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craft thursday #10

inspired by eric carle's beautiful butterfly.

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i doubled pieces of construction paper and cut lots and lots of shapes…totally random and free hand.

some pieces were wing shaped or body shapes but the rest were just odd shapes.

and they each had a glue stick.

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they got busy.
and stayed busy for almost 45 minutes!

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talby….whimiscal and happy.

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 annie d…..colorful with extra details.

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sean's…..identical pattern and perfectly symetrical…sooooo sean.  

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ine was the yellow one.
i made it before we started as an example for them.

they were planning who they were giving their butterflies to while making them….i love that.

and just for fun…
more butterfly inspiration for you!
(click on the picture if you want more info.)
Butterfly wand copy  Il_430xN.144840407 

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Sheila - Don’t know if someone already said this, but this would be fun with a felt board.
sorry if I repeated this idea.

anne c - sean’s looks like an african mask…so cool!

Trina McNeilly - I love all this butterflyness…. I so need to get crafting with my kids.
Just so you know… you so inspire me….. 5 kids, a happy marriage, love for God, a successful & fun blog, your own photography business & I’m sure a number of other things that you juggle. Thanks for sharing you’re life with all of us!
xoxo
Trina

Elizabeth - Thank you for the great project! It inspired me to do it with my little one…and blog about it!
http://www.catchick6creations.com/?p=1444

crystal beutler - You do the funnest things with your kids! Hey were your ears burning this weekend. I was sitting at the table with a group of women at Spark and I heard this Australian woman name Jasmine mention your name. I said “Do you know Meg? I just love reading her blog.” Then Blue Lily, Jasmine and I had a sweet conversation about you!” You definitely have to come next year. You would seriously love it! And I would love meeting you in person!

Christa aka BabbyMama - I love the swirly mouth butterfly! What a fun idea 🙂

Wendy - Love this idea! This makes me think of the amazing Butterfly House in our area. If you are ever in St Louis, you must stop and visit – it’s simply magical.

Biz - Super cute! That was one of my favoite books as a kid. Here is another crafty idea. I assume that you have a large amount of scrap fabric so this might be perfect for the kids. You could get smaller wreath forms so they could hang them on bedroom doors and wouldn’t take as long to make.
http://busybizblogs.blogspot.com/2010/09/boo-tiful-rag-wreath-tutorial.html

Becky @ Farmgirl Paints - Awesome craft. Butterflies are my favorite!

www.google.com/accounts/o8/id?id=AItOawnkCcuN414qEtfLGnNw6EqiJPfBvmQbse0 - How cool is this project!!! You know, I have been following your blog now for alongtime, and I have never left any comments before, but I just have to now… Not a day goes by that I do not fit you in my busy schedule, I mean seriously I am addicted to checking out what you do next with your family, or just you being YOU!!!! You make me laugh all the time, and you also make me think alot too!!! I have always admired you for so many reasons, but that would take a entire email problay to explain, but for no other reason than the fact that you are a Mom as I am with four daughters, and I admire all the things you try to do with your children to keep them busy and enjoying this life in a fun and creative way… I hope you know as I am sure by now you do, how Wonderful you really are!!!! Have a great day!!!!
Michelle Torres
decorater4life@aol.com

Erin @ Cultivating Home - I’m so glad you posted this idea! My three year old loves art projects and this will be perfect for him.

Syaheeda - i recognize the book! it’s the hungry caterpillar! i used to read it to my nephew all the time! anw, what a fun craft idea! thanks for sharing!

Heather - scissors, glue and paper. Life doesn’t get much better. I really liked the outcome!

Christina - What is awesome about this is that it is so totally simple and everyday, but with the direction you gave them, they had such a good time and were sooo busy! Love the simplicity…as usual you are inspiring!

melissa - Love it. I think the girls and I will be making butterflies soon!
Thanks for a wonderful idea!

PinkPeanutButter - How cute! I may have to steal this idea from you! Thank you for posting it!

Tanya @ Life in 3D - I love it so so much!

kat - Those are GORGEOUS! I love all of them, especially Sean’s!

