Cork butterfly in a garden. Crafts for children

Original children's craft of a colorful butterfly in a garden to decorate a table or a shelf. This butterfly can be made with recycling material like a bottle and paper cork and then used as a gift or to decorate your children's room in a fun way. This children's craft will help children to develop

Original children's craft of a colorful butterfly in a garden to decorate a table or a shelf. This butterfly can be made with recycling material like a bottle and paper cork and then used as a gift or to decorate your children's room in a fun way.

This children's craft will help children todevelop creativityand imagination as they learn to appreciate the importance of recycling and caring for the environment.

Materials

  • A cork stopper
  • Paint
  • Gel type glue
  • Scissors
  • Colored paper sheets
  • Brush
  • A wooden skewer or toothpick
  • Drinking straws

How to make, step by step, a butterfly and its garden

1. There is to paint the cork, so not to stain or ruin it, use a toothpick to hold it better while you paint it.

2. Use your imagination to paint the body of the butterfly with the colors you want.

3. When the paint is dry, cut some wings and eyes on one of the leaves and stick them to the body of the butterfly.

4. Fill a bowl of rice and prick the butterfly in the rice.

5. To complete your small garden, make two flowers with colored papers and some straws and put them also in the rice bowl.