Plant certain kinds of flowers that butterflies use for laying eggs and sucking nectar. This drawing shows a garden with some of the flowers they like. Put large, flat rocks in a sunny spot. Butterflies will perch on the rocks and spread their wings to warm up. Soak a small, muddy spot in your garden.
Butterflies like to drink from mud puddles.
When a lot of butterflies gather to drink, some people call them a mud puddle club. Fill the bucket with sand or dirt. Then soak the sand or dirt with water. Add water if rain does not fill your garden puddle. A pile of branches and hollow logs makes a good place for butterfly eggs, larvae, pupae, and adult butterflies to hibernate over the winter.