Eat Like a Butterfly
Learn how butterflies sip nectar from flowers with this fun crafts project.
Episode: “Where Have All the Butterflies Gone?” (11 min.)
Oh no! A long-awaited play date with Daisy’s butterfly friends is at risk because there are no flowers around for the butterflies to feed on. When all seems lost, Nature Cat steps up to save the day. He and his pals decide to build a new butterfly garden before the butterflies have to fly off.
Instructions
Draw a picture of a flower. Add colors if desired.
Cut out the flower shape.
Cut or poke a hole in the center of the flower.
Pour your favorite beverage into cup.
Put the straw through the hole in the flower, and then the straw with flower into the cup so that the flower rests on top of the cup.
You can suck “nectar” like a butterfly. Try flapping your wings and balancing while eating.
*The straw is like the long proboscis that butterflies use for eating.
The Eat Like a Butterfly activity was created in partnership with Kohl Children’s Museum.
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