Ladybug Children's Artwork

Today let's return to the spring-time perennial favorite, the humble little ladybug!
Since these insects are one of my personal faves -- AND I've written and recorded a song for them -- I always have my eyes open for the little sweeties. I have several different artistic applications for those happy polka-dots on creeping, lucky ladybugs today.

Some time I really will have to do a paper plate 'round-up' of all of the various projects that I've seen. I think the paper plate makes the project feel accessible.

Ya just gotta LUV this ladybug 'sculpture'........ these are all from my visit at Darby Creek.

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1. Cascading Rainbow Sun Catchers	2. Life is full of hidden Art	3. Montessori-Inspired Mother's Day	4. Dinner and a Movie Teacher Appreciation Gift
5. My Garden and Patterned Sunflowers	6. Baby Play: LLJournal	7. Hammering: LLJournal	8. beach playscape
9. Disappearing Letters	10. Handprint Mother's Day Card	11. 10 Ways to Celebrate Children's Book Week	12. In My Garden Hunt and Number Game
13. Giant spiders web	14. 3 busy bags with clothes pegs	15. clock for your child's room	16. Preschool Science
17. Color Matching	18. Teachable Moments: 50 Second Science	19. 25 Last Minute Ideas for Mother's Day	20. Tinkering Around - Making Robots from Recycled Items
21. Baby Discovery Bin	22. Letter Sounds and Sight Word Spray	23. 2 Dinosaur books, 1 Dinosaur dig	24. P is for Peas-Fine Motor Skills & Language Dev
25. hamster hot :)	26. house	27. guy :)	28. grandma's photo
29. Cooking with Kids: Dirt Cake!	30. Post Office Imaginary Play	31. Playdough Recipes...Over 30 Recipes	32. Discovery Science Bottles
33. Sound jars	34. Smell Jars	35. Sensory Bags	36. Butterflies Unit
37. Toddler Busy Bag - Shape Tracing	38. Fun with our 5 Senses	39. Toddler Hopscotch	40. Cardboard Box + Imagination = Magical Land
41. Creating Art for Babies	42. Group Splat Painting	43. Window Screen Painting/Printing	44. Ice + Glitter + Baby Oil
45. Pond/Lifecycle of a Frog Sensory Bin	46. Powdered Paint Filled Eggs	47. The Colors of Us	48. Grow a Butterfly
49. 3d Shape Sort	50. Rain Stick Sensory Bottle	51. Paintingwith Flowers	52. The Very Hungry Caterpillar project
53. Math and Literacy Kinder Busy Bags	54. Mad Science Lab	55. Goop and ice sensory play	56. Bubble wrap sensory slide
57. 5 Little Ducks Finger Puppets	58. Bug Catcher Net	59. Musical Instruments	60. Butterfly Footprints on Canvas
61. Mother's Day Magnet: Rainbows Within Reach	62. Smurf-y fairy garden	63. It's the process, not the product	64. Color and Shape Wiggle Worm
65. Dandylion Book and Lunch	66. Mother's Day Salt Dough Ornaments	67. Indoor/Outdoor Cafe	68. Dirt Worm Treats
69. Heidi Butkus	70. Stainglass MothersDay bookmarks	71. Lotion Love	72. Ball run fun
73. Waldorf playgroup	74. Healthy raw cookie dough balls	75. Flower Color Wheel To Clothes Pin Printable	76. Making pictures with tissue paper and glue
77. Glowing Circle Bath	78. our preschool area	79. Brown Bear, Brown Bear color hunt	80. Easy Threading for younger toddlers!
81. Choc Muffins with Hidden Vegies!	82. Salt Paintings	83. Russian Pastry- Piroshki	84. 100 Ways to Have Fun For Free
85. Elmer Elephant Collages	86. Montessori Sound Matching Game	87. Waterbeads Fishing Game	88. Lorax Lunch
89. Alphabet Soup Sensory Tub	90. Name Recognition Game In Sensory Tray	91. Sensory Play - whats all the fuss about?	92. MOMS Give 25 Tips for Dealing with Picky Eaters
