Caterpillar and Butterfly Theme

Booklist

The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle
A Butterfly Is Born - Melvin Berger
The Caterpillar and the Polliwog - Jack Kent
Cathy Caterpillar And Betty Bee - Sally Rippon
From Egg To Butterfly - Marlene Reidel
I Wish I Were a Butterfly - James Howe
It's Easy To Have A Caterpillar Visit You - Caroline O'Hagan
Look. . . A Butterfly - David Cutts
Monarch Butterflies, Mysterious Travelers - Bianca Lavies
Terry And The Caterpillars - Millicent E. Selsam
The Butterfly - Patricia Polacco
The Butterfly - Paula Z. Hogan

The Caterpillar - Christina Rossetti
The Great Monarch Butterfly Chase - R.W.N. Prior
The Lamb and the Butterfly - Arnold Sundgaard
One Little Butterfly - Wendy Cheyette Cheyette Lewison
Where Butterflies Grow - Joanne Ryder
Where Does The Butterfly Go When It Rains? - May Garelick
I'm a Caterpillar by Jean Marzollo
Bugs, Beetles, and Butterflies Author: Harriet Ziefert,Harriet Zeifert
Butterfly by Kim Taylor
Monarch Butterflies by Gail Gibbons
Charlie and the Caterpillar by Dom Deluise
The Caterpillar by Peter Curry
Let's Find Out about Butterflies by Roy Abish
Magic School Bus Butterfly and the Bog Beast
Butterflies and Moths-Joanne Mattern
The Life of a Butterfly Robin Bermnard
Butterfly Magic-Melissa Getzoff
Butterflies and Moths by Dean Morris
The Butterfly Alphabet by Kjell B Sandved
Caterpillar, Caterpillar-Vivian French
Butterfly Alphabet Book by Brian Cassie and Ills. by Jerry Pallotta
Hi Butterfly by taro Gomi
butterfly Time-Alice Goudey
Monarchs by Kathery Lasky
Butterfly Express by Jane Belk Moncure
The Butterflies Come-Leo Politi
Milkweed Butterflies by Hilda Simon
Monarch Butterfly by Marion Marcher
Butterfly Book by Michael Bernstein
I like Butterflies by Gladys Conklin
Munch, Munch by Norma Gentner

Songs and fingerplays

Caterpillar, Caterpillar
(Tune: Motor Boat, Motor Boat)
Caterpillar, caterpillar, long and slow.
Caterpillar, caterpillar eat and grow.
Caterpillar, caterpillar close your eyes.
Caterpillar, caterpillar change your size.
Caterpillar, caterpillar where'd you go?

Pretty Butterfly
(sung to "Up On The Housetop" )
First comes a butterfly
Who lays an egg,
Out comes a caterpillar
With many legs,
Oh, see the caterpillar
Spin and spin
A little chrysalis to sleep in.
Oh, oh, oh, look and see,
Oh, oh, oh, look and see.
Out of the chrysalis, my oh, my,
Out comes a pretty butterfly!

The Surprise
Let's go to sleep," the caterpillars said, (bend all ten fingers into your palm)
And they tucked themselves into their beds.
They will awaken by and by. (slowly unfold each finger one at a time)
And each one will be a butterfly. (fly with your arms)

Roly-Poly Caterpillar
Roly-poly caterpillar (wiggle right pointer finger)
Into a corner crept, (place right pointer finger in left cupped hand)
Spun around himself a blanket (spin around)
Then for a long time slept. (place head on folded hands)
Roly-poly caterpillar (wiggle right pointer finger)
Wakening by and by, ("stretch" right pointer finger)
Found himself with beautiful wings
Changed to a butterfly. (flutter arms like wings)

Caterpillar, Caterpillar

(sing to the tune of "Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear")
Caterpillar, caterpillar (arms up high)
Turn around. (turn around)
Caterpillar, caterpillar (all fall down)
slither on the ground. (wiggle on the floor)
Caterpillar, caterpillar (stand up)
Spin a co-coon. (twirl around)
Caterpillar, caterpillar (sit down)
Sleep until noon. (pretend to sleep)

The Fuzzy Caterpillar (Itsy Bitsy Spider)
The fuzzy caterpillar curled up on a leaf,
Spun her little chrysalis and then fell fast asleep.
While she was sleeping, she dreamed that she could fly
And later when she woke up She was a butterfly!

