Welcome spring with this adorable handprint ladybug craft that’s a breeze to make! Use it to learn about ladybugs and make them in many colors!

Here’s a quick quiz for you – what is a creature that can eat 5,000 bugs in its lifetime, but does it while looking drop-dead gorgeous all the time? Yes, it’s the pretty ladybug!

Ladybugs are pretty, but those gorgeous colors also serve another purpose – to tell predators that they don’t taste good, and to look for dinner elsewhere!

With spring starting, it’s time for ladybugs to make their appearance. They like the warm weather, and go into hibernation when it starts getting cold. Looks like it’s the apt time for some ladybug crafts, but before that, some fun trivia about ladybugs!

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Why are ladybugs called ladybugs?

Handprint Ladybug Craft for Spring

Supplies required:

How to make the Handprint Ladybug Craft:

Why are ladybugs called ladybugs?

Apparently, the term was coined by European farmers in ancient times. Their crops were being destroyed by pests, and they prayed to the Virgin Mary for help. They soon found that some good-looking beetles were eating up the pests, thus rescuing the crop. Well, the farmers were ecstatic and they named the beetle “beetle of Our Lady”, which eventually became ‘lady beetle’ and finally ‘ladybug’.

On that fun note, let’s get crafting! All you need are basic craft supplies and some googly eyes – and you’re set!

Handprint Ladybug Craft for Spring

Supplies required:

Craft paper in different colors
Googly eyes
Colored markers
Scissors
Glue

How to make the Handprint Ladybug Craft:

1. Download and print the handprint ladybug craft template. The template contains the parts of the ladybug, including the body, spots, antennae, and handprint wings.

2. Trace the parts of the handprint ladybug craft on colored craft papers and cut them out. You can choose black for the body and orange, yellow or red for the handprint wings. Also, you don’t have to use the wings from the template; you can get your little one to put his hand on the colored paper, and you can draw an outline and cut it out.

3. Once you’ve got those cute handprints ready, it’s time to decorate them! Take those black spots you cut out in the previous step and stick them on the wings. Don’t worry about any specific pattern – just cover the overall area.

4. Put the wings aside for now. Take the body and attach the antennae to the top. Apply glue to the back so that it doesn’t get messy.

5. Time for the interesting part! Stick on the googly eyes on the face of your handprint ladybug craft. Then glue on the pink cheeks below them.

6. Nearly there! Stick the handprint wings on the body of the ladybug and there you go!

7. You can use a colored marker to draw an outline inside the wings to add some interest. Don’t forget to draw on a smile!

Now that you know how to make a handprint ladybug craft, you can go ahead and make more of them in different colors! There are many ways you can customize this – you can use the googly eyes with lashes so you can have a girl ladybug. This craft goes well with our ladybug corner bookmarks and our felt ladybug pencil topper.

You can use this ladybug on a card, or turn it into a wall hanging. You can also stick it on a Popsicle stick to make it a bookmark – or even a puppet! You can put up a great show with a ladybug and our insect puppets!

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