93. Egg Carton Maracas + Cinco de Mayo Crafts	94. 10 Mother's Day Handprint Crafts	95. Kids Mother's Day Gift: Mom's Sleeping Door Hanger	96. Kids in the Kitchen: Sprinkle Cookie Freezer Bites
97. Plant & Garden Nature Study Ideas	98. 6 Things Kids Can Do for Mom for Mother's Day	99. Cinco de Mayo and Outside Fun!	100. 3 Ingredient Organic Cookies (Gluten Free!)
101. Road Trip Reading	102. Simple Bird Nest & Making Brown w/ Paint	103. Say cheese	104. Diamond jubilee sensory play
105. Spray Painting with water colours	106. From Caterpillar to Butterfly – Painting Butterflies	107. Kid Sized (Recyclables) Robot	108. Mrs. Karen's Preschool Class
109. DIY kids purse Capri Son BOX	110. DIY Sensory Table	111. Phases Of The Moon and FREE Printable!!	112. Spring Sensory Bin
113. Hands on kid recipe for mom	114. Keitha's Story Themed Lunches	115. Explore the World w/o Leaving Home	116. HAND crafted MothersDay Flower
117. installation art with kids and John Cage	118. Hands For Mom Magnet	119. Fingerprint Poem and Craft	120. Mother's Day Breakfast Sundae
121. Easy Bread Recipe for Kids to make	122. Kids DIY pillow for mom	123. 5 Homemade Mother's Day flower bouquets	124. Peanut butter and Appels with a twist
125. Messy Play!	126. Letter Matching Activity	127. Having fun with Hedgie's Surprise	128. The Little Mermaid Needle Felt
129. Pirate Play Date	130. Percy Jackson Birthday Party	131. Sweet Foot Lovin' for Mother's Day	132. Sensory Bin & Cars Color Sorting
133. Bike Wash	134. mother's day love notes	135. Making Strawberry Jam!	136. Plastic Straw Necklace
137. Compound Word Eggs	138. Early Cursive Art	139. Mother's Day Party Planning	140. Edible Candy Crayons
141. Fine Motor Skills: Toothpicks & Spice Jars	142. Line Mazes: Fine Motor Game to play anywhere!	143. Design Your Own Mother's Day Pot Holders	144. Stories and Children
145. Stories and Children	146. Around the World in Dishes - Russia	147. Tara	148. Patchwork Paper Tree
149. Create A Plate	150. 10 Plant Activities for Preschool	151. Cowboys and Indians and The Indian in the Cupboard	152. Renewing interest in old books and toys
153. DIY Bubble Tea!	154. Pipe Cleaner Sun	155. Messy play in the sunshine	156. Remembering Maurice Sendak: Where the Wild Things Are
157. Filter Flowers	158. Yarn Bowl	159. Hand Print Glass Jar Vase	160. Math can be a-MAZE-ing!
161. 35 Screen Free Ideas	162. Baby & Toddler Sensory Bottles	163. Mother's Day Banner	164. Keepsake Questions
165. Learning at Play	166. Light Play	167. Drawings For Jade	168. Goodnight Moon Tot Bag
169. DIY Monarch Butterfly Model	170. Horse fun	171. Fluffy Body Painting	172. Sensory, Motor Skills, Exploration Playdate
173. Some things we did today	174. bus driver appreciation gift	175. Using a Calendar with Preschoolers	176. ABC Books
177. Learning about Emotions	178. Four in a Row Cleaning Game	179. Hole Punch Art	180. Painting with Marshmallows
181. Calm Down Glitter Jar	182. Olivia's Black, White and Red Spaghetti	183. Balance with Ted Harrison	184. Chalk Spray Painting
185. Sticks, Stones and Sand	186. playrecipe	187. The Magic of a Days Play	188. Top 10 art supplies
189. What's in our waiting bag?	190. finger print acacia flower	191. Tt is for Tooth	192. Roll and Feel - Sense of Touch
193. Tangrams - the Sense of Sight	194. Chicka Chicka Boom Tot Bag	195. Holly T	196. Chicka Chicka Boom Ideas
197. magic wand	198. 3 Hungry Caterpillars	199. sensory rocks	200. Draw with Light

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