City of Longmont: Crafternoon challenge

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CITY OF LONGMONT
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Crafternoon Challenge: Morpho Butterflies

• Date: Oct. 3 -10:30 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.
• Location: Library
• 409 Fourth Ave.
• Longmont, Colorado 80501

About Crafternoon Challenge - Hispanic Heritage Month

Come to the library on Mondays during Hispanic Heritage Month to pick up a craft kit to take home. Crafts are suitable for children three to nine years old with the help of an adult. Kits are available after Bilingual Storytime (10-10:30 a.m.).

Do this week's challenge

The morpho butterfly is a metallic blue butterfly that lives in the forests in Mexico, Central America, and South America.

See the instructions below to gather your supplies, or pick up a kit at the Library's Children's and Teens' Area, 409 4th Ave. (while supplies last). Then, see the instructions below to make this week's craft.

Supplies:

• Black tissue paper
• Different shades of blue tissue paper
• Paper plate
• Pipe cleaners
• Scissors
• Glue

Instructions:

• Cut a wedge out of the top and bottom of the paper plate to make wings.
• Tear up blue and black tissue paper to fill in the wings.
• Glue black tissue paper around the edges of the wings and use shades of blue to fill in the wings.
• Curl a pipe cleaner and staple it to the top to make antennae

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