Kid’s Corner

Fun Butterfly Activities (for kids of all ages)

Links to Fun Butterfly Web Sites

www.tammyyee.com/origamibutterfly
: Learn how to make an origami Monarch butterfly. All you need to do is print the pattern, get out your scissors and you’re ready. After a few folds and you have a beautiful paper monarch butterfly!
schoolnet.gov.mt/butterflies/ Butterfly Crafts Page: Nine great butterfly crafts from one website! It will be hard to decide what to make first-- the mobile, the string decoration, an egg carton caterpillar, a handprint butterfly or the colorful greeting card to send to a special friend.
Turn up your computer “virtual radio” and tune into these NPR broadcasts highlighting stories about butterflies: Following the Monarchs in an Ultralight Airplane: Follow along on the journey of the Monarchs in an ultra light airplane.; Study Sheds Light on Butterfly Migration: Listen to a report on a study which sheds light on butterfly migration.; Painted Lady Butterflies Take Flight in Rare Migration: Join in as the Painted Lady Butterflies take flight in a rare migration.; Living in the Shadow of a Million Butterflies: Living in the shadow of a million butterflies in Central Mexico.; Butterflies Are Freed: Scott Simon plays “foster father” to a quartet of Painted Lady Butterflies.; The Butterfly and the Moth: Listen in to the fable of “The Butterfly and the Moth”.
mpin.nbii.gov/insects/kidsbutterfly/: Maintained by the The Mountain Prairie Information Node, this site has coloring pages, information on how to determine if what you see is a butterfly or a moth, and photographs of butterflies from around the globe! You can even submit a butterfly-related question for one of their experts to answer personally!
www.kid-at-art.com (Lesson 23): Create your own butterfly mobile! Plus a mini-lesson on American artist Alexander Calder. Link to information on the rainforests and learn how to help conserve butterfly populations around the world.)
www.milkweedcafe.com/ClubCathome: Fly into a great website — the “Club Caterpillar”! Choose from dozens of butterfly activities, games, and projects. Plus, check out the AWESOME electron microscope photos of butterfly scales.
www.sandiegozoo.org/animalbytes/t-butterfly: Take a virtual trip to the world famous San Diego Zoo for all things butterfly… watch a short video, view a slide show and find out all kinds of cool facts about our favorite creatures!)
http://www.first-school.ws/theme/animals/insects/caterpillar.htm: An entire series of lessons for preschoolers and kindergartners with a caterpillar theme! Includes a story-time and butterfly facts.
www.first-school.ws/theme/animals/insects/butterfly: An entire series of lessons for preschoolers and kindergartners with a butterfly theme! Content includes language arts, science and more!
www.monarchbutterflyusa.com/MBUSA: A great site dedicated to the monarch, includes the ’wiggle jiggle’ dance, monarch stories, a map, with animated butterflies tracing the monarch’s migration, photos of various forms of milkweed, for each season.
www.learner.org/jnorth/tm/monarch/AboutFall: Teaches children how to observe and report monarch migration, beginning mapping skills.)
www.learner.org/jnorth/tm/monarch/Resources: Lesson plans, activities and information on monarchs. Includes video and audio clips and still photos.
magma.nationalgeographic.com—Kids: Send a butterfly-themed e-postcard to family and friends!)
www.nationalgeographic.com—Be a Habitat Hero: How kids can create their own butterfly garden.
www.nationalgeographic.com/—Butterfly Sketch: Butterfly-themed color sheets
www.kidzone.ws/animals/monarch_butterfly.htm: Monarch facts, virtual electronic butterfly jigsaw puzzles and other fun games; How fast can you assemble the puzzle online?
www.abcteach.com/free/m/mazebug3.pdf: Print out the maze and help the butterfly find the flower.
www.abcteach.com/free/b/bagpupbutterfly.pdf: Print out the pages and make a super butterfly puppet using a brown paper lunch bag!