Wings full of colour

Mix pink, lilac and yellow wings. Add contrasting paper spots, then draw a tiny happy face.

30 minutes · Ages 6+ with adult help · 10 pages · 10 steps

A flat butterfly about 15 x 14.6 cm. The 10 colour steps explain how four wings overlap, how the antennae sit behind the head and where each coloured spot goes. Includes 16 named paper pieces. Suggested ages 6+ with adult help; allow about 30 minutes.

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Materials

• Half an A4 or US Letter sheet each of PINK, LILAC and YELLOW paper; TEAL paper at least 6 x 14 cm; BLACK paper 5 x 5 cm; WHITE paper 5 x 7 cm. Use light paper or card, about 120-160 gsm.
• Child-safe scissors, glue stick, pencil, eraser, ruler and a black felt-tip pen. Protect the table with scrap paper.
• Write part IDs lightly on the backs. Dry-fit before gluing. Put glue only on the overlapping backs. Ask a grown-up to help with small shapes and curved cuts.
• Print only pages 8-10 at Actual size / 100%. Check each 5 cm test bar; a colour printer is not needed.

Inside your PDF

• 10-page English PDF: finished view, preparation, colour instructions and 3 full-size pattern pages
• 10 numbered steps, each with its own colour illustration
• 16 paper pieces with named colours and cut quantities
• Colour placement is named for every wing spot; an eye close-up shows how to leave the white highlights.
• A 5 cm calibration bar on every pattern page; A4 and US Letter supported at 100%