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February 11, 2020 By Chelsey 113 Comments

Science for Kids: Chromatography Butterfly Craft

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Looking for some spring themed science for kids? You’ll definitely want to explore chromatography using coffee filters and markers. The results from this science experiment can even be used to create a colorful butterfly craft for kids!

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STEM / STEAM / Science for Kids: Chromatography Butterfly Craft using coffee filters and markers

This post was originally posted February 26, 2014 and has since been updated.

Most kids are used to mixing colors with paints or play dough, but have your children had the chance to try separating color mixtures? In this science experiment for kids we’ll be exploring chromatography (separating mixtures). We’ll use coffee filters to separate the various pigments in markers to see how each color was created! (This post contains affiliate links.)

Be sure to also check out: Chromatography Flowers and Chromatography Artwork

 


 

Science for Kids: Chromatography Butterfly Craft

Chromatography experiment for kids

 

Materials for Science Experiment & Butterfly Craft

  • Non permanent markers (Over the years I’ve found Mr. Sketch markers work the best in this experiment.)
  • White coffee filters
  • Pencil
  • Cups of water
  • Black pipe cleaners
  • String
  • Scissors

 

Procedure to Chromatography Science Experiment

1. Choose one marker to experiment with first. (Hint~ black and brown are the most exciting!)
2. Take one coffee filter. Put it on a newspaper or some kind of material to protect your table. Draw a thick circle around the center of the coffee filter where the ridged part meets the flat center. Use a pencil to write the color of the marker being used right in the center. (You’ll want to know what the original color was being  used, and the pencil won’t smear and will remain intact after the experiment.)

 

Preparing coffee filters for chromatography experiment

 

3. Fold the coffee filter in half and then in half again, resulting in a cone shape.
4. Get a short glass of water. Pull apart the cone shaped coffee filter so it balances right on the glass with the tip of the cone just touching the water. (Be sure NOT to let the marker circle go in the water, just the uncolored tip of the coffee filter cone.)

 

Chromatography experiment for kids

 

5. Let it sit and watch what happens as the water begins to flow up the paper.

 

6. Repeat with different colored markers. Here are ours starting out…

 

Chromatography experiment for kids

 

… and just about done!

 

Chromatography experiment for kids

 

7. After the water has reached the outer edge of the coffee filter, place it on a newspaper to dry. (Lucy and her friend enjoyed illustrating their predictions on paper while waiting for each color to finish separating.)

 

Chromatography experiment for kids

8. Once the coffee filters are dry you can observe the results.

Directions for Using Coffee Filters to Make the Butterfly Craft

1. Cut your black pipe cleaners in half.

 

materials for butterfly craft for kids

 

2. Take one coffee filter and scrunch it up in the middle.

 

3. Wrap a black pipe cleaner around the center.

 

4. Shape the ends to form antennae.

 

Science for Kids: Chromatography Butterflies

 

5. Tie a string to the center and hang!

 

Science for Kids: Chromatography Butterflies

Watch it in action!

 


 

Question to Spark More Curiosity & Critical Thinking

What colors do you see? How many colors do you see? Which one do you find most interesting? Why?

Don’t forget to follow your child’s lead and let your him/her explore some more! Lucy and her friend wanted to try all the different colors to see if they’d separate. They wondered if the marker would separate on just regular paper and came up with  a way to try it out.

After the experiment was complete, the thinking continued! Lucy’s friend was determined to have the butterflies balance just right when tied on the string. We tried different placements of the string to see the different ways we could get the butterflies to hang.

 

Science for Kids: Chromatography Butterflies

Want to go even further?

Even more activities to inspire creativity and critical thinking for various ages.

  • Collect black markers from different brands. Complete the experiment with each. Compare the results.
  • Record your observations by creating a picture or chart showing what you discovered.
  • Make a list of more questions you came up with as you completed this experiment.
  • Some related books: White Rabbit’s Color Book, Little Blue and Little Yellow, Mouse Paint

 

Science for Kids: Chromatography Butterflies


 

Be sure to check out our STEAM Kids book and ebook for even more creative STEM and STEAM ideas!

 

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Science for Kids: Chromatography Butterfly Craft ~ Buggy and Buddy

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Comments

  1. Melissa Lennig says

    March 2, 2013 at 9:06 am

    Looks like fun! We will have to try this out!

    Reply
  2. Laura says

    March 4, 2013 at 2:52 am

    I remember doing this ‘properly’ at school – Your way looks much more fun! And let’s face it we learn much better when we are having fun… Thanks, I will try this with my little ones 🙂

    Reply
    • Chelsey says

      March 4, 2013 at 9:16 pm

      Thanks, Laura! The kids did have lots of fun! Hope you all enjoy it!

      Reply
  3. angaleta says

    March 4, 2013 at 2:26 pm

    I love this experience. Lucy and her friend look so relaxed and I can see the complicity between them… seem to have the world’s most animated conversation. I bought a few months ago thinking filters do it but must be forgotten in some drawer. Thanks for reminding me.

