{"id":9693,"date":"2013-04-03T00:04:56","date_gmt":"2013-04-03T00:04:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pinkoddy.co.uk\/?p=9693"},"modified":"2021-01-31T01:06:23","modified_gmt":"2021-01-31T00:06:23","slug":"spring-butterfly-trh-craft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/54.155.211.39\/blog\/2013\/04\/03\/spring-butterfly-trh-craft\/","title":{"rendered":"Spring Butterfly TRH Craft"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here is a simple Butterfly Craft to make with young children during the Spring. Great for those with short attention spans plus can be used to help with emotions. You can talk about symmetry or the life cycle of a butterfly too.<\/p>\n

\"materials\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Making the Spring Butterfly<\/h2>\n

What You Need<\/h3>\n

All you need is an old toilet roll holder, some paint, some glue and some bits to stick on. Ideally some eyes, but if not you can just paint them on. Plus something to make its antennae. You can make it as a stand alone art project or as part of the lifecycle of a butterfly. Of course you can swap some of the materials too – like using tissue paper for the wings.<\/p>\n

Method of Making the Butterfly<\/h2>\n

First of all make the middle of the body by simply painting an old toilet roll holder pink. Next to make the butterfly wings we also painted a sheet of white paper pink too. Then I just cut out some wings from it for him.\"glitterwings\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Then I reused some foil cake cases to put in some glue, and glitter, and shapes, plus I gave him some stickers. This let him just be creative.\"pincergrip\"<\/a><\/p>\n

It was also good practise of his fine motor skills and pincer grip.\"eyes\"<\/a><\/p>\n

And of course you can’t beat some googley eyes. Finally not\u00a0 forgetting\u00a0 pipe\u00a0 cleaners\u00a0 for antennae. Our\u00a0 older\u00a0 son\u00a0 wanted\u00a0 to\u00a0 make\u00a0 it\u00a0 symmetrical\u00a0 which\u00a0 is\u00a0 more\u00a0 tricky.\"antenaeandwings\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Special Needs<\/h3>\n

Our son is most likely Autistic and does not seem to understand emotions. We are working on happy and sad. I drew on a happy face and he was able to tell me the butterfly was happy.\"butterflytrh\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Why we Chose the Butterfly Craft for Our Preschooler<\/h3>\n

Our Preschooler has a Global Developmental Delay and trouble engaging in activities and keeping his attention. We think he also has sensory processing disorder<\/a> and likes touch<\/a> – so when a tiny bit of paint gets on his skin he starts to paint himself. Therefore, I’ve been practising repeating the activity of simply painting a toilet roll holder. Repeating it again at a later date we are using some glue to transform it into something else. We painted this pink TRH at the same time as we made the TRH Bunnies<\/a><\/p>\n

See Other Toilet Roll Holder Crafts<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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