Here's a super-easy super-fun activity for the kids on a rainy day (on any day really). You can make a whole family and add ribbons, flowers, bow ties, whatever, to give them different personalities. These little fellows make great mascots and pets.
Here's how you make them.
MATERIALS
50cm of 24 gauge wire
16 x 16mm doughnut beads
17 pony beads
20 small assorted coloured beads for tail and antennas
one 20mm wooden bead for head
2 wiggly eyes
Hot-glue gun
INSTRUCTIONS
Bend wire in half and thread a single small colored bead onto one of the wire ends as in photo below.
Holding the 2 ends of the wire together, thread more small colored beads over both wires to form the tail as in photo below.
Next thread a pony bead followed by a doughnut bead over both wires and continue threading this pattern to form the bug's body.
Thread on the wooden bead to make the bug's head and separate the ends of the wire to form the antennas.
Hold the bug's head and carefully fill the hole in the centre of the wooden bead with hot glue.
Wait for glue to set and then thread more small colored beads onto each antenna.
End each antenna by winding the end of the wire between the last and second last bead.
To complete glue on wiggly eyes.
Well, there you go... Hope you like them. If you can't find doughnut beads, you can use tri-beads instead, or even any large coloured bead. Experiment! They are really cute.
I like the beanbugs idea.
ReplyDeleteMy babies makes things out of beads .
I showed them to Sha . Jenny and they want me to ask the teacher can they and the rest of the Polar Bear Cubs make them and sell them at school .
I think there was about 20 /25 Polar Bear Cubs ... that's how many was showing up at the meeting .
I will ask ... I know they will have to buy them from the school office and put in a fund for Nanook ...
Luv ya ...PIC
I think It's a fabulous idea and what fun they will have. They may start a fad and everyone at school will start making them
ReplyDeletePlease tell them I think it's brilliant.. See ya around the old blog