Our 3D flowers are complete, so now it's time to create butterflies to visit our gardens.
These butterflies are painted on heavy black paper using liquid temperas.
This was a great lesson in symmetry!
We folded the paper in half and cut out one side of the butterfly. Then we painted one wing of the butterfly with very thick wet tempera paint, folded the other wing over the paint, and pressed all over.
We opened them up for a mirror image on the other wing. We repeated this process once or twice again, then proceeded to add final details to the opened butterfly until it was complete.
After they were dry, we stapled them closed in the center, folded the wings outward, and inserted pipe cleaner antennae.
As in the past, our younger artists made giant butterflies!
It's fun to put on the sticker dots, and the wings can flap when you run around; did you know that?
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