Float Like a Butterfly

1. Use a large piece of cardboard as the base for your wings. Draw the shape of the butterfly wings with a black marker.
2. Using crayons, markers, paint, tissue paper and/or construction paper, help your child design their wings. (If using construction or tissue paper, help them cut pieces that fit the wings, then glue them in place.)
3. Have a grown-up cut along the black marker line to cut out the butterfly wings.
   
4. Add string. Cut one long piece of thick string or rope. Create a big loop by tying the two ends together. Then tie another knot in the middle of the loop so that you create two loops – one for each arm. (Adjust string/rope so it fits comfortably but doesn’t droop.)
5. Use strong tape, like packing tape, to secure down the rope or string to the center top of the cardboard wings. (Or have a grown-up use a hole puncher or scissors to punch two holes next to each other at the top of the wings so you can thread the rope through the holes.)
   
6. Slightly bend the two wings together, but carefully so it doesn’t break. Now your little butterfly is ready to fly!