My oldest daughter is turning 5 soon, so she wanted to take in treats to share with her friends at school. I came across a cute idea on Pinterest that was snack bags that looked like butterflies. I had snack sized zipper bags, clothespins leftover from some other activities I made, and plenty of pipe cleaners. Don’t have googly eyes, but decided to use a marker to draw a face. Then, we needed to pick a snack, so we picked frosted animal cookies to give them a little color.
Here is how I went about making them. I cut the pipe cleaners into 3 pieces to get the right size for the antenna of the butterfly. I kept the snack bag sealed and clipped the middle with the clothespin. Then, I opened each side, put in the cookies, and re-sealed the sides. Then, I drew eyes and a smile on the clothespin. I folded a pipe cleaner in half, rolled up each end a little, and cinched it in the clothespin in the hole at the top. Here is the finished product.
You could decorate the clothespins with paint or markers to spruce it up a little. But, my almost year old was pretty impressed with this, especially when I let her help draw the smiley faces.
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