add the growing stick. Activity Sheet - Lifecycle sequencing.
Thirsty Plants Craft - Painting with watering can stampers! A highly original idea that clearly shows how plants need water to survive. Activity Sheet - What is needed to grow?
Worm's germinating seeds Craft - This craft results in a model toy that the children can play with and demonstrate how the root and stem both develop. Activity Sheet - Roots & Leaves.
Seedling Leaves Craft - Designing and scissor control to make leaves for a growing plant. Activity Sheet - Grow seedlings.
Flower Craft - Using the template and bee paint stamper game play is used to show how a bee is attracted to the centre of a flower. Activity Sheet - up and up.