Butterfly Body Template printable pdf download

Butterfly Body Template

Butterfly

Mobile

You will need:

Berol Colour Broad Felt Tip Pens

Berol Handwriting Pencil

Butterfly Template

White Card

Double-sided sticky tape

Scissors

Needle and thread

Twigs

Hole punch

Pipe Cleaners

What to do?

1. Fold a piece of A4 card in half and cut along the fold.

(This will make 2 butterflies. You will need 3 or more

butterflies for your mobile)

Fold each of the pieces of card in half and draw half a

butterfly along the folded line and cut them out.

Additional Information

3. Using your colouring pens, design your butterfly wings

Discuss the lifecycle of a butterfly.

with circles, dots or zig zag lines.

4. Using the template cut out the butterfly body and

Look at patterns and colours on butterflies from

punch 2 holes for the eyes. Colour the body in black.

around the world.

5. Cut a pipe cleaner in half and thread it through the

holes as butterfly’s antennae.

Talk about the importance of camouflage in the

natural world.

6. Use the sticky tape to attach the body to the wings.

7. Using a needle, pull a length of knotted thread through

the balancing point of each butterfly, near its centre.

Make each length of thread slightly different so the

butterflies hang at different heights.

8. Tie one butterfly to each end of the twig and another

butterfly in the centre of the twig.

9. Your mobile is complete and ready to hang up with a

piece of thread.

Butterfly Body Template