Changing Caterpillar

(sing to the tune of "Mary Had a Little Lamb")
I eat leaves so green and long, green and long, green and long.
I eat leaves so green and long. They help me grow up big and strong.
Fast I spin so one day soon, one day soon, one day soon,
Fast I spin so one day soon, you'll find I've spun a big cocoon.
My body changes while I lie, while I lie, while I lie.
My body changes while I lie, so I can be a butterfly.

The Caterpillars

(London Bridge)
Caterpillars crawl around,
Crawl around, crawl around.
Caterpillars crawl around,
Down on the ground.
Caterpillars climb up high... Looking for some food.
Caterpillars find a leaf... To eat for a snack.
Caterpillars spin around... Making a cocoon.
Caterpillars stay inside... All winter long.
In the spring they wake right up... with wet and shiny wings.
Now they are pretty moths... and soon they'll fly away.

Caterpillar
Caterpillar, caterpillar, brown and furry (move cupped hand along arm)
Winter is coming, you'd better hurry. (move hand faster)
Find a leaf under which to creep. (Hold one hand over cupped hand)
Spin a cocoon in which to sleep. (Spin hand round and round cupped hand)
Then when springtime comes one day, (Open arms in a large circular motion)
You'll be a moth and fly away! (Hook thumbs and wave fingers in a flying motion)

The Little Caterpillar

Sung to (Itsy, Bitsy Spider)
The little caterpillar crawled up into a tree,
Spun his cocoon and slept so quietly,
All through the winter he didn't make a sound,
He dreamt of his new life when he'd be flying all around.
While he was sleeping the snow did gently fall,
Winter came and went, then her heard the robin's call,
"Come on Mr. Butterfly, out of your cocoon
Spread your wings and fly for me, while I sing my tune.

Wriggling Caterpillars

(Wheels on the Bus melody)
The caterpillars are wriggling around, wriggling around, wriggling around.
The caterpillars are wriggling around, all around the yard.
The caterpillars are building a cocoon, building a cocoon, building a cocoon.
The caterpillars are building a cocoon all around the yard.
The butterflies are flying around, flying around.
The butterflies are flying around, all around the yard.
Butterfly Hunting (fingerplay)
With a net I go hunting
To catch a butterfly.
When he's caught I turn him loose,
To fly back to the sky.

Butterfly Hunting 2
A-hunting we will go, A-hunting we will go,
We'll catch a butterfly
And put it in a box,
Then we'll let it go!

I'm A Little Butterfly (sung to I'm A Little Teapot)
I'm a little butterfly
I have wings
I fly around
And see all things.
When I see a flower
That looks great
I call out
To all of my mates.

The Butterfly
I spin and spin my chrysalis (or cocoon) ( circle middle finger on opposite palm)
Then go to rest inside (close hand around finger)
When I come out ( open fingers slowly )
I've changed indeed...
Look! I'm a butterfly! ( fly fingers away)

I,m a Butterfly (sung to: Skip to My Lou)
I'm a butterfly, come fly with me
I'm a butterfly, come fly with me
I'm a butterfly, come fly with me
Come fly with me, my darling

A butterfly, come drink nectar with me
A butterfly, come drink nectar with me
A butterfly, come drink nectar with me
Drink nectar with me, my darling.

A butterfly, now sleep like me
A butterfly, now sleep like me
A butterfly, now sleep like me
Come sleep like me, my darling.

Butterflies in Flight
Butterflies in flight,
Are such a lovely sight.
They dart about...1, 2,
Way up high into the wild blue.
Their colors are so lovely and bright,
in orange, yellow, green and white.
Butterflies in flight,
Are beautiful both day and night.

