Winter brings us shorter days, but you can capture the spirit of sunshine with butterfly wings in a variety of ways.
Butterfly wings can be the foundation of a number of indoor playtime activities. Your child can develop skits about butterflies, with costumes complete with tutu skirts.
You can select a number of options to give your child different choices for the butterfly costumes. Butterfly wings come in a range of colors and designs, with embellishments like crystals, glitter or gems. The tutu skirts come with a mixture of accents and design features, too.
Add accessories like tiaras and fairy wands to the costume trunk to expand your child’s imagination even more. Include costumes for other creatures, like ladybugs and bumblebees, to add a splash of bright colors, too.
Butterfly decorations may also inspire creative play on drab winter days. Your child may choose to do a painting or drawing using a nylon butterfly as a model. Crafting a butterfly collage can be a fun diversion, too. Give your child a butterfly pattern, some scissors, glue and a collection of unique papers or fabrics and let her channel her creativity.
Butterflies have lots of friends in nature that can accompany them at playtime, too. Ladybug decorations, dragonflies and bumblebees complement a butterfly theme, whether it’s for dress-up, make-believe play or some artistic endeavor.
If your child shows interest in butterflies, you can also encourage your child to expand on that interest and explore the life cycles and species of butterflies. Turn butterfly affinity into a science lesson that gives your child the gift of knowledge.
Butterflies are beautiful all year long, so take advantage of opportunities to bring a touch of spring into your home to get you through the darker months.