    Reply
    • Chelsey says

      March 4, 2013 at 9:15 pm

      Thanks, Angaleta! Coffee filters= tons of possibilities!

      Reply
  4. Tracey@We-Made-That says

    March 5, 2013 at 6:11 pm

    OMG this is so COOL! What a great experiment. My girls are very into science experiments lately and I think we will have to give this one a try, oh and I LOVE that you turned them in to butterflies! Thanks so much for sharing on We Made That.

    Reply
  5. Karyn says

    March 5, 2013 at 6:26 pm

    These are wonderful!! Thanks for linking up to Share It Sat. again.

    Reply
  6. Katie @ Gift of Curiosity says

    March 5, 2013 at 7:31 pm

    Very cool! What a great lesson, and such beautiful results too!

    Reply
  7. Debbie @ http://kidsbibledebjackson.blogspot.com/ says

    March 6, 2013 at 4:34 am

    This is great! Thanks for sharing at Mom’s Library… pinned it!

    Reply
  8. Valerie says

    March 6, 2013 at 5:26 am

    I love the combination of science and art. I’ve been wanting to do this chromatography experiment for a while but haven’t yet. Will definitely keep your tips in mind! Thanks for sharing!

    Reply
  9. Elisa says

    March 6, 2013 at 8:16 pm

    My girls love making butterflies, and I’m really hoping they will enjoy this science experiment also. Thanks for sharing so many critical thinking and writing exercises with this fun lesson.

    Reply
    • Chelsey says

      March 7, 2013 at 9:54 pm

      Thanks, Elisa! I hope your girls enjoy it! I think my kids would have used every single coffee filter if I had let them~ they just couldn’t stop!

      Reply
  10. Mary Catherine says

    March 8, 2013 at 3:18 pm

    Thanks so much for sharing this, Chelsey. 🙂 I haven’t tried an experiment like this with my son yet, and I think he’d really enjoy it. 🙂

    Reply
    • Chelsey says

      March 8, 2013 at 8:32 pm

      I hope you guys enjoy it! I ended up leaving all the materials out for Lucy because she’s been wanting to do it over and over!

      Reply
  11. Ticia says

    March 9, 2013 at 5:38 pm

    We did a similar version of this once, and my kids loved it. I like your variation on it.

    Thanks for linking up to Science Sunday!

    Reply
  12. Ashley says

    March 10, 2013 at 11:08 am

    This is a wonderful activity with a beautiful result! Thanks for sharing at Mom’s Library!

    Reply
    • Ashley says

      March 12, 2013 at 8:48 am

      Featuring you on Mom’s Library this week! I hope you come check it out!

      Reply
      • Chelsey says

        March 13, 2013 at 9:52 pm

        Thank you so much, Ashley!

        Reply
  13. iGameMom says

    March 10, 2013 at 1:53 pm

    Love how you turn science experiment into an art project. The butterfly is beautiful! I shared your post on Twitter and Pinterest. I am also going to feature this on igamemom.com Mom’s Library linky round up Wednesday (I just started to co-host Mom’s Library). Thanks again for a wonderful post!

    Reply
    • Chelsey says

      March 10, 2013 at 10:01 pm

      Thank you so much! We love looking at our butterflies flying around the playroom whenever there’s a breeze!

      Reply
  14. Genny Upton @ Parent Teach Play says

    March 10, 2013 at 10:24 pm

    Thanks for sharing on the After School Link-Up! I’m featuring several of your posts this week on Parent Teach Play: http://www.parentteachplay.com/after-school-activities-for-spring/ and I’ll be pinning your posts, too. This one was my favorite!! Please feel free to stop by and grab a featured button. Thanks again!

    Reply
  15. Shaunna @ Fantastic Fun and Learning says

    April 10, 2013 at 6:51 pm

    Thanks so much for linking up to Discover and Explore. I love how you built on a wonderful science discovery by also turning it into a craft. Thanks for sharing!

    Excited to see what you share for next week’s Earth Day theme.

    Reply
  16. Stephanie @ Lifes Little Adventures says

    April 22, 2013 at 4:56 am

    I love this butterfly activity. I would like to invite you to link up this post to my Money Saving Monday Link Up. I would love to see your post posted there!

    Thank You,
    Stephanie
    http://lifesallaboutlittleadventures.blogspot.com/2013/04/money-saving-monday-week-2.html

    Reply
  17. Emma @sciencesparks says

    May 15, 2013 at 2:12 am

    oh wow, these are fantastic. I have featuring in my summer science round up coming soon.

    Reply
    • Chelsey says

      May 15, 2013 at 9:47 pm

      Thank you so much!

      Reply
  18. Missy @ Dot-to-Dot Connections says

    March 1, 2014 at 11:27 am

    You inspired me 🙂 We have our coffee filters sitting in water as I type this! Thanks for sharing such a fun idea!

    Reply
    • Chelsey says

      March 1, 2014 at 4:42 pm

      Yay! Hope you all enjoy it!!!

