DLTK's Crafts for Kids
Ladybug (Ladybird) Three Dimensional Craft

I always smile happily whenever I receive notes from places other than Canada... it tickles me to read the little differences in terminology.  I'm embarrassed to admit that when Marie first wrote to me, I scoured the "birds" section trying to figure out what she meant... she later sent along a picture and it all clicked *grin*. Marie wrote:  You know the ladybird invitation card you have well we made a "shaped" ladybird ie use the basic ladybird stencil and cut in a little at the four corners of the ladybird and staple. So you have a raised ladybird instead of a flat one if you know what I mean. It works well for tortoise in brown/green hexagonal shapes. Just stick on four feet and head. It is just one piece of card too. If you can't understand what the idea is I will try to send a picture Fantastic site, ideas are simple just what we need.  Thanks so much for your contribution, Marie!

Materials:

• black construction paper, poster board or cardstock
• red construction paper, poster board or cardstock
  OR
• printer
• paper
   
• stapler    
• scissors
• glue
• printer and paper
   
• Optional:  either wiggly eyes or white paper

Instructions:

• Trace a lunch size or dinner size plate onto the red paper
   
• Cut equal sized slits onto 4 equal spots on the circle
    
  • if you think of it as a clock, you want to cut at 12, 3, 6 and 9.
     
  • Make sure each slit only goes about 1/4 of the way across the circle.
     
• Fold the cuts inward to create a "bowl shape" and tape or staple them
   
• Trace the same plate onto a piece of black paper.
   
• Cut the black circle in a little less than half and then cut a bit of a moon shape along the straight edge.
     
   
• Glue the head onto your 3 dimensional red body
   
• Glue wiggly eyes or white circle paper eyes onto the head
   
• Cut 5 or 6 small black circles out of black construction paper and glue these "spots" onto the body
   

 

Note:  Rather than tracing a plate you can use the printable templates below.

Printing the Template:

• Close the template window after printing to return to this screen.
      

• Set page margins to zero if you have trouble fitting the template on one page (FILE, PAGE SETUP or FILE, PRINTER SETUP in most browsers).

 

Template     color   or    B&W

 

 

Print friendly version of these instructions

 

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