Children's Nature Learning: Live Butterfly Garden

Children’s Nature Learning: Live Butterfly Garden

Growing Butterflies in your home can be a great learning experience.

We purchased our butterfly kit from Amazon. It’s called the “Insect Lore Live Butterfly Garden”. It costs $13.77 and well worth it!

Live Butterfly Garden

We fed the caterpillars in their jar and watched them grow.

The kids loved checking on their caterpillars.

After about 10 days they formed a chrysalis on the top of the jar and we placed them inside the butterfly house.

Then we waited.

The first two butterflies hatched about the same time, but only one of the two made it.

This was very heartbreaking for my son, but such an incredible lesson to teach.

The day had arrived to let the butterflies go.

It was exciting and fun.

The butterflies knew what to do and flew off! butterfly activity

After you’ve released your butterflies, you can order replacement caterpillars for only $5! This is totally something we will do again.

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Go Adventure Mom’s found, Kathy Dalton, launched Go Adventure Mom in 2012 in an effort to bring women together that love travel and the outdoors. As a former ski instructor, Kathy has taken her love for outdoor recreation and through the power of social media has created a platform to share her passion with the world. As a mom of three, Kathy loves to share her family adventures in Utah, cross-country skiing up Millcreek Canyon, skiing in the Wasatch Mountains, camping in Grand Teton National Park and camping in the Uintas. Kathy has been featured in The New York Times, The Huffington Post, Parents and Parenting magazine. Kathy is a regular contributor to Visit Salt Lake and is a tip contributor on TripAdvisor.