Saturday, March 9, 2013

LadyBug Paper plate Craft for Kids


Try this cute LadyBug craft for preschoolers

As a parent, it is easy for us to want to step in and DO the craft for our child.  So, I encourage you to show your child what to do, and then allow them to use child-safe scissors, paint and a non-toxic glue stick on their own!

These are important skills all good preschools, kindergartens and learning centres encourage children to do to help develop their cognitive skills.

You'll need:-

2 white paper plates
Red paint, Black paint
Scissors and a glue stick
Coloured construction paper for the head, spots and eyes; or use stick on eyes
3x black pipe cleaners (for legs)
Stapler

  • Help your preschooler paint one paper plate red and the other black (allow time to dry)
  • Cut the red paper plate in half
  • Trace circles onto lightweight coloured paper and have your preschooler cut out the circles and glue onto the wings
  • Punch three holes on either side of the black paper plate
  • Thread black pipe cleaners through the back of the black paper plate (to form legs)
  • Staple the red wings onto the black body (slightly overlapping at the top)
  • Cut a crescent shape for head, from coloured card, paper or foam
  • Glue the head shaped crescent onto the tip of the wings
  • Glue eyes onto the head


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