The Life Of A Butterfly (Skip to My Lo)
I'm a caterpillar, wiggle with me,
I'm a caterpillar, wiggle with me,
I'm a caterpillar, wiggle with me,
What'll I be, my darlin'?
A chrysalis, now sleep like me.....
What'll I be, my darlin'?
A butterfly, come fly with me...
Come fly with me my darlin'.
Now all together, lets do all three.
A caterpillar, a chrysalis, a butterfly -- three.
Move your body like this with me.
The life of a butterfly, darlin'.

Fly, Fly, Butterfly (Skip To My Lo)
Fly, fly, butterfly,
Fly, fly, butterfly,
Fly, fly, butterfly,
Fly up in the sky so high.
Flitter, flitter, butterfly...
Flitter and fly up in the sky.
Oh my, butterfly...
Do you always fly so high?

Crawling All Around (Frere Jacques)
Caterpillar, caterpillar,
Crawl crawl crawl, crawl crawl, crawl.
Crawling on the ground,
Crawling all around.
Crawl crawl crawl, crawl crawl crawl.

The Fuzzy Caterpillar (Itsy Bitsy Spider)
The fuzzy caterpillar curled up on a leaf,
Spun her little chrysalis and then fell fast asleep.
While she was sleeping, she dreamed that she could fly
And later when she woke up She was a butterfly!

" Pretty Blue Butterfly" Poem
Pretty blue butterfly, spread your wings, and glide, glide, glide
Pretty blue butterfly, flap your wings
fly higher and higher up into the sky
Now butterfly, fold your wings tight
and fall and roll and drift to the earth,
and rest on a leaf for awhile, then dust yourself off and fly, fly, fly
Fly my little butterfly, fly to the right
fly to the left and twirl, twirl, twirl
Pretty blue butterfly, beautiful blue butterfly come, sit in the circle and rest

Fuzzy wuzzy caterpillar
Fuzzy wuzzy caterpillar in the garden creeps
He spins himself a blanket and soon falls fast asleep.
Fuzzy wuzzy caterpillar wakes up by and by
To find he has wings of beauty, changed to a butterfly.

Pretty little Butterfly
Pretty little butterfly, what do you do all day?
I fly around the flowerpots nothin' to do but play.
Nothin' to do but play. Darlin', nothin' to do but play.
So fly butterfly, fly butterfly don't waste your time away.

Flutter, flutter, Butterfly Sung to: "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star"
Flutter, flutter, butterfly.
Floating in the summer sky.
Floating by for all to see,
Floating by so merrily.
Flutter, flutter, butterfly,
Floating in the summer sky.

Caterpillar Chant
A caterpillar looks so small.
It is hardly there at all.
It munches on green leafy treats,
And it gets bigger as it eats.
It eats and eats, 'til pretty soon,
It wraps up tight in a cocoon.
When it wakes up it blinks its eyes
And says, "I'm now a butterfly!

Butterfly Chant
A burst of blue,
A shock of green,
A flap of wings is all that's seen.
A flutter in the flower beds,
A burst of blue,
A bit of red,
A whisper as it flutters by,
You're oh so pretty, butterfly.

Lady Monarch Song (Sung to: "Yankee Doodle")
Lady Monarch made a hat
of flowers, leaves and spring things,
Went to town to show it off
But she forgot her earrings.
Lady Monarch cried and wept,
She was very sad,
Then two bees sat on her ears,
So she was very glad.

Oh Butterfly! (Sung to: "Oh Christmas Tree")
Oh, butterfly, Oh, butterfly
How I love your colors.
Oh, butterfly, Oh, butterfly
How I love your colors.
You fly so high and beautiful,
Your so soft and gentle.
Oh, butterfly, Oh, butterfly,
How I love your colors.

The Fuzzy Caterpillar
Once there was a caterpillar fuzzy as could be,
He ate and ate and ate all the new, green leaves.
And when he was finished and could eat no more,
He made himself a chrysalis that didn't have a door.
While inside this chrysalis, he began to change,
The fuzzy caterpillar would never be the same.
After seven days, he broke out and my oh my,
The caterpillar he had been was now a butterfly.

