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Paper flower preschool craft

Drink Like a Butterfly

Each September, the kids at Arcadia Nature Nursery School in Easthampton, Massachusetts, become monarch butterfly authorities. Autumn, as the preschoolers learn, is a crucial time for these fliers, since that is when they head en masse to Mexico and Southern California, where they set up shop for the winter before heading back home, laying eggs along the way.

Students even "become" butterflies themselves by creating a paper flower that has a cup in its center for nectar (a.k.a. apple juice), and then sipping the nectar through a straw. Butterflies and moths feed through a strawlike proboscis, a flexible tongue that coils up when not in use. Really. Just ask any Arcadia preschooler.

Cut the paper, felt, or fabric into 2-inch-long petals.

Use a glue stick to glue petals around the plate.

Cover the bottom of the cup with glue, and press it into the center of the flower for 30 seconds to make sure it sets. (If the cup has a recessed bottom, cover the bottom rim with glue instead.)

Use the straw (you can cut it in half for easier handling) to sip juice from the cup like a butterfly.

Scissors

Tissue paper, felt, craft paper, construction paper, or fabric for petals

Glue stick

A paper plate

1 small plastic or paper cup

1 straw

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