Try this easy floating butterfly project with your artists. It's sure to please and it looks like magic. When the secret is revealed you will see it's really very simple.
Copy and enlarge the pattern here and transfer to a piece of card stock paper. The butterfly is about 7 inches across the upper wings. The paper has to be heavy enough to hold it's shape. If you don't have card stock, a file folder will do. On one side, paint, color or draw a beautiful design of butterfly wings. Any design you like. On the other side you will tape a penny on each of the upper wings right where the spots are in the pattern. For a finishing touch you can add a little thin white wire curled on both ends, bent in the middle and taped to the head of the butterfly. I used a twist tie and cut the extra paper off of it.
If the coins are placed in the right spots the butterfly balances and spins a little on your finger when you hold it up.
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