Butterfly Fingers

In the spirit of Arts & Crafts projects, here's another fun activity for the kids: Handprint Butterflies!

I recommend using finger paint, though any kind of washable paint will work. You will also need paper that's thick enough to hold paint.

Pour paint into a shallow bowl, big enough for the child to lay his/her hands in with fingers spread. You can also use a paintbrush to layer paint on the hands.

With both palms and fingers covered in paint, press hands onto the paper with wrists touching, thumbs slightly slanted and fingers pointing to the right or left respectively. The thumbprints can be the antennae or use black paint to draw them in as well as a body. You can outline the butterfly too if you'd like. Be creative! Use lots of colors, glue on some googly eyes or paint them in, cut it out if you'd like, or don't. Just have fun with it!