Ladybug Crafts

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To celebrate these beloved little creatures, here are a few simple ladybug crafts to make at home! Keep reading to find instructions for a tasty ladybug fruit snack recipe and a ladybug dot painting. A template for the dot painting is in our free printable PDF of ladybug crafts! 

  • Don’t miss our adorable FREE Ladybug Crafts packet (with a snack idea too)! 
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Ladybug Colors

Ladybugs are simple, fascinating creatures. Most of us know them as the small, rounded insect with a red body and black spots, but…that is only ONE of over 6,000 species of ladybugs, called ladybird beetles by scientists. 

Ladybugs come in many different colors: red, orange, yellow, and even blue, gray, or black! They may have lots of spots, a few spots, no spots, or even stripes. Look at the abundance of colors in these ladybug pictures!

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  • In this download, you’ll also find instructions for a ladybug puppet, a preschool craft taken from Poetry Parties for Littles—Insects and Spiders. This book is one of many originals found in The Good and the Beautiful Bookshop. 

Ladybug Fruit Snack

  • Ingredients:

    • ½ apple
    • ½ grape
    • 6 raisins or chocolate chips
    • 2 Tbsp peanut butter, cream cheese, or other spread

    Adult (or older child with adult supervision):

    Cut an apple in half, and then cut each half down the middle. Remove seeds. 

    Cut a grape in half.

  • Instructions for child:

    • Use a butter knife to smear the peanut butter (or other spread) between two apple quarters and set them together to form the ladybug’s body.
    • Smear the spread onto the raisins or chocolate chips, and place them on the apple as the ladybug spots.
    • Attach a ½ grape or blueberry for a head.
    • Serve on a small plate and enjoy!

  • Download these free ladybug activities.
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Ladybug Dot Art Printable

  • Supplies:

    • PDF printout
    • Black dot marker or paint 
    • Red dot marker or paint
      *A good alternative is black and red paint with cotton swabs.
    • Optional: googly eyes and glue (or marker) for eyes 

    Instructions for child:

    1. Use the dot markers to fill in the ladybug. 
    2. As an extra challenge, try to model your painting after a real ladybird beetle (aka ladybug). See the images earlier in the blog for ideas! 
    3. Add two eyes, two antennae, and six legs. Don’t forget to draw a line down the middle to show it has two wings.  

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Lisa Reddick

This is adorable 😍 I love the ideas!! I am turning 63 years old next year!

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