I cut out the egg carton for him and then I let him paint it. He did a pretty good job! He didn't always paint on the egg carton, but that's ok because the paint we use is very easy to clean up.
When he was finished painting the egg carton, I got a white piece of cardstock and let him use his Dot Art Paints to paint the paper.
As you can see in the picture he didn't do a lot of dotting. I kept showing him on my own piece of paper how to make dots, but he wanted to color with them. That's ok though, I love how it turned out.
After all the paint dried I cut the cardstock into the shape of butterfly wings and then glue the wings to the egg carton. Then I added a little pipe cleaner to make an antenna.
Dawson liked admiring it when it was finished.
We decided that we are going to use the wall behind his craft/snack table to display his artwork. His table is in the playroom so we will be able to see his art all the time. This butterfly is the first one to go up on the wall. :)
I'm excited to fill that wall up with all of his creations.
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Ooohh, I love it! I might just have to make one of those with Ashlyn. :)
I love the wings! What a fun craft!
Just a quick message to say thank you for your lovely comment on bakerella's blog (alice in the uk!).
I LOVE your butterfly! My youngest son is 2 and would really enjoy that - thanks for the inspiration! x
That is the cutest craft ever!
What an adorable project!
Thanks for stopping by my SITS day yesterday!
How cute and he made it himself!
It's so cute!
Aww how cute and fun! We love to do crafts too!
Stopping by from SITS!
Happy SITS day to you!!! What an adorable butterfly! You will have that wall covered in no time!
Oh my gosh! That is so cute! I need to do that with my son when he is old enough.
Happy SITS day!
Happy SITS day!
That's a very cute butterfly :)
He is adorable!! Happy SITS Day!
So cute! I love crafts and your son is such a cutie!
Happy SITS Day!
That looks like a fun craft for kids. I love the idea of a special wall for all his art projects!
Congrats on your SITS day!
Happy SITS Day, Jamie!
Loved this project. He looks just like your husband right down to the hair!
Happy SITS Day. Where's your crown?
Great idea. I love that you are decorating the wall with his art.
Happy SITS day.
LisaDay
Too cute!
Aww...what a cutie pie! Great craft! My son loves butterflies and caterpillars and is fascinated with the fact that they change... One of his favorite books is The Very Hungry Caterpillar!
Congrats on you SITS day!!
Thank you to you, your son, and your husband for his service to our country. I know it's service for you and Dawson too!
I'm so doing this for M's birthday! Looks awesome!
What a cute project. Congrats on your SITS day too!
I actually love how much that turned out so much that I want to make one and put it on my wall. Just because I'm in my twenties and single, that wouldn't be weird, right? Hope you're having a fantastic SITS day - enjoy it!
super cute. we do a lot of crafts with my son and I always have a hard time deciding what to keep and what to throw away :) happy sits day
Oh how cute! I should put that on my summer list to do with my girls!
Happy SITS day!
Adorable project! I love re-purposing "trash" for crafts!
I love how the wings turned out! He's a regular Jackson Pollock!
What an artist!! Cute art idea!
Happy SITS day. Nothing like a kid crafter to start my day with a smile. He is going to be an artist.
How absolutely beautiful!! And I love the idea of having a wall where he can see his accomplishments like this. Terrific idea. *Smile*
Awwww...very crafty!
Happy SITs day to you... For sure he is an little artist, loves music and art! Congrats for you too !!!
What a good idea!!!! And happy SITS day!
I absolutely love this!
That's very crafty! We might have to try that out now :-) Thanks for sharing!
I love that craft! I do a lot of crafts with my daughter! I love your blog! I just became a follower! Visit me at Mama's Little Chick - www.mamaslittlechick.com
Mama Hen
That is SUCH a cute craft!!
This is so awesome! Such an artsy little guy for such a young age! New follower :)
I love that! It came out sooo cute!
What a great craft idea... my 2 year will enjoy making one of these... I have just started putting up her pieces of art on a wall and she is so proud of her work up there for all to see.
OOH, how cute! This is my first time at your blog, I came from Ramblings of a crazy woman link up.
What a cute butterfly, he did such a good job! I love the idea of the art wall.....so cute!!
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