The Little Caterpillar (Sung to: "Itsy, Bitsy Spider")
The little caterpillar crawled up into a tree,
Spun his cocoon and slept so quietly,
All through the winter he didn't make a sound,
He dreamt of his new life when he'd be flying all around.
While he was sleeping the snow did gently fall,
Winter came and went, then her heard the robin's call,
Come on Mr. Butterfly, out of your cocoon
Spread your wings and fly for me, while I sing my tune.

Arts & crafts
Butterflies in a cocoon.
We made cocoons out of toliet tissue rolls. The children wrapped
brown yarn around them. We left a long string to use as a hanger.
Butterflies were made out of 2 coffee filters. Gather like a fan,
pinch in the middle and use a pipe cleaner to form body and antenae. Have
the children decorate with markers. Then spray with water. The colors
will run. When dry place inside the cocoon. Kids loved doing this
project and they came out great.

Egg carton caterpillars
cut an egg carton to the length you want, have the children color or paint the cartons, add pipe cleaner antenna and eyes.

Ink blot butterflies
Cut construction paper into butterfly shapes, have children spoon diff colors on paint onto butterfly, fold in half and press together, open up - beautiful!

Ant or caterpillar puppets
Use paper bags and have kids cut large circles for sections in bug and glue to paper bag, add face antennae, whatever. Also can make caterpillar puppet on tongue depressor with pompoms glued on, add wiggle eyes or buttons, and antennae.

Butterfly Activity
Give each child three green pom-poms and a spring-type clothespin. Then glue the pom-poms in a line on the top of the clothespin and glue the wiggly eyes on them.
Caterpillars! Hang these from fishing line from the ceiling. The next day take coffee filters and put drops of different colored food coloring all over them - hang these up to dry. We took our caterpillars and put them in toilet paper tubes and wrapped them up in yarn. Cocoons!! We read "The Very Hungry Caterpillar" by Eric Carle. That night when they go home, cut open their cocoons, attached the "wings" (coffee filters) in the clippy part of the clothespin and put them back in the cocoons.

Feet Butterflies
Have children take off shoes, dip feet into shallow pan of pastel paint. Step onto a piece of paper so feet are going outward from the heels together. When dry, add antennae with markers.

Baggie Butterflies
Fill the snack size ziplock bags with scraps of tissue paper and cellophane and then gather them in the middle with a half of a chenille stem. Twist and bend the stem into antennae.

Crayon Butterfly Sun Catcher
Using vegetable peeler (or an old cheese grater) shave crayons into small thin pieces. Place a sheet of wax paper onto newspaper and sprinkle with crayon bits. Place another sheet of wax paper on top and press with a warm iron for a few seconds. Cut into butterfly shape and hang in a window.

Cupcake Liner Butterflies
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Life Cycle with Macaroni
Put it all on a paper plate divided into 4
For eggs - use rice
Caterpillar - use spiral
Cocoon - use shell
Butterfly – Bowtie

Butterfly Puppets

Using a butterfly pattern, let the kids color, paint with water colors, paint with tempera paint, marker, cover with tissue paper, marble paint, sponge paint, crayon rub, or anything on and then glue to a Popsicle stick to create a butterfly puppet.

Circle Caterpillars

Cut out a many circles from different colored construction paper for the children to glue together to make long circle caterpillars. Have them count how many circles their caterpillar is made from. Let them add a face and even some antennae or legs if they choose. Another way to do this is to have the cheapie paper plates and have the children paint a plate . Then tape together for a giant wall caterpillar.

Butterfly Life Cycle Bracelet

Take one pipe cleaner, 1 white pony bead to represent the egg, 1 red pony bead to represent the head of the caterpillar, 3 green pony beads to represent the caterpillar's body, a glitter bead to represent the chrysalis, and 1 butterfly bead at the end. After the children are done with the bracelet we ask them individually to tell us about their life cycle bracelet. The kids love their bracelets and are so proud of them.

Cocoons
Need: Cotton batting and a craft stick
Directions: Let children wrap cotton batting around a craft stick to simulate a cocoon.

