The Beauty of Butterfly Pies

Calling All Butterfly Watchers

Materials:

• Pie Tin
• Dirt
• Water
• 1 Cup Sugar
• Hand Fulls of Flower Petals

Combine dirt and water in pie tin, with bare hands, of course. Mix well into a traditional mud pie.  Add 1 cup of sugar and then the flower petals, again, with bare hands, of course.  Place pie tin outside on a sunny day and watch for butterflies! Don't forget to take pictures!

My students loved this activity, even those who don't always like to get their hands dirty. Maybe prompting was necessary to use more than just their fingers or even two hands, but the excitement of putting out butterfly food was the best motivation of all.