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Lady bugs!

Eggs cartons are amazingly versatile things!

Material

1 Egg carton
1 Set of acrylic poster paints
1 Pair of kitchen scissors
1 Pkt of pipe cleaners
1 Pkt of googly eyes
4 Craft Pom poms
1 Paintbrush
1 Bottle of pva glue

Method

Cut your egg carton so you have just the egg cup shells
Paint your lady bugs with a bright primary colour and leave to dry
Glue your eyes on to the Pom poms and attach the pipe cleaners by spearing the Pom poms!
Paint on some black spots to the ladybug shells , once fully dried glue the heads on and you have a lady bug family set for a story

Notes

Fun to make, mess is only the byproduct of fun!

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This project was posted by:

- mle00
- 24 Mar 2014
  1:38 am

95 Comments
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- - meedee said
  - 12 Oct 2023
    1:21 pm
oh these are super cute. What an awesome idea

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- - mom19782016 said
  - 15 Oct 2020
    2:42 pm
So fun! I would totally do this at a birthday party as a craft activity

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- - littlehandsofmine said
  - 12 Aug 2020
    12:11 pm
What a fun project to do!

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- - Lovethecuddles said
  - 05 Jul 2020
    12:55 pm
What are great way to recycle and have fun.

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- - tessie said
  - 02 Jul 2020
    12:11 pm
These are so adorable and just as simple to make

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- - Readybluedragon said
  - 02 Jul 2020
    11:34 am
I love ladybirds and I will make these during the school holidays with the young ones.

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- - rovermum said
  - 02 Jul 2020
    10:19 am
Ooh, I love love love this. Ladybirds are my spirit animals and I have a friend’s 4 year old who will love making these. I’m going to suggest she make me one.

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- - shanika said
  - 02 Jul 2020
    7:38 am
They looks lovely. Great help to keep kids busy.

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- - Zmijka86 said
  - 02 Jul 2020
    1:46 am
Love it. Will do it one day.

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- - ~Loui~ said
  - 02 Jul 2020
    1:00 am
This is such a cute and easy craft idea. Thanks

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- - MrsA said
  - 30 Dec 2018
    9:46 pm
I need to start keeping our egg cartons! These are so cute. My toddler isn’t very interested in bugs but I think he will enjoy making these.

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- - mom111059 said
  - 20 Jun 2018
    9:42 am
You could make a numbers game with different dots on the bugs. Fun and educational. Thanks

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- - mom111059 said
  - 19 Jun 2018
    9:01 pm
Perfect for a ladybug picnic party. Thanks. They look fantastic.

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- - mom19782016 said
  - 25 Oct 2016
    9:22 pm
OMG adorable. Love this idea.

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- - mom112217 said
  - 09 Oct 2016
    9:02 am
Your lady bugs are just so cute! Thanks!

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- - mom109229 said
  - 28 Sep 2015
    9:05 pm
My daughter loves lady bugs. I will try this with her soon!

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- - dannsbuild said
  - 19 Sep 2015
    2:12 am
Really nice idea! Thanks for sharing this!

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- - Kell said
  - 22 Jun 2015
    11:24 am
these will be great with home made pom poms

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- - talwin said
  - 25 May 2015
    4:42 pm
so cute and easy to make. Thanks for sharing

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- - mummy3 said
  - 04 Feb 2015
    3:02 pm
Wow these are so cute, my children have a weekend activity now. thankyou

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