Flannelboards and Stories

Very Hungary Caterpillar
Make felt board pieces from the story so the children can re-tell the story themselves.

Color Butterflies
After the poem is over count how many butterflies are on the felt board.
The first to come to the garden bed
Is a lovely butterfly of brilliant red.
Then in comes another and that makes two,
Fly right in, my friend of blue.
"The garden is fine, the best I've seen,"
Says the butterfly of spring time green.
Our garden needs a sunshiny fellow,
Fly in, butterfly with wings of yellow.
Little friend of purple, fly in too,
This garden is waiting for a color like you.
Orange, orange you've waited so long,
Fly right in where you belong.
Butterflies, butterflies you're such a sight,
Flying in together-a springtime delight!

Games & Activities

Tongue Tied

Make several construction paper flower cutouts and program each one with a letter of the alphabet. Tape to a wall within child's reach.

A butterfly sips nectar through it’s tonuge, which is haped like aa long tube. It’s tongue rolls up when not in use. Give each of your young butterflies a paerty blower and let him practice straightening and curling this imitation butterfly tongue. Direct the children’s attention to the flower cutouts. Review each letter name and the sound it makes. To play the game, call out the name of a food that begins with one of the designated letters. Invite a student volunteer to “fly” to the cutouts and “drink” from the correct flower. Continue until all the butterfly bellies are full!

Butterfly Hunt

Help the children to make butterfly nets using cardboard and citrus fruit bags. Make butterflies from rectangle of tissue paper twisted in the center. Throw them into the air and have children try to catch them with their net!

Cocoons

Children can wrap each other in toilet paper (excluding their head) so they can feel what it would be like to be a caterpillar in a cocoon. Have them close their eyes and imagine that they are about to become butterflies. Have them stretch their "wings" and tear through the toilet paper cocoons. Recycle toilet paper to be used with a different project!

Butterfly Match-up

Played like concentration for the older kids or lay them all face up for younger kids. Purchase or make cards. To make cards draw or use stickers to make matching cards. Laminate or cover with contact paper to make them last longer.

Butterfly Relay Race

Cut out flower shapes from construction paper. Set or tape the flowers along one wall of the room. Divide children into three or four person relay teams. Have the children stand opposite the wall of flowers. Explain that the goal of the game is to "fly" to a flower, tag it, and fly back to the team. Each butterfly in turn takes a turn, until everyone on a team has touched a flower.

Butterfly Hopscotch

Purchase butterfly stickers. Draw hopscotch on the sidewalk or floor. Each player needs a beanbag to toss. The players take turns tossing his/her beanbag into the squares. The child is to try to name the stage of the butterfly on the picture or kind of butterfly his/her beanbag has landed on. He goes until he cannot name what his beanbag has landed on. then he will wait in the "butterfly wing" for his/her next turn.

Math, Science & Centers
We make a "poster" depicting the lifecycle of a butterfly, using colored pasta. I don't remember the names of the pasta but you can find a tiny round one to represent the egg, a long thin one for the caterpillar, shell macaroni for the chrysalis, and bowtie for the burtterfly. I color each kind with a squirt bottle of food coloring plus 1/3 rubbing
alcohol--each kind a different color.

Here is an idea my children love. It's for "The Very Hungry Caterpillar." First, make flat construction paper models of all the foods the caterpillar ate, laminate and cut a fist-size circle in the middle of each. Then, take a bright green sock and stitch two wings from a light-weight fabric on either side of the hand part (like a hand puppet) and add two wiggly eyes.

Take the second green sock and add wiggly eyes only. You will then need a third brown sock.Put the winged one on your hand and pull the green one over that.

Then pass out the food and begin telling the story. As he eats each food, let the children place it over your green caterpillar hand. Then remove the food, wiggle the "caterpillar" into the brown sock (cocoon) and finish the story.

For the very last sentence of the story, grab the top two socks at their bases (the brown sock and the green caterpillar sock), quickly yank them off and flutter the winged one around. The children are so surprised and always beg, "Do it again!"

