Recycled Bug Craft

Happy Earth Week! We hope you’ve had a great holiday and are enjoying the springy weather here in NC. Today we are sharing a great craft to use up some recycled materials and get into this month’s Kid Lab theme - BUGS! These recycled bugs are easy to make and customize to make them uniquely yours.

Materials Needed:

• Cardboard

• Paint sticks (or paint)

• Bottle caps and recycled lids

• Pipe cleaners

• Pom poms

• Scissors

• Hot glue gun (*always ask an adult for help when using a glue gun!)

How To:

Step 1: Cut out two circles from your cardboard, one larger and one smaller. Also cut out 6 long, thin pieces to be the bug’s legs! Insects have 6 legs.

Step 2: Use your paint sticks (or paint) to paint the cardboard pieces. I made the bug’s body red and the head and legs black. You can make your bug any colors you want!

Step 3: Use your hot glue gun to glue the cardboard pieces together. Glue the smaller circle at the top of the large one and glue three legs on each side. Next, glue your bottle caps and lids to the bug’s body to create spots! We used all blue caps here, but again you can use any color! Choose two bottle caps to be the eyes and glue them to the head.

Step 4: Add details by gluing two pipe cleaners to the top of the head to become antenna! Curl them around your finger or bend them at the top. You can also add some pom poms. We glued on pom poms to create more spots and glued them onto the eye bottle caps to give the eyes a center dot!

We hope you can find some time to enjoy making your own recycled critters at home! What other kinds of bugs can you create with recyclables? See what you can come up with and share them on Instagram with @kidlabraleigh - we’d love to see!

This post is by Emily Limer. To see more kid’s craft ideas follow her on Instagram @makingwithmommy