Butterfly Release

It's time to release the butterflies. It's been so much fun watching them grow from caterpillar to chrysalis then transform into butterflies. The kids were so excited to take them outside to release them into the outdoors where they can lay their eggs and start the cycle over. We walked across the street to the cemetery behind the school where there is more vegetation and flowers so the butterflies have plenty of food and plants to lay their eggs.

Here we are walking toward the cemetery to release our butterflies.

Here are the butterflies in their temporary habitat waiting to be released.

Yummy oranges!

I think the butterflies liked the oranges and didn't want to leave them behind.

The kids were so excited to watch them and it was wonderful that the butterflies didn't fly away immediately. They just hung around for the kids to enjoy and experience.

This is the littlest of the butterflies that we had in our classroom. The kids were so afraid she wouldn't make it. The other butterflies were nearly twice as big as this one.

I loved the pictures I got when one of them landed on the branch of a bush. I took more pictures than I can share and I can't show any of the kids faces. I know you'll understand the importance of privacy and I hope you enjoy the pictures