Butterfly, Butterfly Passing Me By - A Flannel Friday

Happy Friday everyone! This was my flannel board activity this week for the children during my Puppets Come to Play storytime. The children each got to have a felt butterfly finger puppet to play with as we sang the song "Butterfly, Butterfly Passing Me By," which is a piggyback song from "Bluebird, Bluebird On My Window" that I created. 

We sang through the song a couple times to get the tune and tempo as we fluttered our butterflies in air. After that we repeated the song and I asked the toddlers and preschoolers what color they had and they answered. Afterwards they got to put their butterflies on the flannel board. For the preschoolers, when I asked a child what color they had they had to say the color and go ahead and put the butterfly on the board. 

The butterfly puppets were made by using a die cut that my library has. If you don't have a die cut all you have to do is cut out a butterfly shape and cut too horizontal strips by its tummy so that you can slip your finger in. I reinforced the little finger band with an extra strip of felt so that it the puppets would last a little while longer since I knew they would get some wear with the kids will be trying to the puppet on and off their fingers. 

Butterfly, Butterfly Passing Me By, puppet flannel board,
created by Dorothy WP-CC, 2012

Butterfly, Butterfly Passing Me By

tune: Bluebird, Bluebird On My Window

Butterfly, butterfly passing me by

Butterfly, butterfly passing me by

Butterfly, butterfly passing me by

Oh, what color are you?

(name the color)

Source: Me! 

Have a wonderful weekend!

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