Butterfly Garden

For Liv's Birthday last year she recieved a very special box with a coupon inside to send for her very own
Live Butterfly Garden . So we sent the coupon in and waited for our caterpillars to arrive. Much to my surprise they came in the mail and all survived the journey. What was nice about this project was that they came in a plastic container with all of the food they would need allowing us to just sit back and observe. Of course I did a very poor job of taking pictures throughout this process but I did get a few pictures during our send off. Now I am antsy to try something new this year. I just got a catalogue in the mail with tons of other "pets".

To check this out in more detail visit the Live Butterfly Garden website!

Butterfly Treats

Tomorrow Alivia turns 3! I think the day before the actual birthday may be just as busy as the day of. My evening was full of baking and crafting. Tomorrow Alivia will go to school (daycare) in the morning and no birthday is complete without taking treats for all of your friends! This craft was a lot of fun and really easy.

What You Need

Ziploc baggies

Clothespins

Paint

Snack (cereal, candy, or in our case "Puppy Chow")

Pipe Cleaner

Your Imagination

Directions

1) We started this project out by having Liv paint all of the clothespins while I got busy making the snack to go inside.

I am pretty sure she is painting her hand here!

2) Stuff each sandwich size Ziploc baggie with about 1 cup of the snack.

3) Twist the baggie in half making sure to evenly distribute the snack on each side.

4) Secure the center with a pipe cleaner that has been cut in half (this will become the butterfly antennas).

5) Place clothespin over pipe cleaner.

6) Finish decorating however you choose.

Don't they look so cute all together? I am sure Liv's classmates are going to love them!