Make a Butterfly Mobile with Your Kids

• 4 colored popsicle sticks
• white glue
• yarn
• 1 piece white paper – card stock
• markers
• single hole punch

Overlap 2 Popsicle sticks and glue them together. (see photo) Do this with 2 sets of sticks and then glue them together in a cross. Let this dry well. Draw outlines of 4 butterfly shapes on a piece of 8.5 X 11″ white card stock. You can get inspiration from books or photos and illustrations online or copy those in the photo above. Cut out the shapes and color them with markers on both sides. I used different designs on each side of the butterflies, so there are 8 different designs total. They look best if you outline them in black. Punch a hole in the head of each butterfly. Cur 4 strands of yarn to the lengths you want. 2 should be longer than the other 2, but there should be matching pairs. Tie the butterflies to the ends of the popsicle sticks. Take another stand of yarn and tie around center of sticks where they meet to make a hanging strand for the mobile.

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