I thought it would be really fun to make kids backpacks they can color and take to school and show everyone their art as they're learning about science and the process of metamorphosis starting in 1-2nd grades. Metamorphosis is such a profound component of science and life at all ages for people too, so I've found that taking this backpack with me, in all sorts of environments, kids and adults alike are really drawn to it and want to immediately talk about the process and fol

This student was in a Primary Autism class where I was a Substitute Teacher in 2025, Las Vegas, NV. He was really into rainbows and organizing markers in a rainbow pattern. He had colored a Swallowtail Butterfly earlier in the day and really loved it. The teacher asked me to put it on on the classroom board where all the kids' favorite works were tacked up on the board for everyone to see. Later in the day we had another opportunity for a 15-min Art Brain Break so I showed hi