Welcome to the third and final craft in this week’s bug additions! The other day, I posted the brand new katydid craft, and the day before the walking stick bug craft. Be sure to check those out! Today I’m sharing the leaf bug, or more specifically, the Phylliidae. Apparently there are quite a few bugs […]
Katydid Printable Craft
The katydid bug is an insect that looks just like a leaf with legs. As I mentioned in the Walking Stick Bug Craft that I posted earlier this week, Lorelai came up with a handful of bug crafts for us to make. This was one of them. Be sure to look a the original photo […]
Walking Stick Bug Craft
It’s bug week here on LearnCreateLove! Over the next couple of days, I will be sharing three new bug crafts that Lorelai came up with a while back. Apparently they did a bug unit in science and she came home with a handful of craft ideas! Today I’m sharing the walking stick bug craft. This […]
Popsicle Stick & Bead Caterpillar Craft
I am so thankful to have had the time to sit down and make some crafts with Lorelai this weekend. She had a fever Saturday morning and was just feeling icky. By Saturday evening, she came around and asked me if we could do something together. Knowing what would cheer her up, I pulled out […]
Paper Plate Ladybug Craft
To finish up summer, we made a fun paper plate ladybug craft today! We have made another version of this craft a very long time ago, but decided to spin it a different way this time! Instead of using the whole paper plate, we made one with half of the plate. It was fun to […]
Laminate Butterfly Craft
We are always looking for fun ways to use the craft supplies we have. Our friends at CraftProjectIdeas.com sent us a goodie box with crafty stuff recently and we’ve been having fun coming up with crafts with the materials. The “scoop” craft sticks, fuzzy sticks (pipe cleaners), glitter glue, and gems, and magnets that we […]
Hercules Beetle Printable Craft
October seemed the perfect month to post this creepy little bug! This is a Hercules beetle, a horned beetle native to the rainforests of Central and South America. My husband gave me the idea to design this craft, and my seven-year-old was definitely on board to paint it. We normally make sweet, smiling animals. This […]
Clothespin Button Spiders
I love quick and easy crafts that take minimal materials, and this one fits that bill perfectly. I bought these mini clothespins from Michaels earlier today. It hit me almost immediately that we should make button spiders with them. They turned out SO cute. I hope you get a chance to make some! Materials We […]
Luna Moth Printable Craft
Have you ever seen a luna moth in person? I have, and recently! I was on the east coast visiting family last month when I came across one resting on the wooden frame of my parents’ back door. It was just hanging out with a couple of other pretty moths. Lore and I were both […]
Monarch Caterpillar Printable Craft
Good morning! Last week, I posted a Buckeye Butterfly and the Caterpillar that goes with it. This week I’m posting the Monarch Butterfly’s caterpillar. This is such a neat looking caterpillar with stripes of black, white, and yellow. It would be really confusing if everything was outlined, so I just made the caterpillar black and […]
Buckeye Butterfly Printable Craft
Last year, we went on a realistic butterfly kick and made the following crafts: Blue Morpho | Tiger Swallowtail | Monarch | Painted Lady. Since it had been so long since our last, I decided to make a few more templates, this being one of them. Buckeye Butterflies are very beautiful, with large circular spots […]
Plastic Baggie Butterfly Craft
Are you looking for a simple yet totally adorable butterfly craft? Look no further! Our friends at HCD Jugando recently posted a photo of some plastic baggie butterflies that they made and we couldn’t resist making some, too! I immediately set the craft up so that Lore could make some when she got home from […]
Printable Scorpion Craft
Good morning! A big thanks to Meghan for this craft suggestion! I’ll admit that this one was really tough to design. I tried to design it from a side view, but it just wouldn’t come together for me. So I did a top view of the scorpion and it finally worked out! Scorpions are not […]
Printable Blue Morpho Butterfly Craft
The blue morpho butterfly has been on our to-make craft list for ages. Lorelai and I both were excited to get to craft this one a couple of weeks ago. I designed it as I have my other realistic butterfly crafts – I made the black parts on the wings solid so that Lorelai (and […]
Printable Craft: Tiger Swallowtail Butterfly
Tiger Swallowtail Butterflies are everywhere right now in Maryland. They are such beautiful butterflies that I had to make another printable butterfly craft. Lorelai loved it! She painted hers with a fine paintbrush and then gave it to her Gammie when it was finished. Some other butterfly posts & crafts: Monarch Butterfly, Painted Lady Butterfly, […]
Cupcake Liner Butterfly Craft
I’m proud to announce that this craft was 100% thought up by Lorelai, my butterfly-obsessed, five-year-old daughter. The other day, when we were waiting for the Coffee Filter Butterfly to dry, she ran inside to the craft cabinet, dug around for a minute, and came back for the materials for this one. She proudly showed […]
Coffee Filter Butterfly Craft
Butterflies and butterfly crafts have been the number one request from my 5.5 year-old lately. Some of the recent butterfly crafts we have done include this beautiful Monarch Butterfly, this Painted Lady butterfly, a cute Paper Roll Butterfly, a Handprint Butterfly, a GIANT Printable Butterfly, and a Popsicle Stick Butterfly. Okay, that’s more than a […]
Printable Craft: Painted Lady Butterfly
As we learned while crafting the monarch butterfly, the painted lady also migrates to Mexico for the winter. We have had a lot of interaction with painted lady butterflies as of late. Lorelai’s teacher brought in caterpillars and the class got to watch them go from caterpillar, to chrysalis, to butterfly. The children’s librarian at […]
Printable Mason Jar Craft w/ Fingerprint Bugs
First, a huge thanks to Jordan for suggesting this craft on our Facebook Page a couple of weeks ago. It’s the perfect little project for the upcoming summer season! We visit my folks on the east coast every year for about a month, and while we are there, we are in farm heaven. Fireflies, tadpoles, […]
Printable Monarch Butterfly Craft
Each year, millions of monarch butterflies migrate south to Mexico for the winter. Like with birds, these butterflies prefer warmer weather, and will stay to enjoy the mild climate for a few months until they make their way back north. After learning that (and explaining how like birds these butterflies are), Lorelai painted, cut out, […]
