Easy Bug Crafts for Kids: Ladybugs, Bees, Butterflies and More
Planning a bug or insect theme? Here are easy bug crafts for kids: ladybugs, bees, butterflies, caterpillars, dragonflies and snails, sorted by paper plate, toilet paper roll, popsicle stick and handprint. You will also find bug sensory bins and bottles, slime and printables to round out the week.
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1Paper Plate Ladybug Craft
A red painted plate with black pom-pom spots, pipe cleaner antennae and pink cheeks.
2Paper Plate Bumblebee Craft
A yellow plate with black stripes, light blue paper wings and pipe cleaner antennae.
3Paper Plate Butterfly Craft
A purple plate butterfly with painted wings, a craft stick body and pom-pom antennae.
4Paper Plate Caterpillar Craft
Rainbow painted plate sections with green paper leaves, googly eyes and pipe cleaner antennae.
5Dragonfly Paper Plate Craft
Painted paper plate wings on a craft stick body, with googly eyes and pom-poms.
6Paper Plate Snail Craft
A green and pink painted snail decorated with colorful pom-poms, with pipe cleaner antennae.
7Dung Beetle Paper Plate Craft
A brown painted half-plate beetle with googly eyes, made from a template.
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8Ladybug Paper Roll Craft
A black painted roll with red paper wings, black button spots and pipe cleaner antennae.
9Toilet Paper Roll Bumblebee Craft
A black painted roll with yellow paper stripes, white paper wings and googly eyes.
10Toilet Paper Roll Butterfly Craft
A painted roll with pink, purple and blue paper wings decorated with buttons.
11Dragonfly Paper Roll Craft
A painted roll with paper wings, googly eyes and pipe cleaner details.
Popsicle Stick and Spoon Bug Crafts
12Butterfly Popsicle Stick Craft
Painted craft sticks with yellow, blue and pink cardstock wings.
13Plastic Spoon Butterfly Craft
A plastic spoon body wrapped in yarn, with pink foam wings and pipe cleaner antennae.
16Dragonfly Stick Puppet
A craft stick dragonfly puppet kids can decorate their own way.
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Handprint Bug Crafts
20Bee Handprint Craft
A yellow paper handprint bee with white wings and marker stripes.
21Butterfly Handprint Craft
Two light blue handprints make the wings on a dark blue body.
Bug Letter Crafts and Valentines
26Simple Valentine’s Day Bumble Bee Craft
Five yellow sticks with pink stripes and cardboard wings.
27Valentine’s Day Love Bug Craft
Five craft sticks with pink paper hearts, pipe cleaner antennae and googly eyes.
28Valentine’s Day Bee Craft
A yellow and black paper bee with pink and red hearts.
29Valentine’s Day Caterpillar Craft
Pink and red paper hearts lined up into a caterpillar.
Bug Sensory Bins, Bottles and Slime
30Bug Fossil Sensory Bin
Salt dough bug fossils hidden in a sensory bin for little hands to dig up.
32Ladybug Sensory Bottle
Red painted beans, green lentils and plastic ladybugs sealed in a bottle.
33Chia Seed Bug Sensory Bin
Soaked chia seeds make a squishy, taste-safe base for plastic bugs.
37Edible Honey Bee Slime
Honey and powdered sugar warmed and kneaded into a taste-safe slime.
38Butterfly Play Dough Tray
White play dough with plastic butterflies, faux flowers, moss and beads.
Bug Printables
40Butterfly Life Cycle Write the Room
A butterfly life cycle write the room activity.
