Ladybug Shape Matching Cardboard Activity

Raise your hand if you like ladybugs. If you do, this Cardboard Ladybug Puzzle Activity will be the perfect craft for you to make.

This activity doesn’t take much time but you’ll have a great learning activity to do with your child.

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Whether you’re bored or just looking for some fun spring crafts to complete, this is the one for you.

Ladybugs are fun bugs with great designs. The idea behind this ladybug is that you are mimicking the traditional ladybug design with shapes!

This cardboard ladybug puzzle activity will bring lots of fun to your kids.

Ladybug Cardboard Making Activity

What you need:

black paper
red and black acrylic paint
paint brush
pencil
drag
glue
black cleaning tube

Step by step instructions

Draw a ladybug shape on cardboard and cut it out.

Paint the ladybug body red.

Paint the ladybug’s head black.

Draw shapes on the body and cut them out.

You will want to paint all of the shapes black.

Cut a square or rectangle from a sheet of black paper.

Continue gluing them onto the ladybug’s back.

We will use them to keep the shape of the ladybug.

Make an antenna with black pipe.

Cut a smaller piece of cleaning pipe to make a smaller antenna.

You can glue pipe cleaners on, but you can also glue them directly into the cardboard slots if possible.

Draw a black line in the middle of the body.

Your ladybug activity is complete.

Children will have to match squares, circles, rectangles, ellipses, diamonds, triangles and trapezoids.

Get the printable Laybug jigsaw puzzle here

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