Butterflies

Inspired by 'The Worrysaurus' written by Rachel Bright, this is a simple art activity which will encourage your child to learn and understand how a worry may physically feel inside their bodies. It is a simple to set up art activity that creates minimal mess and will serve as a reminder of how we can soothe any worries we may have.

Set Up:

This easy therapeutic art activity was completed over two mornings. The first morning we headed to the woods to pick pinecones and the second morning we turned the pinecones into butterflies using the raffia paper from our September Worries box.

We had a glorious morning looking for pinecones in the woods; we chatted about all sorts of things as we explored. There is something very lovely about nature and the way it can encourage us all to open up.

At home we read the part of ‘The Worrysaurus’ which explains that a worry feels like a butterfly in the Worrysaurus’ tummy and we talked about what our worries may feel like inside our own bodies.

To make the pinecone butterflies we twisted one strip of the raffia paper in the middle and gently pushed the raffia paper between the scales of the pinecones.

Our pinecone butterflies are hanging up at home and it reminds us about some of the strategies we have in place now to soothe our worries.

So nice, calming and therapeutic!