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Draw and cut 3 butterflies on coffee filters or any filter paper. Make sure that a wooden clothespin fits just right when clipped at each butterfly's center section. |
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Place food coloring on a palette. The three primary colors- red, yellow and blue, are great for learning about color mixing. |
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An alternative to food coloring is to extact pigments from crepe paper. Soak crepe paper in a small amount of water. Wait for 5 minutes or until the water attains the desired color intensity. Remove the crepe paper. |
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Put a few drops of red on a butterfly and then add a few drops of blue. Watch as the two colors blend together. What color is created? |
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Repeat this process using other colors on the rest of the butterflies. Primary colors mixed together create new colors called secondary colors: blue and yellow make green, red and blue make purple, yellow and red make orange. |
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Let the butterflies dry completely. |
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Make the butterfly bodies by painting three wooden clothespins. Paint on some spots or stripes. An easy and mess-free way to paint the clothespins is to clip each one onto a cup. Set the painted clothespins aside to dry. |
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Draw and cut a flower shape from acetate film or any transparent film. The flower should be roughly the same size as your butterflies. Round out any sharp edges for safety. |
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Finger paint on the flower. Set aside to dry. |
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Clip each painted clothespin at the center of a butterfly. |
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Cut pipe cleaner in half. Bend a piece in the middle to make the antennae. Curl out both ends. Make antennae for all three butterflies. |
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Clip each pair of antennae to the end of a clothespin body to complete the butterflies. |
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Punch a pair of holes on opposite sides of the flower. |
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Cut a string long enough to string all your butterflies. Tie one end of the string through one hole on the flower. |
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Clip each butterfly along the length of the string. Cut any excess string below the last butterfly. |
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Loop a piece of string at the top hole of the flower to make the handle. |
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Hang your mobile on a sunny spot. The flower you painted makes a colorful sun catcher as well. |
