I can see budding trees and blooming flowers, I can hear the birds happily chirping away, I can smell the fresh air, I can feel the blazing sun, I can once again taste the delicious ice cream in the famous little shop here that closes for winter and reopens to embrace the warmth of spring.
It's time for the white snowflakes of winter on my window to make way for colourful butterflies of spring.
So, Angel and I gathered some craft supplies in the house and decided to make our very own DIY butterflies.
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1) Crepe paper
2) Pipe cleaners
3) Yarn balls
4) Plastic eyes
5) Scissors
6) Glue
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Glue on the yarn ball and plastic eyes and ta-dah, you've achieved a very simple DIY butterfly! Yeah, we have brainy butterflies with gigantic heads because we used the leftover yarn balls from making our Easter flying chicks. Cute, isn't it?
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I'm not really sure if she meant it, that she picked the one she thought wasn't the prettiest for herself. But that's just what I am going to teach her as she grows.
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That we should always be nicer to others than ourselves.
That life can be simple but yet colourful, wonderful and always so full of happiness.
We just need to feel it in our hearts.
For more kids crafts and DIY tutorials, visit my gallery here.