To sign butterfly, cross your hands in front of your chest and link your thumbs together, keeping your palms facing toward you. Keep your fingers extended and pointing outward diagonally. Then, flutter your fingers and hands up and down a few times to mimic the wings of a butterfly beating in the air.
Point to the imaginary butterfly, sign 'beautiful', and then perform the 'butterfly' sign by linking your thumbs and gracefully fluttering your fingers.
Sign 'butterfly', then sign 'flower', and use your fluttering hands to physically show the butterfly moving through the air and landing.
Sign 'my favorite bug', followed by the 'butterfly' sign, making sure to keep your thumbs securely linked while your fingers flutter.
Point to the imaginary butterfly, sign 'beautiful', and then perform the 'butterfly' sign by linking your thumbs and gracefully fluttering your fingers.
Sign 'butterfly', then sign 'flower', and use your fluttering hands to physically show the butterfly moving through the air and landing.
Sign 'my favorite bug', followed by the 'butterfly' sign, making sure to keep your thumbs securely linked while your fingers flutter.
Your palms should face toward your own chest. This allows your fingers to point outward and flutter naturally, resembling wings.
Generally, keep your hands relatively stationary in front of your chest and let your fingers do the fluttering. However, if you are telling a story, you can move the linked hands around to show the butterfly's flight path.
While both involve a wing-like motion, 'bird' is signed near the mouth to represent a beak. 'Butterfly' uses both hands linked at the thumbs to show two distinct, large wings.