      Reply
  19. Kate Williams says

    March 4, 2014 at 12:11 pm

    Gorgeous! #pintorials

    Reply
  20. Victoria says

    March 12, 2014 at 12:52 pm

    Such a fun art and science activity! Definitely pinning and using this for when we talk about butterfly in a few weeks! Thanks for sharing over at the Thoughtful Spot Weekly Blog Hop! You were featured as one of my favorites this week!

    Reply
  21. Melissa says

    April 23, 2014 at 12:09 pm

    Hi. This is such a cool idea. I have a question on repeating the process. Do you take the filter out of the each time you draw a different color circle or do you draw all the colors first then place in the glass jar? Thanks-Melissa

    Reply
    • Melissa says

      April 23, 2014 at 12:11 pm

      *out of the water each time…..

      Reply
    • Chelsey says

      April 24, 2014 at 7:49 am

      Thanks, Melissa! We drew one circle (only one color) per coffee filter. So one coffee filter had a black circle, one coffee filter had a brown circle etc. After drawing all the circles on the coffee filters, we placed each one in its own glass of water to watch the colors separate! Hope that helps!

      Reply
  22. Laura says

    April 24, 2014 at 12:13 pm

    It looks like this experiment worked well for others, so it was disappointing to me that ours turned out the way it did. The water did not want to travel up our coffee filters very well and the little it did, it simply spread a bit of the same color around but did not really separate it. Some of the colors actually got into the water and colored our water the original colors, too, and then we were left with white filters. 🙁

    Reply
    • Chelsey says

      April 24, 2014 at 10:14 pm

      So sorry to hear it didn’t work, Laura. What brand of markers did you use? We always have the best results with Mr. Sketch.

      Reply
  23. Rachel says

    April 29, 2014 at 3:06 pm

    I can’t wait to try this with my daughter! I did have a question before we dive in head first: How long does it take from start to finish? I was thinking it would be a darling birthday party activity if it doesn’t take too long.

    Reply
    • Chelsey says

      April 29, 2014 at 5:06 pm

      Hi Rachel! I’d say we let it sit in the water about 20 minutes or so, and the coffee filters should dry fairly quickly if you place them on newspaper to dry or out in the sun! Hope you all have fun!

      Reply
  24. Lyla G says

    January 27, 2015 at 4:18 pm

    We tried this today but I only had brown coffee filters and it was a complete bust : (. I did use Mr. Sketch markers but the circles just made the water colored. I tried with Crayola markers too and same thing. My daughter didn’t mind since she was excited to mix the colored water but I guess there is really something different about the brown filters.

    Reply
    • Chelsey says

      January 27, 2015 at 4:39 pm

      Thanks for sharing, Lyla. Interesting. I haven’t tried it with the brown filters, but we have some at home so I think I may give it a shot and see what my results are. So sorry it didn’t work out, but glad your little one still had fun! I’ll keep you posted on my results with the brown filters!

      Reply
    • Chelsey says

      January 27, 2015 at 4:47 pm

      Just tried a brown filter, and it worked for us. You want to make sure only the tip of the cone is in the water, not any of the actual marker circle. Do you think that could have been the problem? I’m going to edit the directions above to be a bit more clear on that. Thanks again so much for sharing!

      Reply
      • Lyla G says

        January 28, 2015 at 6:49 pm

        YES! That was the problem! We tried it again tonight and it worked perfectly. I guess I read too fast and my 5-year old was a little overexcited to dunk them. Thanks so much for responding. Looking forward to trying all your other fun projects.

        Reply
  25. Ashley says

    October 11, 2015 at 5:15 pm

    Hello!
    So I’m an aspiring teacher, and I am doing a practicum at school with preschoolers. I don’t have a lot of time to do some activities. All in all how long do you think this experiment takes? The water absorbing and the drying portions especially?
    Thank you!
    Ashley

    Reply
    • Chelsey says

      October 12, 2015 at 9:27 am

      Hi Ashley~ I’d say the water takes about 20-30 minutes to soak completely through the coffee filter. If you place the coffee filters on newspaper to dry after the color separates, they will dry fairly quickly- maybe another 20 minutes. If you can place them in the sun, it will speed it up even more. 🙂

      Reply
  26. MaggieLouize says

    March 28, 2016 at 4:06 pm

    Awesome idea! Question tho: the Mr. Sketch markers work best.. the link is for scented markers. Are these the ones you used, or the non scented ones??

    Reply
    • Chelsey says

      March 28, 2016 at 4:57 pm

      Thank you! We used the scented markers! 🙂

      Reply
  27. Alyssa says

    April 26, 2017 at 11:20 am

    What a wonderful learning activity. I am featuring this with a link on my blog.

    Reply
  28. Sophie says

    September 21, 2018 at 6:05 am

    I want to do this for my daughter’s science project, but i can’t find coffee filters that looks like that here. Will it works the same if i use papercups?

    Reply
  29. Betty Goodwin says

    December 7, 2018 at 7:02 am

    These are so nice and gentle looking. I already have an idea where I’d like to put mine.

    Reply

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