1st Annual Butterfly Experience at the Wagners'

Today I hosted a little Butterfly Experience for some of my friends. We had 9 children (+ my 5) who participated. Friday, I am expecting 20 children (+ my 5) -- unless I pawn my little ones off on my sweet friend, Christie, down the street.










We started out with a cool craft (thanks to Rebecca G. for the idea) that showed the butterfly's life cycle. Sweet Pea, Little R and Handsome did a great job being in charge of a station at the craft table. I couldn't have done it without them.

Then, we were supposed to have story-time, but because I wanted to beat the rain, we did a little butterfly hunting in the woods.


Now, yesterday when I was out there, there were tons of butterflies fluttering around. But I guess because of the wind and soon coming rain, they had taken cover. We did get to see some host plants and caterpillars.















We also got to see a couple of my captive butteflies in the gazebo mating. I'm sure some of the mom's are excited about explaining that one!












After a little story time, we put our snack together (another great idea from Rebecca G.) and the kids ate on pretzels while I talked about the life cycle of the butterfly.












It was my first time doing something like this. I felt like I had so much to share but not enough time to get it all in. And I didn't want to overwhelm everyone with too much info. So I hope they walked away with a good experience. I hope the kids learned something new.


I mostly hope they remember what I said about having a God that loves them way more than butterflies and caterpillars. And how if He takes care of those little creatures, surely He will take care of His little ones who are created in His image.