At present, I welcome Kimblery from Greatest Concepts for Children, who’s making the cutest little Craft Stick Butterfly Craft for Valetines with us in the present day. It is a tremendous cute little Love Bug craft that preschoolers will LOVE to make. They’re andorable little Valentine’s Ornament or reward that family and friends will get pleasure from.
Come and make these cute Love Bugs for Preschoolers!
About Kimblery and Greatest Concepts for Children
Hey! I’m Kimberly McLeod and I’m the creator behind The Greatest Concepts for Children. I like making recycled crafts and in the present day I’m excited to share with you these cute recycled popsicle stick love bugs. Use recycled cardboard, scrap paper and provides you may have round your own home to finish this straightforward love bug craft! And when you love recycled crafts, try extra enjoyable recycled crafts in my ebook Enjoyable & Simple Crafting with Recycled Supplies.
This easy love bug craft is a enjoyable and straightforward craft for teenagers to make for Valentine’s Day. And you may simply swap out provides when you don’t have precisely what’s proven right here. Use paper as an alternative of cardboard, paint the wings as an alternative of cardboard or add paper or buttons. Children may also make paper antennae and draw on the faces themselves.
Provides wanted for this Craft Stick Love Bugs
- Jumbo Popsicle Sticks – these are 20 cm lengthy
- Acrylic Paint – in pink, crimson and purple (or colours of your alternative)
- Small pom poms – these are 10mm measurement
- Massive pom poms – these are 1 inch measurement
- Black everlasting marker
- Pipe Cleaner
- Small googly eyes – these are 10mm measurement
- Cardboard
- Paper
- Coronary heart template
- Cheesy glue or sizzling glue (with grownup help)
Find out how to Make a Popsicle Stick Love Bug:
- First, paint the popsicle sticks.
We painted them crimson, pink and purple however you possibly can select to color them any colour you’d like!
- Glue on the googly eyes and pom pom nostril.
- Draw on a smile with a black everlasting marker.
- Paint the cheeks on.
Dip the again of a paintbrush in pink paint and dip onto the edges of the love bug face to make the cheeks. It’s also possible to use a toothpick to color these on.
Lower out 2 items of pipe cleaner roughly 2 inches lengthy. Lower out 2 small hearts from cardstock or development paper. Glue the paper hearts to the top of the pipe cleaner.
- Glue the antennae to the popsicle stick physique.
- Lower out the cardboard wings.
Use the guts template and hint it on cardboard. Lower out 2 wings.
When portray, be sure you paint the wings mirrored in order that once you glue them to the popsicle stick they are going to be mirrored from each other. First, paint the cardboard hearts with 1 coat of white paint after which paint an extra coat within the colour of your alternative.
- Glue the wings to the popsicle stick.
- Glue pom poms to the wings.
This easy popsicle stick love bug craft is a enjoyable Valentine’s Day craft for teenagers of all ages! Children can customise their love bugs and add extra hearts to the wings or glue on different craft provides like buttons, sequins or glitter.
For extra crafts by Kimberly McLeod, see these different enjoyable recycled crafts:
Bio: Kimberly McLeod is the author behind the enjoyable child’s craft and exercise weblog, The Greatest Concepts for Children. You’ll be able to observe The Greatest Concepts for Children on Fb, Instagram, or Pinterest.
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