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Butterfly Project
Printable instructionsInstruction card, PDF
Download PDFWhat you need
- Blue conductive dough
- Green conductive dough
- White insulating dough
- 3 LEDs
- Battery holder with 4 AA batteries
Steps
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To make the wings, shape two pieces of blue dough as shown. Do the same with green dough. Arrange them like butterfly wings.
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Roll out a long piece of white insulating dough for the body and place it in the center of the wings.
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Make the butterfly's dots and antennae and attach them to the body and wings.
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Push the long legs of the LEDs into the left wings and the short legs into the right wings.
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Push the red wire into the left green wing and the black wire into the blue wing. Turn on the battery holder to see your butterfly light up!