Letter B Butterfly Craft
Animal and insect crafts are an excellent way to help children learn the letters and sounds of the alphabet. If you are working with your child or are a teacher with a class of young children and you’re teaching them about the letter B, a butterfly craft can drive the lesson home and help children remember what the letter B looks like.
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The Letter B
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Draw the letter B on a chalk board or dry erase board for the children. Have them recite “B” and the sound that it makes with you at least five times. Ask the children what animals or insects start with the letter B. Show them pictures of butterflies, bees, birds and other animals that start with B to help them think of B words. After reviewing the letter and the sound it makes, give each child a sheet with the entire alphabet on it. Ask them to circle the letter B. Then, move into your butterfly craft.
Butterflies
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Talk a little about butterflies with the children before they make their craft. Show children pictures of butterflies and talk about how they are amazing insects that transform from caterpillars into beautiful winged insects that come in many colors and sizes. Discuss how butterflies help plants and trees grow by spreading pollen from the flowers and plants around the world. Mention that they are found everywhere around the world. Consider reading the classic children’s book, “The Very Hungry Caterpillar” by Eric Carle.
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Butterfly Craft Materials
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Gather paper, scissors, glue, pipe cleaners and crayons. Draw two large block-style uppercase letter B's onto a piece of paper. Draw a butterfly body onto a piece of construction or thick card stock paper with a simple circle for a head and two long ovals beneath it for the body. Make a photocopy of each page for the children in your class.
Butterfly Craft Instructions
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Give each child a paper with two letter B's on it and a paper with the butterfly body on it. Help them cut out the B's and the butterfly body shape with a pair of scissors. Give the children crayons to color the butterfly body and B's with. Give each child two googly eyes to glue to the butterfly’s head. Turn the B's upside down and tell the children to glue the letters to either side of the butterfly body to form its wings. Glue two pipe cleaner pieces to the butterfly’s head to create its antennas. Punch a hole in the top center of the head. Thread a piece of string or yarn through the hole, even up the string and tie a knot in the ends to finish the craft. Encourage children to wear the butterflies around their necks as necklaces or to hang the craft on the wall or from a key hook or ceiling panel at home.
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