Do your kids love ladybugs?
When I was a kid every kind of bug gave me a fright except for ladybugs.
The fingerprint spots on the ladybug wings gives this fun spring craft a personal touch.
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Supplies needed:
Instructions:
1.
Prepare 4 red circles
Cut out four, 3-inch circles from your red cardstock paper.
Add a small amount of black paint onto a small dish or paper plate.
Dab your finger into the black paint and print it onto a red circle to make ladybug spots.
Add as many or as little dots as youd like.
Add dots to all four red circles.
Set them aside to allow the paint to dry.
Cut out ladybug body
Cut out four 3-inch circles and four 2-inch circles from your black cardstock.
Glue the smaller circles onto the larger circles to form ladybug bodies.
Make the leaves
Cut two big leaves out of your light green cardstock.
Glue the leaves onto your light blue cardstock.
Then use a green marker to add a line down the middle of each leaf.
Glue bodies & eyes to the paper
Glue the four ladybug bodies onto the leaves of your paper.
Then glue googly eyes onto the face of the ladybugs.
Make antennae
Cut four small strips from your black cardstock.
Bend the strips into an antennae leaving a flat base in the middle of the antennae.
Cut the red circle in half.
Repeat with the other half of the circle.
Then do this with the remaining three red circles.
Your paper ladybug craft is complete!
