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Lance took off his sweaty socks and carried them at arm\u2019s length.\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u2018Phew!\u2019 everyone said, holding their noses.\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAnnie mixed some sugar into her glass of water. The sugar water would be a bit like the nectar that butterflies drink from flowers. Annie poured a little into the spoon and put it on the table.\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ENora peeled the banana and put it next to the spoon. It had gone black in the fruit bowl and nobody wanted to eat it. Overripe fruit is sugary and can give butterflies an energy boost.\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ELance put his socks on the table. He knew that butterflies need salts as well as sugars. A diet only made up of one thing isn\u2019t as good as a diet made of lots of different things.\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe three friends crept back the house and watched Bartosz.\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EHe fluttered off the plant and onto the table. What a feast!\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EHe sucked up some sugar water with his proboscis, which was like a straw. Instantly he felt energised.\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EHe landed on the banana and tasted it through special pads in his feet. He nibbled at some of the squishy bits. Mmm!\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EBut all this sweetness was getting a bit sickly. What about the salt?\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EBartosz spotted the socks. Sweating leaves salts behind on our skin, and Lance\u2019s sweat had rubbed onto the socks. To a butterfly it tasted delicious!\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u2018The butterfly likes all the food we put out for him,\u2019 said Nora. \u2018But his favourite is definitely Lance\u2019s smelly socks!\u2019\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EBy Jess Connett\u003C/em\u003E\u003C/p\u003E","label":"What do Butterflies eat?"}]}]}],"config":null},{"type":"singleColumn","areas":[{"items":[{"gridType":"RichTextBlock","content":"\u003Ch3\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cbr /\u003EAll about butterflies\u003C/strong\u003E\u003C/h3\u003E\n\u003Col\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003EEveryone should take it in turns to share what they know about butterflies. Has anyone ever seen a butterfly?\u003C/li\u003E\n\u003C/ol\u003E\n\u003Caside\u003EYou could talk about what butterflies look like, what they eat, and where they live. We\u2019ve put some information below if people want to find out more about them.\u003C/aside\u003E\n\u003Col start=\u00222\u0022\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003EThe person leading the activity should explain that butterflies aren\u2019t just beautiful to look at \u2013 they do some important jobs too. For example, butterflies help plants by moving pollen around.\u003C/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003EThe person leading the activity should explain that butterflies could do with some help from people. They don\u2019t have as many places to live as they used to, and there are fewer flowers for them to get their food from too. People can make sure that butterflies have enough to eat by making butterfly feeders.\u003C/li\u003E\n\u003C/ol\u003E\n\u003Ch3\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EHow to make a flower feeder\u003C/strong\u003E\u003C/h3\u003E\n\u003Col\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003EUse some brightly coloured pens or pencils to colour in a flower. Bright colours will help to attract the butterflies.\u003C/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003ECarefully use suitable scissors to cut around the flower shape.\u003C/li\u003E\n\u003C/ol\u003E\n\u003Caside\u003EPeople might need help from an adult to do this.\u003C/aside\u003E\n\u003Col start=\u00223\u0022\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003EStick a bottle cap onto the middle of the flower with glue or sticky tape.\u003C/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003EUse glue or sticky tape to attach a stick or straw to the back of the flower so it can stick in the ground like it\u2019s growing.\u003C/li\u003E\n\u003C/ol\u003E\n\u003Caside\u003EIt\u2019s up to you whether you use glue or sticky tape \u2013\u00A0it\u2019ll probably depend on the sort of stick you\u2019re using.\u003C/aside\u003E\n\u003Ch3\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EMake your nectar\u003C/strong\u003E\u003C/h3\u003E\n\u003Col\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003EThe person leading the activity should help everyone mix a solution that\u2019s one part sugar and four parts water. They should explain that this is like the nectar that butterflies get from real flowers.