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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

  1. Cut your egg carton so you have just the egg cup shells
  2. Paint your lady bugs with a bright primary colour and leave to dry
  3. Glue your eyes on to the Pom poms and attach the pipe cleaners by spearing the Pom poms!
  4. 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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  • mle00
    • 24 Mar 2014
      1:38 am

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  • oh these are super cute. What an awesome idea

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  • So fun! I would totally do this at a birthday party as a craft activity

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  • What a fun project to do!

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  • What are great way to recycle and have fun.

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  • These are so adorable and just as simple to make

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  • I love ladybirds and I will make these during the school holidays with the young ones.

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  • 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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  • They looks lovely. Great help to keep kids busy.

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  • Love it. Will do it one day.

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  • This is such a cute and easy craft idea. Thanks :)

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  • 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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  • You could make a numbers game with different dots on the bugs. Fun and educational. Thanks

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  • Perfect for a ladybug picnic party. Thanks. They look fantastic.

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  • OMG adorable. Love this idea.

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  • Your lady bugs are just so cute! Thanks!

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  • My daughter loves lady bugs. I will try this with her soon!

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  • Really nice idea! Thanks for sharing this!

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  • these will be great with home made pom poms

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  • so cute and easy to make. Thanks for sharing

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  • Wow these are so cute, my children have a weekend activity now. thankyou :-)

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