Ladybugs

After learning the butterfly life cycle we moved on to the ladybug life cycle.  We compared the two and found them to be quite similar.  Then we created this awesome ladybug life cycle craft.  It was messy, but oh so fun!

We started with 2 paper plates and painted one red and one black.  Then we used tracers and black construction paper to trace and then cut out the head and spots.  Once we were done that we used the life cycle from this bug science pack from TpT http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Bugs-Science-Centers-643070 and coloured and cut the life cycle.

Once we had all the parts, we could assemble them.  The life cycle was glued to the black paper plate, the spots were glued to the red paper plate, then the red plate was cut in half, eyes were glued to the head, and it was all fastened together using a brass fastener.