So it has been very wet over the last week and I spent one such rainy afternoon with my little treasures making insects. (mainly because my youngest has a Ben and Holly themed birthday coming up and I need some wall decorations).
To make these little bugs you need paper plates, coloured card, eye stickers, paint and glue. (most can be substituted depending on what you have around the house).
To start with cut off the edge of the plate (if necessary) and paint the plates depending on the insect you wish to make e.g. black for a spider, red for a lady bird. You can add PVA glue to the paint and then stick on the spots/legs or wait for the paint to dry and stick them after with a glue stick or PVA. For the spider legs, ladybird heads, spots and bee stripes I used black card but you could use pen or paints if you let them dry overnight. StIck these in the appropriate places (see photos) you could add a maths skill here by counting the legs and spots etc.… The ladybird and bee heads were half oval shapes which I glued to the back of the plate. Once they Bugs are starting to look like insects you can finish by sticking on eyes, wings and smiles. I used a silver marker pen for the ladybirds and yellow circle stickers with black marker pen dots for the bee and spiders.
When finished you could easy adapt you bug by adding any extras like glitter, sequins cotton wool etc…
Tips:
*Use a cut up cheap sponge for painting with little ones, they will find it much easier and they love the texture and sound.
*Pre prepare the spots, legs and heads etc… I didn’t and there were a few meltdowns and ‘time outs’ whilst they learnt patience!
Enjoy!
Christina x