Jess Mead - Love it! Added it to my ‘Stuff I Love’ section!!

candace - Have you ever seen a video of Eric Carle at work? It is fabulousy amazing! He sits in his studio and paints tissue paper with watercolors. Then, he cuts them up to create the actual images you see in the books. I LOVE Eric Carle for the richness of both his books and art!
Your butterflies are great!
Went to his website and found the link below. The video I saw in college was a lot more interesting but you get the idea here.
http://www.eric-carle.com/slideshow_paint.html

julia - will you come and do crafts at my house? I’ll just pick up after you guys (you can do the rest :))

Melanie - I love the butterfly bouquet! Beautiful!

sara's art house - I Love this!!!!! eric Carle is my fave- and the very hungry caterpillar is THE BEST! What a fun project- I have to do this with my kids!!!!

jeanne - I love that you do this with the kids each week!!! You are such a good mommy:-)

Emily E. - I love the butterfly craft and will definitely be borrowing this for my own little ones. What do you usually do with all of the cool projects the kids make? They spend so much time making them, I always feel bad when they end up in the trash… Any ideas?
Emily

Jenni McIntire - I had your blog open in Google reader. My 4 year old son saw the pictures of this craft and begged me to help him make a butterfly, too. He especially liked Talby’s. He said, “I want to make my butterfly just like that.” Thanks for the idea!

Spencer - So sweet….. Several years ago we took my grandson to an Eric Carle exhibit at the art museum…. He loved it.
Warm blessings,
Spencer

jennifer - so cool! such a great idea!

tara pollard pakosta - how fuN!!!!!!!!
I need my girls to do these!!!
We homeschool now and are making an art day
with their best friends every friday!!!
thanks for always inspiring me!!!
tara

heidi @ wonder woman wannabe - SO fun!
L.O.V.E that ‘Free to Fly’ print! 😉

Sarah @ Dream in Domestic - Gorgeous!!!! This is one of my favorites that you have done.
Just a question – can you post the link to the butterfly bouquet? When I click on the picture it takes me to the picture url on your site not more info about the picture.
Thanks for all the inspiration!

Dandy - I love how all the kids have their own style.
I’m dying over that butterfly bouquet!

Beth - Very cool! That first “inspiration” picture, the butterfly wand. WOW!! Check out http://www.jenstark.com (the red line at the top is sculpture, which is my favorite. I think you’ll really like her stuff — not butterflies, but bright colors and cool paper sculptures. I’m trying to figure out a lesson using her work for inspiration, The butterfly wand inspires me too!!

Penny - The shot of Talby cutting is just beautiful. She is deep in thought. Love it. Great idea, too.

Beth - GREAT craft!! So pretty. I’ll be trying this with my kids for sure very soon. THanks!
Beth

simpledaisy - Lovely!!! I love that book too:)

Holly - so pretty Meg!

Michelle - This is a great idea Meg. I love it because it’s easy enough for my 3 year old.

Tam - Oh the butterflies are beautiful. Great idea. Eric Carle books have always been a favorite of mine….

Claire Wood - Love this. We have done a similar craft with the book, ‘Color Zoo.’ I cut out basic shapes in a variety of construction paper colors, and the object is to use the shapes to make different animals. My kids got very creative. Another book/craft/project we’ve done is to have a ‘Pinkalicious’ Party. My girls love Pinkalicious and so we made pink cupcakes with pink icing and had pink lemonade.
Your crafting totally speaks my Love Language.

firefly hill - Beautiful! I love that you used Eric Carle for inspiration…

Kat - Beautiful Meg.
You do the most awesome and inspiring craft with your kids.
One of these days I will do some with mine.

Nikki - I look forward to your craft Thursday posts.
I love the butterfly’s… what a great idea!
Sean reminds me of my son Eli 🙂
Nikki 😀
*mums notebook*

Kristi - Love the imagery you chose at t he end of the post. What a great idea for a craft! I bought the supplies to do the flower watercolor art you did, at the beginning of the summer, but we still haven’t gotten around to it. 🙁
Just just have the best ideas for getting your kids together and getting them to be creative.
~ The Speckled Dog

carla - How timely, my little lady and I were just reading the vhc last night 🙂

Julie - LOVE that idea! Your creations are beautiful. I’m so going to steal this idea and do this with my kiddos. Thanks for the inspiration!

PaisleyJade - Beautiful!!! Such a great idea!!

Kate @ Songs Kate Sang - Oh, LOVE this idea! glue sticks. that makes mine very happy.

The Mother Lode - What beautiful butterflies!

Lisa - Wow what a great idea meg. This is definitely something I could do with the girlies. I was just thinking of you as i posted about making cornflour paint. I think your kids would love using it.

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