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Materials

  • Paper plate (1 large)Colored paper (green, pink, and yellow sheets)
  • Assorted pasta: small shells, fusilli, bow-tie (3–5 pieces each)
  • Acrylic paint (various colors, 50ml each)
  • Craft glue (1 small bottle)
  • Black marker
  • Scissors (1 pair)
  • Printable or handwritten labels for each stage

Instructions

  • Divide the paper plate into four equal sections using the marker, labeling each one: Egg, Caterpillar, Chrysalis, and Butterfly.
  • Cut two green leaves from colored paper and glue them into the Egg and Caterpillar sections.
  • Glue three small shell pasta pieces for eggs, and one fusilli pasta on the leaf for the caterpillar.
  • In the Chrysalis section, glue a small shell or piece of pasta and draw a branch beneath it.
  • Finish with a bow-tie pasta butterfly, adding antennas with the marker. Paint and decorate as you like to make each stage bright and clear.