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Butterfly number colors

Decorate a butterfly by matching numbered wings to a color key.

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What you need

Paper and large child-appropriate crayons in two colors.

Age: 3–5 years; choose for the individual child.

Let's make it happen

  1. Draw a butterfly with a body and four large wing sections. Label two sections 1 and two sections 2.
  2. Make a key by writing 1 beside one color and 2 beside another.
  3. Color each wing section using the key. Add antennae and a flower nearby.

Adult stays beside the child and helps with the numbers as needed.

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