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Ladybug Egg Carton Craft

Materials:

bulletstyrofoam egg carton cup
bulletwhite acrylic paint (grey or red would work too)
bulletred tempra, poster or acrylic paint
bulletblack tempra, poster or acrylic paint OR a black marker.

Directions:

bulletcut a single cup from a styrofoam egg carton
  
bulletpaint the entire cup with white acrylic paint (tempra/poster paint won't stick to styrofoam.  Acrylic will).  Acrylic paint will not come out of clothes, so if you let the kids do this step, just be careful.  Otherwise you can pre-do this step for them.
  
bulletlet dry (less than 1/2 an hour)
  
bulletpaint the ladybug red - tempra or poster paint sticks fine to the acrylic paint, so you can paint with kid friendly paints at this point.
  
bulletlet dry 
  
bulletpaint or draw with markers a head on the front, a stripe down the middle and a few dots!