Awesome Bug Crafts for Kids 

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Cut the fly's head, body, and circle that holds the legs from black craft foam.

Cut the smaller circle from black construction paper.

Place the heart shape on a folded piece of paper and cut out. Use the pattern to cut out wings from white tissue paper.

To make the legs, cut the pipe cleaner in thirds. Glue to the smaller circle. Glue the paper circle over the pipe cleaner pieces. Let your glue dry overnight.

Glue the head to the top of the circle with the legs. Glue the oval to the bottom of the circle. 

Before the glue dries, lift the head up and place the tissue wings under the head. 

Glue the two red pompoms to the head piece for the eyes. Let everything dry. 

Cut the craft foam 8 1/2 inches by 3/4 of an inch. Round the ends by cutting off the corners.

Hole punch three holes. One hole is 1 1/2 inches from the end. The next hole is 3 inches and the last hole is 4 1/2 inches from the end.

Fold the ends of the pipe cleaner to the center. Twist the ends. 

Put the pipe cleaners in each hole. Fold pipe cleaner at the center up some, then down. Fold out some to make feet. 

Glue on wiggly eyes.

Cut a small rectangle from construction paper 5 by 3/4 inches. Cut off the corners on one end to make a point. Round the other end of the paper.

Cut two pieces of tissue paper 5 by 2 1/4 inches. Cut the ends of the paper to a point.

Squish the center of the strip of tissue paper and glue 1 inch from the rounded end of the construction paper.

Add wiggly eyes above the tissue paper wings.

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Cut out the head, body, and wing for the beetle.

Cut the head and body from black construction paper.

Then cut the wings from green construction paper. Or another color there are lots of different beetles and they can come in different colors.

Punch a hole in the top of the two wings and the body piece.

Add the brad to the pieces. The two wings will overlap some.

Add glue to the top wing and brad. Don't add too much glue. You want the wings to be able to open.

Place the head on the glue. Let it dry.

The wings should open.

Cut a 1 1/2 inch circle from black paper for the head. You can cut a square the size of the circle. Fold the square in fourths. Then cut off the corners.

Hole punch several dots for the spots on the ladybug.

Glue the head to the top of the plastic lid.

Glue the dots on the lid.

Place a piece of blue construction paper under a cup so that you can draw around it for the head piece.

On the seam of the cup, cut from the rim to the bottom. Cut the bottom off the cup, leaving a small rim so that the tealight will fit in the hole but will not fall out. 

Place a line of glue on the cut edge of the cup. Lap the sides over. Add paperclips to hold until the glue dries.

Glue the blue circle to the rim of the other cup.

To make the antenna, cut a 3-inch piece of pipe cleaner. Fold in half. Lift the circle some and slip the pipe cleaner in before the glue dries.

Add wiggly eyes. Let the cup sit upside down until the glue dries. If you don't let the cup sit, the eyes will slide down the paper. 

Cut three pipe cleaners 4 inches. Glue to the back cup at the rim. Add a piece of tape, so the pipe cleaners stay in place.

Cut two leaf shapes, 3 3/4 by 1 3/4 inches. Glue just under the rim of the top cup.

Turn the tealight on. Place in the hole in the cup. Add the other cup.