Have you ever taught a class about changing your heart? You search high and low for the perfect object lesson. You want to knock it out of the park. Man, it is hard coming up with something.

I was teaching this particular lesson and it gave an idea of using a caterpillar and showing how it changes into something beautiful, a butterfly.

This got me thinking. I would love to find some sort of origami butterfly that would change from a caterpillar into a butterfly. I only had 30 minutes for this lesson and the kids I teach are only 7-8 year olds. It had to be a quick and easy.

I stumbled upon this blog post by Hello Wonderful. This butterfly would be perfect for my class. It needed to be painted. I didn’t want to deal with that mess! I put on my thinking cap and hopped over to Creative Fabrica to see what digital items I could add to my caterpillar/butterfly.

Great find

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The Process

I first searched for a caterpillar. I found this awesome set and thought it would be perfect. Click the pictures below to get these digital files.

I went on the hunt for the perfect, colorful butterfly. Oh my, this cute butterfly jumped at me…or should I say, flew at me!

After printing up my prototype, I cut out the circle and butterfly. Next, I folded them both in half. I used a glue gun to glue the belly of the butterfly to the folded side of the circle. Before attaching the butterfly, I made sure the butterfly would be placed on the circle where it would be hidden when closed up. This picture below is what I got. This prototype needed something to spruce her up!

I felt it needed to be printed on both sides. The butterfly would look better sitting on a branch. I went to work and searched for a branch or leaves. This is what I found:

This branch was a little big for my project. I decided to use only one branch that stretched to both sides. I added my saying and here she is:

Here’s a video on how it works. What do you think?

Freebies!

I know, you are wondering how you can get one of these too? Click on the Freebie Collection above or here to download this for yourself. Search for “5. Caterpillar Change of Heart” (without the quotes). This file has two versions. One with and one without words. Use it as you see fit. Let me know in the comments how you used or are planning to use this freebie. Enjoy!