Butterflies!

A few months ago, we bought a Butterfly Garden Kit that lets you watch caterpillars change to butterflies. We ordered the caterpillars and five of them came in a little sealed plastic cup with a bunch of food at the bottom. We watched them for a week or two as they grew and grew. The kids loved watching them move around the cup. By the time they were getting ready to make their chrysalis, they were huge!

One morning we came down, and all but one had started the chrysalis process of hanging like a J. It was fun to see them change from caterpillar to the chrysalis. We waited a few days once they were all in their chrysalides and then moved them to the butterfly garden.


It took another week or so before they finally emerged from the chrysalides as butterflies! Unfortunately, despite my trying, we missed the emergence of all of them!


It was fun to see the butterflies flutter around in the garden and watch them drink the orange juice from the orange slices. It has to be at least 55 degrees outside in order to release them so we had to keep them inside for awhile but we finally got a few warmer days and we were able to take them out and release them. Addie and her friends had fun trying to hold them and touch them before they fluttered away.





It was a fun experience for the kids and definitely worth the money for the kit. I'd recommend this if you get the chance!