You can make these sweet little butterflies with your toddler child easily with just a few supplies. This project is a little more advanced, so they will need some adult help for the later steps. They will love to see what happens to marker when you spray it with water.
Supplies You’ll Need:
coffee filter
pipe cleaner
washable coloured markers
spray bottle with a little water
Please note before beginning that this project is a two-parter. First, you need to make the water colour background. You can only turn it into a butterfly after it dries, so you may want to introduce the project as just water-colouring and “magically” turn the art into the butterfly the next day after it’s completely dry.
Part 1: Child’s Turn
Give the child the coffee filter and let them go crazy with their markers. It looks best with just one or two similar colours, like blue and purple or orange and yellow. Of course, let your child be as creative as they’d like.
Once they are finished, help the child lightly spray the coffee filter. The marker will immediately spread out and look quite pretty.
Let the coffee filter dry completely before starting part 2.
Part 2: Adult’s Turn (but get the child involved!)
Lay the coffee filter flat on the table and start folding it like an accordion, about half an inch in width each time. Continue folding it this way and that way until you run out of coffee filter.
Wrap the pipe cleaner around the centre of the accordian and pull both ends towards the top.
Twist the ends of the pipe cleaner outwards to make antennae.
Use your fingers to pull the folds apart so that you have beautiful butterfly wings.
Hi, I'm Pange! I'm a quilter and cat lover who loves to share my creative endeavors. 💜 Established 2012, Craftcore serves as my personal blog to share my favourite crafting tips and tricks. I focus mostly on quilting, but I love sewing in general, home decor and organization, and trying new things whenever I can.
Enjoy! xoxo Pange
Coffee Filter Watercolour Butterflies
You can make these sweet little butterflies with your toddler child easily with just a few supplies. This project is a little more advanced, so they will need some adult help for the later steps. They will love to see what happens to marker when you spray it with water.
Please note before beginning that this project is a two-parter. First, you need to make the water colour background. You can only turn it into a butterfly after it dries, so you may want to introduce the project as just water-colouring and “magically” turn the art into the butterfly the next day after it’s completely dry.
Part 1: Child’s Turn
Let the coffee filter dry completely before starting part 2.
Part 2: Adult’s Turn (but get the child involved!)
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Pange
Hi, I'm Pange! I'm a quilter and cat lover who loves to share my creative endeavors. 💜 Established 2012, Craftcore serves as my personal blog to share my favourite crafting tips and tricks. I focus mostly on quilting, but I love sewing in general, home decor and organization, and trying new things whenever I can. Enjoy! xoxo Pange