I’m a big fan of butterflies. They’re beautiful, colorful and have a lot of inspirational meaning. Every year spring through fall I look forward to seeing them hovering around in my flower garden. If you enjoy seeing butterflies and looking for a way to bring their beauty into your home you’ll want to check out the book that we’re featuring today.
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Book Title: Beautiful Press-Out Flying Butterflies
Author: Richard Merrill
Publisher: Dover Publications
ISBN: 9780486823997
Book Synopsis: They’re about three times bigger than their real-life equivalents, but these dramatic renderings of butterflies are scrupulously accurate—and they really fly! Just press out along the perforations, follow simple folding instructions, add a coin for weight, and send them soaring. All of them feature captions that include their Latin names and information about their habitats and behaviors plus pointers on where to look for them.
In addition to the fun of making and flying the beautiful insects, this book offers a great way to learn how to identify butterflies. Richard Merrill, a former aerospace design engineer, has created vivid and recognizable depictions of these majestic creatures’ wing patterns. The twenty-four models include American Copper, Australian Red Lacewing, Blue Morpho, Painted Lady, and others. Nature lovers of all ages will appreciate this opportunity to understand and get to know butterflies—as well as the chance to play with them!
Carol’s Thoughts: My daughter Shelly is really crafty, I’m not. When I saw this easy-to-use press-out butterflies book, I knew it was for me. At the age of 69, I need projects that are easy-to-do and won’t take days to complete. You simply press out the colorful butterflies, fold them in the marked areas, add a coin for the weight and yes, you can fly them all around your house. Kids would enjoy doing that.
For my purpose though…I enjoyed making them and displaying them. I have 2 sitting on a shelf to add color, they look realistic and beautiful. I’m going to make the rest of them and turn them into a hanging mobile to hang in my Florida sunroom. I think the mobile will be perfect as a springtime decoration.
The butterflies are printed onto high-quality, cardstock paper. They’re perforated, so you just have to press them out of the book, no scissors are needed. Each butterfly comes in information give you its official name, information about its habitat and other butterfly facts. This book is fun and educational!
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Giveaway: One lucky winner is going to win the Beautiful Press-Out Flying Butterflies Book from Dover Publications. Good Luck!
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