No Sew Felt - Butterfly Metamorphosis

After creating my No-Sew Transforming Toad, I had to make the same with the butterfly.
If you notice, I left a pocket  behind the tree trunk by only partially gluing the tree. This way, the little caterpillar can go in one side and the big caterpillar will come out the other. Also, the egg is hidden under a leaf. And, the “dirt” at the bottom, is only partially glued to act as a pocket for the butterfly and pupa. The egg is only partially glued behind the leaves (same for all the leaves actually) so that they form pockets for hiding our creatures in or behind.

I used Aleene’s Tacky glue in the bronze brownish bottle for gluing.

I found this great butterfly metamorphosis poster @ 
http://s3images.coroflot.com/user_files/individual_files/original_55536_FWFQzRH46JReOPIjN0GUS3Oxe.jpg

Also, while the milk weed looks more like a tree (oops), at least it gives me an option to repurpose this craft later. Since the “soil” is a pocket, we can plant flower seeds in it and make them grow too! And, we can put worms into the ground to decomp the soil and fertilize it. We can put a bird nest in the tree and watch the eggs hatch. Those felt creations are not happening today! So, my poor version of milk weed, what the monarch eats, has a much more useful lifespan looking like a dwarf tree!

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Glue three sides of the felt, the frog and the butterfly metamorphosis, back to back. The two short sides and one long side, to form a pocket for storage.

Glue three sides of the felt, the frog and the butterfly metamorphosis, back to back. The two short sides and one long side, to form a pocket for storage.

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