For Easter Grammy gave the girls a 'Butterfly Garden'. She sent away for caterpillars and we got them in the mail a week or so later. When they first came they were tiny little caterpillars and they QUICKLY grew into huge, fat caterpillars. I wish I had taken pics of them when we first got them. Shoot! Anyway, it was amazing to watch the whole butterfly metamorphosis. From tiny caterpillars to chrysalises to beautiful butterflies all in a couple weeks times! We can all learn so much from nature by witnessing the miraculousness of the Lord's creation! 
The caterpillars came in this self contained cup with the food at the bottom. There was nothing we had to do, but watch as they grow and form the cocoons and then become a chrysalis. It was spectacular to watch!
The caterpillars came in this self contained cup with the food at the bottom. There was nothing we had to do, but watch as they grow and form the cocoons and then become a chrysalis. It was spectacular to watch!
When a caterpillar starts to become a chrysalis, it hangs upside down and then forms a cocoon with a silk like material. In this picture all but one of the caterpillars is now a chrysalis. The lone caterpillar is the one closest to the camera lens. He turned into a chrysalis the next day!
Once the chrysalis turns an iridescent color, it was time to remove them from the cup and pin the paper disk they hang from to the 'Butterfly Garden' net.
This is what it looked like. They stayed like this for several more days before releasing from their cocoons!
Grammy also bought a wonderful childrens book about the butterfly metamorphosis. The girls wanted to read it almost every night!
Very interested! They couldn't wait to see the "baby butterflies"!
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