\u003C/li\u003E\n\u003C/ol\u003E\n\u003Caside\u003EThis means that for every tablespoon of sugar, you\u2019ll need four tablespoons of water. \u00A0\u00A0\u003C/aside\u003E\n\u003Col start=\u00222\u0022\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003EEveryone should take it turns to give the mixture a stir. Can they see the sugar begin to dissolve?\u003C/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003EEveryone should take a piece of cotton wool. They should dip it in the sugary water or use a spoon to put some sugary water onto the cotton wool.\u003C/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003EEveryone should carefully push their cotton wool inside the bottle cap in the middle of their flower.\u003C/li\u003E\n\u003C/ol\u003E\n\u003Ch3\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EPlace your feeders\u003C/strong\u003E\u003C/h3\u003E\n\u003Col\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003EEveryone should find somewhere outside to put their butterfly feeders.\u003C/li\u003E\n\u003C/ol\u003E\n\u003Caside\u003EIf your meeting place doesn\u2019t have outside space, people could take them home. The feeders can go straight in the ground or into a plant pot \u2013\u00A0or you could fix them to a window or a wall. Popping them on a window or wall might be useful if anyone doesn\u2019t have any outside space.\u003C/aside\u003E\n\u003Col start=\u00222\u0022\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003EEveryone should keep an eye on their feeders. When the cotton wool gets dry, they should top it up with some more sugary water.\u003C/li\u003E\n\u003C/ol\u003E\n\u003Caside\u003EIf the cotton wool starts to look mouldy or dirty, replace it with a new piece of cotton wool. Make sure you wash your hands afterwards.\u003C/aside\u003E\n\u003Col start=\u00223\u0022\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003EIn the future, if anyone wants to get rid of their butterfly feeder, they should do their best to recycle or reuse each of the parts.\u003C/li\u003E\n\u003C/ol\u003E\n\u003Caside\u003EThe bottle top might be too small to go in the recycling by itself, without being screwed onto its bottle. A local organisation or charity might have a specific recycling scheme for bottle tops. You could also keep it somewhere safe and use it to make another butterfly feeder or as part of another craft project.\u00A0\u003C/aside\u003E","gtmId":"","gtmClass":""}]}],"config":null},{"type":"fullWidth","areas":[{"items":[{"gridType":"accordion","gtmId":"","gtmClass":"","showExpand":false,"items":[{"gridType":"accordionItem","gtmId":"","gtmClass":"","body":"\u003Cul\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003EA butterfly starts its life as an egg, then it becomes a caterpillar, and finally it turns into a colourful butterfly.\u003C/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003EButterflies live in lots of places all over the world. The biggest butterfly in the world is over 25cm from the tip of one wing to the tip of their other wing! Show everyone roughly how big this is. How would they feel if they saw a butterfly that big in the park?\u003C/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003EIn the UK, butterflies love to live in meadows or gardens that have lots of flowers.\u003C/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003EPeople sometimes think that butterflies have two wings, but they actually have four wings.\u003C/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003EButterflies don\u2019t actually eat their food; they just drink it. They drink nectar (a sugary liquid) from plants.\u003C/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003EButterflies help move pollen from one plant to another plant of the same type. Pollen is a very fine powder that plants make. When butterflies are busy drinking nectar from the plants, pollen gets stuck to their legs. When they go to the next plant, some pollen falls off onto that plant. Plants use this pollen to make seeds or fruit, and then more plants can grow.\u003C/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003EButterflies taste with their feet! When they land on something, they can tell if it\u2019s good to eat or not. Would anyone like to be able to taste with their feet?\u003C/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003EThere are lots of different types of butterflies; different types are different colours and have different patterns. The Wildlife Trusts have some pictures and information about the \u003Ca rel=\u0022noopener\u0022 href=\u0022https://www.wildlifetrusts.org/wildlife/identify-british-butterflies\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022 title=\u0022The Wildlife Trusts website - How to identify common garden butterflies\u0022\u003Edifferent types of butterflies\u003C/a\u003E you might see in the UK. 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