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            • The Rottnest Quod
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            • Wadjemup Lighthouse
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        • Togakushi >
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          • Togakushi and Surrounds
      • Malaysia >
        • Mount Ophir
        • Rider's Lodge, Johor
        • Sibu Island
      • New Zealand >
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        • Coronet Peak
        • Glenorchy
        • Queenstown
        • The Remarkables
      • Singapore >
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        • China Town
        • Clarke Quay
        • Gardens by the Bay
        • Helix Bridge
        • Jurong Bird Park
        • Henderson waves
        • MacRitchie Reservoir
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        • Merlion
        • MICA Building
        • Pasir Ris Kids Kampong
        • Sentosa Island
        • Singapore Botanical Gardens
        • Singapore's Cityscape
        • Singapore Flyer
        • Singapore Japanese and Chinese Gardens
        • Singapore Zoo
        • Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve
        • The Dragon Kiln
        • The Esplanade
        • The Fullerton
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      • Thailand >
        • Phuket
        • Rawa Island, Krabi
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    • Birds >
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      • Brolgas
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      • Cormorant
      • Curlews
      • Ducks
      • Eastern Koel
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      • Fairy Wren
      • Flamingos
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      • Ostriches
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      • Pacific Baza
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      • Other Parrots
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        • Cotton Top Tamarin
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      • Zebras
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      • Caterpillars
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      • Flies
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      • Grasshoppers and Locusts
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      • Millipedes
      • Moths
      • Scale Insects
      • Spiders
      • Squash Bug
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      • Dolphins
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      • Sea Star
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      • Bell flower hyacinth orchid (Dipodium campanulatum)
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      • Blackberries
      • Blue Rottnest Island Daisy
      • Boronia
      • Bottlebrush
      • Brackens and Ferns
      • Cannonball Tree
      • Canola
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      • Camellia
      • Cape Dandelion
      • Carnivorous Plants
      • Clover
      • Convolvulus
      • Creepers, Vines and Tendrils
      • Dandelions
      • Daucus Carota
      • Dog's Bane
      • Donkey Orchid
      • Echium
      • Erigeron Daisy
      • Eucalyptus
      • Everlasting Daisy
      • Figs
      • Frangipani
      • Fruit Tree Flowers
      • Ginger
      • Grasses and Rushes
      • Iris
      • Kangaroo Paw
      • Lavender
      • Loropetalum
      • Lotus Flowers
      • Onions
      • Oranges
      • Orchids at the Singapore Botanical Gardes
      • Osteospermum
      • Other Flowers
      • Paperbarks
      • Parsley
      • Passionfruit
      • Peace Lily
      • Photinia
      • Pine Trees
      • Polygala Sweet Pea Shrub
      • Poppy Tree
      • Proteas
      • Pyrorchis Orchid
      • Ribbon Pea
      • Roses
      • Salvia
      • Shasta Daisy
      • Soursob
      • Statice
      • Strawberries
      • Swan River Daisy
      • Talibot Pine
      • Tembusu Tree
      • Thistles
      • Thorns
      • Tomatoes
      • Tree canopies, bark and leaves
      • Tulips
      • Veined Helmet Orchid
      • Water Lilies
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      • Amanita princeps
      • Austropaxillus infundibuliformis
      • Boletellus obscurecoccineus
      • Cortinarius acheri
      • Cortinarius austrovenetus
      • Cortinarius rotundisporus
      • Earth Stars
      • Entoloma moongum
      • Entoloma rodwayi
      • Gymnopilus allantopus
      • Hygrocybe chromolimonea
      • Hygrocybe miniata
      • Lactarius eucalypti
      • Lycoperdon pyriforme
      • Lycoperdon scabrum
      • Mycena albidofusca
      • Mycena epipterygia
      • Mycena toyerlaricola
      • Mycena viscidocruenta
      • Oudemansiella gigaspora
      • Phaeolus schweinitzii
      • Phleopus marginatus
      • Pisolithus arhizus
      • Postia lactea
      • Ramaria
      • Scleroderma cepa
      • Trametes coccinea
    • Mosses
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      • Basilisks
      • Bearded Dragons
      • Central Netted Dragon
      • Chameleon
      • Changable Lizard
      • Crocodiles and Alligators
      • Eastern Water Dragon
      • Geckos
      • Iguanas
      • Skinks
      • Snakes
      • Tortoises and Turtles
      • Water Monitors
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Balancing Butterfly

Free printable templates to make a balancing butterfly. Crafts for kids.
Large Butterfly

Make a butterfly that will balance on the tip of your finger...

Materials 
1. Printer
2. Paper
3. Colouring pens or pencils
4. Two light metal washers per butterfly. Make sure they are small enough to fit inside the top parts of the wings of your chosen butterfly.
5. Scissors

Free printable templates to make a balancing butterfly. Crafts for kids.
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Instructions:

1. Print out one of the A4 templates below. You can have either one large, or six smaller butterflies per page.

Available in pdf or jpg.

Free printable templates to make a balancing butterfly. Crafts for kids.
Small Butterfly
one_large_butterly_template.pdf
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six_small_butterflies_template.pdf
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Free printable templates to make a balancing butterfly. Crafts for kids.
One Large Butterfly Template
Free printable templates to make a balancing butterfly. Crafts for kids.
Six Small Butterflies Template
2. Colour in the  butterfly/butterflies using pencils or crayons. If you are using pens or paint be mindful not to make the paper too moist as this will weaken the paper and it is more likely to tear...wait until the paper is fully dry before continuing.

Cut them out.
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Free printable templates to make a balancing butterfly. Crafts for kids.
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Free printable templates to make a balancing butterfly. Crafts for kids.


3. Tape the washers to the butterfly wings, in the position as shown.    
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Large Butterfly
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Small butterfly
Free printable templates to make a balancing butterfly. Crafts for kids.
Free printable templates to make a balancing butterfly. Crafts for kids.


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