Paper Strips Ladybug Valentines Day Craft

Surprise your friends and family with this adorable ladybug Valentine’s Day craft – two ladybugs sitting on a heart-shaped leaf will make anyone’s day better.

This project is very easy to make and just requires following a few simple steps so you can have your ladybug spinning in no time.

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You already know that we love Valentine’s Day crafts and are crazy about all the above themed projects, check out our heart crafts or try our yarn wrapped heart crafts.

This time we assembled the ladybugs in such a way that they could spin on the heart shaped leaf.

It brings us so much joy, hope it will bring you joy too.

How to Make a 3D Paper Ladybug Craft for Valentine’s Day

What you need:

red cardboard
pink cardboard
white marker
drag
glue
round hole punching machine
black cardboard
Googly eyes
black pencil
circular ruler
split legs

Let’s get started!

Step by step instructions

Draw a heart shaped leaf by hand. Use a white marker and pink cardboard.

Use scissors to cut heart shaped leaves.

Use the hole punch to punch out two red circles.

Push the split pin through the center of the circles and through the pink heart shaped leaf.

Separate the two ends of the pin so that the circles adhere tightly to the leaf.

The body of the ladybug

Cut eight 1cm wide red strips. Choose the height you want the strips to be. These will be used to form the ladybug’s body.

Ladybug Head

On black cardboard, draw two ladybug heads.

Use scissors to cut off the top.

Attach round eyes to the head.

Now glue the head to the body where you left the empty strip pieces.

They look so cute!

Done!

Now have fun and give them a spin!

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