Butterfly Fest
Each year, the Florida Museum of Natural History hosts the Butterfly Fest ButterflyFest. It's an annual free festival to celebrate backyard wildlife with an emphasis on pollinators! From native butterfly releases, live animals, workshops and plant sales to vendors, entertainment and food, all activities are fun-for-all-ages!
Butterfly fest is held once a year. The evnt promoted the Florida Museums exhibit, the Butterfly Rainforest.
Butterfly Rainforest exhibit admission is $14 for adults ($12 Fla. residents) and $7 for ages 3-17. Admission is free for Museum members and UF students with a valid Gator 1 card. Some vendors may charge for their services.
They had food trucks, a plant sale and some local vendors selling their products like honey, paintings and both products like soap.
Here are some tweets and photos I took during the event:
It's a very kid-friendly event with different learning stations and crafts for them to be interactive.
Butterfly fest is held once a year. The evnt promoted the Florida Museums exhibit, the Butterfly Rainforest.
Butterfly Rainforest exhibit admission is $14 for adults ($12 Fla. residents) and $7 for ages 3-17. Admission is free for Museum members and UF students with a valid Gator 1 card. Some vendors may charge for their services.
They had food trucks, a plant sale and some local vendors selling their products like honey, paintings and both products like soap.
Here are some tweets and photos I took during the event:
I am at the 13th annual Butterfly Fest! ButterflyFest is a FREE festival to celebrate backyard wildlife with an emphasis on pollinators! It’s goes until 4 pm today. pic.twitter.com/2hF6ApOEwL— Tessa Bentulan (@BentulanTessa) October 13, 2018
Inside the Florida Musuem of Natural history, they have a butterfly exhibit. Today, they have kid-friendly tables/vendors to talk about butterflies and all sorts of insects! 🦋 pic.twitter.com/yu8Oxooo3a— Tessa Bentulan (@BentulanTessa) October 13, 2018
It's a very kid-friendly event with different learning stations and crafts for them to be interactive.
Museum guest can touch and learn about caterpillars, and they have pictures of butterflies all over the place! pic.twitter.com/Dqu5uwZNfP— Tessa Bentulan (@BentulanTessa) October 13, 2018
Kids can trace butterfly pictures on a piece of tinfoil using markers. pic.twitter.com/z7bWOjvgcD— Tessa Bentulan (@BentulanTessa) October 13, 2018
They also had a huge plant sale going on. Everybody was looking to take one home!Some other crafts include coloring! #coloring #butterflyfest #floridamuseum pic.twitter.com/o1NQzR93Rv— Tessa Bentulan (@BentulanTessa) October 13, 2018
Inside the Florida Museum, they had all volunteers wear nametags so you can ask them any questions you have on any exhibit currently at the museum. They had a lot of people who specialized in butterflies, of course, and everyone got to play with some little caterpillars....including me!Outside the museum, they have plants for sale! Sara is one of the volunteers. She told me that you get a name tag and you pick out the plant you want. Then, you can pick up the plant before you leave the event so you don’t have to carry it around with you. #plants #butterflyfest pic.twitter.com/mFEDLzpDyz— Tessa Bentulan (@BentulanTessa) October 13, 2018
Angela is a volunteer at the musuem and she is educating people on all things butterflies! She’s giving out free stickers too. #stickers #butterflyevent pic.twitter.com/7s9Ma6Ajzq— Tessa Bentulan (@BentulanTessa) October 13, 2018
If you’re hungry and wanna grab a bite to eat, no worries! they’ve got hot dogs, tacos, and even snow cones! 😍 #food #hotdogs #snowcone pic.twitter.com/mFBNMeMdhC— Tessa Bentulan (@BentulanTessa) October 13, 2018
I played with a little caterpillar, I called him Lenny. 🤗🦋 hopefully he’ll turn into a butterfly soon!! pic.twitter.com/OU2ymp4db7— Tessa Bentulan (@BentulanTessa) October 13, 2018
My mom loves honey, and one of the vendors gave free samples for everyone to try.They have some vendors who sell things like honey, crafts, paintings and some bath/shower products like soaps and lotions! #bathtime #metime #butterflyfest pic.twitter.com/BUttSEYqJ6— Tessa Bentulan (@BentulanTessa) October 13, 2018
My mom, Grietje, decided to try some of the honey samples one of the vendors was selling. She loved the Everglades honey and the Orange Blossom honey! 🍯 #honey #butterflyfest pic.twitter.com/9GE3yOjmX3— Tessa Bentulan (@BentulanTessa) October 13, 2018
Today is #ButterflyFest, with activities inside & outside the Museum. Plus 😁 explore the exhibits while you're here! The butterfly plant sale is today AND tomorrow so you can find the best pollinator-friendly plants for your yard 🦋🐝🌻🌾🌿— Florida Museum (@FloridaMuseum) October 13, 2018
Event info:https://t.co/ptGOwj14pT
It's a beautiful day here at the Florida Museum! ☀️ Come out for #ButterflyFest and the butterfly plant sale 🦋🌿🌺 We'll be celebrating until 4pm today!— Florida Museum (@FloridaMuseum) October 13, 2018
Learn more about attracting butterflies and other pollinators to your yard: https://t.co/N1JipgQxNQ
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