For art I would suggest imitating the style of Carle...copy his technique of painting tissue or other paper, then dry. Cut that paper into collage shapes to make anything the kids think up, from abstract colors to an actual cricket. I think imitating the style of an illustrator or artist is an excellent way to appreciate their books.

Matching Butterflies file folder game
Supplies: File Folders, contact paper, pictures of butterflies (two of the same design). To make the file folder game: You can either use pictures from catalogs or magazines but you need 2 of each picture. Another alternative is to draw a butterfly on poster board to use as your pattern. Trace butterflies on several sheets of different colored construction paper two butterflies to each color. Use markers to add designs to the butterflies if you wish. Cut out the butterflies. Glue on of each design on inside of file folder. Use contact paper to cover both sides of file folder. Also, use contact paper on the remaining butterflies. The children can match the cut out butterflies to the butterflies on the file folder

Make butterfly Life Cycle Cards, let the kids take turns ordering them.

Science Center

Display a Butterfly Life Cycle Poster leave out a set of life cycle cards for the kids to practice ordering. Also put out some plastic butterflies and a magnifying glass and a bug box filled with stick and leaves for the kids to investigate.

Motor Skills and language

Fine Motor

Playdough Bugs

Set out playdough and pipecleaners (cut about 3-4 inches long). Child can take a piece of playdough and form it into the bugs body. The pipecleaners can be used for legs or antennas.

Large Motor

Have all the children pretend to be a giant caterpillar by hanging on to the child's waist in front of them in a sort of "train". Let the children take turns being the "head" of the caterpillar.

For Language and letter recognition.

Cut a blue piece of construction paper in half. Cut two inch piece the length of the blue piece and make that grass. Cut letter "c" shapes out and make a caterpillar (CCCCC) Make a face and some antenna's. Let them cut the grass only one inch and let them curl it with a pencil.

Tactile Caterpillar

Make a textured caterpillar by having children glue one kind of material on pre-cut large circles. For example, use rice on one, craft feathers on one, beans, sandpaper on one, satin, etc. Make one or two circles per child. Put them all together. Add a face and legs for a large touchable caterpillar on the wall!

Snacks and cooking

Edible caterpillar

Use one long side of plastic egg carton, in one end put yogurt, pretzel antennae, raisin eyes; in rest of sections place chopped fresh fruit. Dip and eat!

Crunchy Caterpillars

Spread PNB on celery sticks or bread sticks, and then sprinkle coconut over it that has been colored with green food coloring.

Butterfly Cake

This cake is both simple and pretty. Bake a vanilla cake mix into two round layer pans. (you will only need one of the layers for this cake - enjoy the other layer with your family). Cut the cooled, round layer in half and turn the curved edge of the halves of the cake towards one another so that the curved parts are touching. (this will form the wings of the butterfly) Then place a Twinkie in the center of the cake right where the curves touch (this will form the body of the butterfly) Stick two pieces of long licorice in the top of the Twinkie to make an antenna. Then ice the entire cake with your favourite frosting. Decorate with M&Ms, or any other colorful candy. The children just LOVE this and it makes a wonderful treat for a Spring party.

Fluttering Butterflies Snack:
Margarine or butter
¼ C. finely chopped nuts
48 small twisted pretzels
½ of a 14 oz. package vanilla caramels
1 T. milk
1 T. margarine or butter
48" red or black shoestring licorice cut into 1" pieces
½ of a 6 oz. pkg. of chocolate chips (1/2 cup)
Grease a large baking sheet. For the base of each butterfly, sprinkle about ½ t. of finely chopped nuts in a small circle on the greased sheet. Space circles 2" apart. Make wings by arranging 2 pretzels together atop a nut circle, set aside. Combine caramels, milk, and the 1 T margarine or butter in a 4-C. liquid measure. Microwave uncovered on high for 1-½ minutes. Use a scraper to stir till smooth. If caramels aren't soft enough microwave for 30-60 more seconds. Spoon 1 t. of mixture onto each set of two pretzels. For antennae press 2 pieces of licorice into each butterfly. Chill until firm. Put the chocolate pieces into a 2 C. liquid measuring cup and microwave on high for 1-1 ½ minutes or until melted. Spoon about ½ t. onto each butterfly and chill until firm. Makes 24.

