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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:

bulletblack construction paper, poster board or cardstock
bulletred construction paper, poster board or cardstock
OR
bulletprinter
bulletpaper
  
bulletstapler    
bulletscissors
bulletglue
bulletprinter and paper
  
bulletOptional:  either wiggly eyes or white paper

Instructions:

bulletTrace a lunch size or dinner size plate onto the red paper
  
bulletCut equal sized slits onto 4 equal spots on the circle 
  
bulletif you think of it as a clock, you want to cut at 12, 3, 6 and 9.  
  
bulletMake sure each slit only goes about 1/4 of the way across the circle.  
  
bulletFold the cuts inward to create a "bowl shape" and tape or staple them
  
bulletTrace the same plate onto a piece of black paper.
  
bulletCut the black circle in a little less than half and then cut a bit of a moon shape along the straight edge.  
    
  
bulletGlue the head onto your 3 dimensional red body
  
bulletGlue wiggly eyes or white circle paper eyes onto the head
  
bulletCut 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:

bulletClose the template window after printing to return to this screen.
    
bulletSet 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

 

Printable version of these instructions