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Ladybug Birthday Invitation

I usually use the standard printed invitations from our site for my girls' birthday parties, but for Kaitlyn's 6th birthday she wanted to do something a bit more crafty for her invitation.  This is what we came up with.

In my opinion, this is appropriate for age groups that can help (or do most of the work) making their invitations or for moms who really like crafting... if you're not such a fan of crafts, just use the regular printable cards and save your energy for all the millions of other things you'll have to do -- don't burn yourself out before the party even starts!  (there's a ladybug in the summer theme and one of these days I'm going to add an insect theme)

Materials:

bulletblack poster board or cardstock
bulletred poster board or cardstock
  
bullethole punch
bulletbrass tack
    
bulletsilver gel pen or white pencil crayon
    
bulletscissors
bulletglue
bulletprinter and paper

Instructions:

bulletIf you like, print out the template (see bottom of this page)
bulletI just used plastic lids in different sizes and did it without a template, but it's up to you.
  
bulletGlue the template onto a piece of cardboard (old cereal boxes or the back of a paper pad work well) and let dry
  
bulletCut out the template pieces
  
bulletTrace template pieces onto poster board (body onto black and wings onto red)
  
bulletPunch a hole  in the corner of each wing.  Line the wings up on the body and mark where the holes are (one tack should go through both holes).  Use a sharp pencil to poke a hole in the body.
  
bulletUse the brass tack and the holes you've made to attach the wings to the body
  
bulletGlue the spots and eyes onto the ladybug.
  
bulletUse a gel pen or white pencil crayon to write the invitation information.    

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).

 

Note:  you can just make the invitations from paper instead of cardstock and use the color template to save yourself some time... but the cardstock wings hold up a bit better especially since the kids tend to "flap" them.

 

Invitation     color   or    B&W

 

Printable version of these instructions