Citrus Snacks
Serve a springtime snack that resembles a beautiful butterfly. Peel several oranges and divide them into halves. Separate each half into sections containing two segments each. Being careful not to pull the segments completely apart, pull each section partially apart, starting from the inside where the seeds are and going toward the outside where the peel was. Lay each set of orange segments on a small paper plate; then give one plate to each student. Have each youngster add two short lengths of string licorice to resemble the butterfly's antennae. What a juicy creation!

Butterfly Sugar Cookies
Let kids decorate them with different colored frosting!
Fruit Caterpillars
For each caterpillar:
1 wooden kabob stick for each student
sliced bananas
melon balls
grapes
raisins
and 2 toothpicks for antennae (if desired)
Alternate fruit on the wooden sticks.
Antennae can be added with raisins on the toothpicks.

Butterfly Brownies
4 squares unsweetened chocolate
2 sticks (1 cup) melted butter
2 cups sugar
4 eggs
licorice
1/2 tsp salt
2 tsp vanilla
1 cup flour
1 cup chocolate chips
Mix together all ingredients, except chocolate chips and licorice.
Fold in the chocolate chips.
Spread in a 13 x 9 cake pan.
Bake at 350* for 30-35 minutes. Cool and cut out squares. Cut the squares in half diagonally and shape into butterflies. Add licorice to make antennae.

Caterpillar Cookies
Get a box of Duncan Hines sugar cookie mix. To prepare then dough add yellow food coloring to the liquid ingredients. Follow directions on the package for making drop cookies. Using a permanent marker, personalize a section of aluminium foil for each child. To make the cookie, child rolls 4 small balls of dough, arranges dough on his piece of foil, so that they touch. Press 2 miniature chocolate chips in the ball on one end so that they resemble eyes. Place child's foil on baking pan, and bake as directed. Makes about 15 cookies.

Apple Butterflies

Materials: One apple (sliced); Baby carrots; Peanut butter; Thin sliced celery sticks; Red sprinkles; Cinnamon Have the students spread a clump of peanut butter in the middle of a paper plate. Make sure they use a plastic knife. Then have them place three apple slices on each side of the carrot. Add two celery sticks for the antennas, and sprinkle with sprinkles. You can also add the cinnamon to the peanut butter for more flavor or decorations. After the students make their apple butterflies, you can ask what food groups the materials are in. This activity is also good for discussing the Metamorphosis process.

Butterfly sandwich

Cut slice of bread in half diagonally. Place a baby carrot in the center of your plate and arrange the two pieces of bread so that the points touch the middle of the carrot. Spread the bread with colored cream cheese (like strawberry) or yellow margarine. For wing patterns, arrange colored fruit-o's, cheerios, and nuts on the cream cheese. For antenna, use 2 thin licorice candies.

Butterfly Salad (Serves one)
2 pineapple rings
lettuce leaf
cottage cheese
green olives sliced in 1/2
food coloring
2 celery or carrot sticks
1. Place lettuce leaf onto a paper plate
2. Slice each pineapple ring in 1/2 (makes 2 sets of butterfly's wings). Place
on top of lettuce leaf to form 2 butterflies.
3. Place carrot/celery stick in center of wings as the body.
4. Put a dab of cottage cheese inside each "C" of the butterfly wings.
5. Decorate the cottage cheese with food coloring, pineapple slices and olives

Caterpillar Cocoons
Ingredients
1 8-oz. tube refrigerated crescent rolls
8 breakfast sausages
1 squeeze bottle yellow mustard
Preheat oven according to directions on the crescent-roll package. Prepare the sausages according to the directions on the package. Remove from frying pan and allow to cool ten to fifteen minutes. Separate the crescent-roll dough into its pre-cut triangle pieces, and lay them flat on an un-greased cookie sheet. Place one sausage on each, squeeze a thin line of mustard on each. Roll and close all ends. Bake according to package instructions.