Come forth into the light of things, let nature be your teacher.
-William Wordsworth
If you haven’t had a chance to see part 1 of Our butterfly experience, I would definitely check it out. You get a chance to see our nature table, how we explore the life cycle, and even the littlest one has a butterfly treasure basket to play with.
A sweet and simple painting of the Monarch Butterfly, that can be enjoyed at any age.
This art activity can be found at learn, create, love.
Time to say goodbye
We waited for you, we watched you grow, we took care of you, we fed you, and kept you safe, now you must spread your wings and fly.
The last butterfly to leave home.
Goodbye butterflies, goodbye, the children called out until the butterflies flew out of sight.
A butterfly experience part 1 can be seen here.
I have several other butterfly activities on my Pinterest board here if you are interested.
No matter how many times we study butterflies, it never gets old. I highly recommend Insect Lore Butterfly Garden
for the best butterfly experience.
for the best butterfly experience. 
On a trip this spring we were able to visit the Butterfy Gardens in Victoria BC, and the kids were in love. This will be a fun addition:) I love the painting activity 🙂
There’s a monarch chrysalis on our side table right now. It’s due to pop on Monday evening. Butterflies are tiny miracles! I like the cotton swab idea for my little ones. All our paint brushes have gone missing and it’s a week or two until the school supplies get bought.
We did this recently as well because it was so fun last year! Never gets old! Although I really want to try ladybugs next year. 🙂
My kids loved raising butterflies, too! It’s like watching a miracle happen right before your eyes!
This looks like fun! I need to try it! Thanks for sharing at TGIF!
We have that butterfly garden, but I haven’t ordered caterpillars for it. I really should do that this year.
TaMara @ Tales of a Pee Dee Mama
I love this! This is something I want to do with my children this year..We also have a local butterfly conservancy that we plan to visit. I bet your children loved this lesson!
We just released our butterflies last week! Isn’t it such a wonderful and amazing experience? Loved looking at your photos. Many blessings, Lisa