Butterfly Life Cycle Paper Plate

Children love hands-on activities and creating the stages of a butterfly's life cycle in playdough is a great way to help children understand the process. This is a simple spring learning activity or the perfect craft to accompany Eric Carle's book The Very Hungry Caterpillar.

For this activity:

You will need a paper plate, yellow paint, playdough.
Paint the paper plate yellow (or other background colour).
Discuss with your child how a butterfly develops. What different stages does it go through? Identify the four main stages of development (egg, caterpillar, chrysalis, butterfly).
Divide the plate into four sections and label each section as a stage of a butterfly’s life.
Create each stage of development using playdough.