Ladybug Facts

Ladybug Anatomy

Ladybug Life Cycle

Ladybug Lore

Ladybug Crafts

Ladybug Links

Ladybug Photos

Ladybug Games

Teacher's Guide

Ladybug Home

Schoolyard Safari

 

Ladybug pin or magnet

Spray a plastic spoon with nonstick cooking spray.  Fill the spoon with plaster of paris.  After the plaster has hardened, pop it out of the spoon.  Use fine sandpaper to smooth the edges if you need to.  Use red and black paint to decorate the plaster oval to look like a ladybug.  Glue a pin back or magnet strip onto the back of the ladybug.

Ladybug Antennae

Make a ladybug antennae with a plastic headband, pipecleaners, and styrofoam balls.

Ladybug Cake

Body- 1 layer 8x8 or 9x9  round cake baked according to directions
Head- 1 cupcake

Place head and body close together, frost with red frosting. 
Add brown M&M's  for the spots, black gumdrops for the
eyes and black shoestring licorice for antennae.

Aphid Pops

Make popsicles out of lime KookAid.

Make a Ladybug Costume 

Click here to learn how to make a ladybug costume out of a paper bag!

Make lots of ladybugs!  

Get large, dried lima beans and paint them red.  Use a black sharpie pen to draw on the ladybug's spots.  Use them for game pieces, etc.

Clay Pot Ladybug

Click here to learn how to make an adorable clay flowerpot ladybug.

Ladybug Treasure Holder

Click here to learn how to make a ladybug treasure box out of a tuna can.

Egg Carton Ladybug

Make a ladybug out of egg cartons

Don't Bug Me Ladybug


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