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 is a quick Art Brain Break project by a 4th grader in the Resource Room where I was a Substitute Teacher at CCSD in November 2025. She didn't say a word to me during our timed session where there were 3 other kids at the same octagon table. She had finished her math and all of her other assigned work so I asked her if she was interested in coloring any of the animal and insect art break pages I had with me. The other girl at the table who hadn't said a word to me eithe

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

Educational Art I LOVE my Kids Backpack 60-Day Metamorphosis of a Swallowtail Butterfly for Show & Tell! I created this backpack for kids...