We did something really cool this past month, we raised some caterpillars and released them when they turned into butterflies! It was so interesting to watch them change. I have done this before in my classroom so I thought that it would be fun to let the girls do it at home. As soon as we released them DD1 asked if we could get some more caterpillars! The caterpillars came in the mail and they were tiny, about the size of a chocolate sprinkle. They ate and grew for about 10 days, they were really fat and ugly, and then they turned into chrysallises. They stayed inside for about 10 more days and then we had 5 painted lady butterflies. We kept them inside for about 3 days to watch them eat and flutter around but then I felt sorry for them so we let them go. It was really fun and we will definitely get more caterpillars next spring!
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My boys did this at their school
in St. George and they still talk about it. They loved it and I have really considered buying one of those. I think I will for sure next spring. What fun!! I haven't talked to you, but I hope the prizes for your Bunco were ok. Let me know if there was any problems or if you thought they were just plain dumb! :)
We did that last spring and Katelyn absolutely loved it!
How fun!!! What a great mom and teacher you are. I would never even think to do something like that. If you decide to do it again you will have to let me know and maybe my kids can just come over during each little stage and see the difference and then watch them all fly away....
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