How to Make Paper Towel Butterflies

We made one of these paper towel butterflies on the weekend and it was so much fun!

What you need:

Paper Towel

4 x bowls

1/2 cup water

food colouring

a pipe cleaner cut in half

What to do:

Lay out the four bowls and distribute the water evenly.

Add 2 – 3 drops of different food colouring to each bowl and mix with water.

Fold your paper towel square into a small square (4 folds).

Dip each corner of the paper towel square into the coloured water.

Unfold the paper towel and allow to dry.
Once dry, concertina fold the square (on diagonal) and wrap a pipe cleaner around, leaving enough at the top for two antenna.

This was so much fun!  Leave us a message in the comments if you try it yourself we’d love to hear what you thought of this activity, or alternatively post a picture of your paper towel butterflies on our Facebook Page.