Model Magic Butterfly

Students use a combination of model magic and decorated paper to make thier own butterfly.

Material
One packet of model magic per student
A4 dispersing paper
Food dye
paint brush
Water
Thin Wire
Paint
Scissors
Squirty bottle'
Sticky tape
Hot glue gun

Procedure
- With the fluffy side of the dispersing paper facing up, dampen the paper using the squirty bottle
- Dip a paint brush into food dye and add different coloured drops of dye onto the paper until the whole page is coloured. Because the page is wet the ink drops will spread out onto the paper. Leave paper to dry
- Use the model magic to make the body for the butterfly. It may be only one body segment in a sausage shape or it may have lots of segments by joining balls together.
- Legs can be added by sticking three pieces of wire through the body and bending then at the end to form feet. Wire can also be used for antennas.
- Use a blank A4 piece of paper folded in half to draw one half of a butterflys wings ensuring that the wings start on the fold of the paper. Hold the paper up to a window to trace the wings onto the other half of the paper so that there is a symetrical butterfly.
-Cut this out to use as a template. Once the dye paper is dry trace around the template onto this paper and cut out the wings.
- Collect two pieces of wire the same length and twist then in the middle to make an x shape.
- Put the middle of the x on the middle of the bottom of the butterfly wings and pinch the middle of the butterfly wings. Attatch with sticky tape. The wire allows the wings to be flexible.
- Paint the body of the butterfly
-Attach the wings to the body using hot glue gun