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Home / Uncategorized / Crayon Resist Cupcake Liner Ladybug Craft

Crayon Resist Cupcake Liner Ladybug Craft

Shared by Mary Catherine 6 Comments

This oh so very simple ladybug craft helps children explore science and art concepts. Be sure to check out the bottom of this post for more #PLAYfulpreschool ladybug ideas. They’re perfect for an insect theme or just because!

Cupcake liner ladybug craft

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cupcake liner ladybug craft for kids

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Materials
White cupcake liners (we used large and small)
White paper
Watercolors (we used blue and red liquid watercolors)
Black crayon

Directions

Getting ready to create a cupcake liner ladybug craft - so easy and so fun!

Take a white cupcake liner and flatten it out as much as possible.

Working on a cupcake liner ladybug craft - lots of fun and learning with something very simple

Grab a black crayon and draw a line down the center of the cupcake liner. This delineates the ladybug’s wings. Draw black dots along the cupcake liner. Be sure to press the crayon down hard (but not so hard that you break a crayon . . . not that my son and I are speaking from experience or anything)! 😉

Cupcake liner ladybug craft for kids - getting ready to paint

Grab a paintbrush and paint the cupcake liner. We stuck with red, as the ladybugs around her are usually red. This is a great time to talk about how crayons resist watercolors due to the wax they contain. Take a look at how the watercolors bead up on top of the black dots and lines, but is absorbed into the cupcake liner.

Watercolor crayon resist ladybug craft

Paint a white piece of paper blue. Watercolor paper would probably be best, but we didn’t have any on-hand so we used printer paper instead. It worked just fine!

I love how this simple ladybug craft illustrated the wax resist technique

Once the cupcake liners are dry, turn them over for another indicator of crayons’ water resistance. It’s very apparent that the black crayon kept the watercolors from being absorbed into those sections of the liners!

Glue the cupcake liner ladybugs onto the (now dry) blue pieces of paper. Add a head, antennae, and six legs! If you’re like us, you may need to repeat the process because you’re having too much fun to stop. There’s just something therapeutic about crayons and watercolors!

Lots of playful learning with a cupcake liner ladybug craft

The learning
I think this ladybug craft could be used to learn concepts across the board! Here are some of the ideas that came to my mind first:

  • The wax in crayons resists watercolors. This is an art technique used by many people.
  • Ladybugs are insects, which means they have 6 legs.
  • Ladybugs come in different colors, although the 7-Spotted Ladybug is the most common where we live. It has 3 spots on each side, with an additional spot in the middle.
  • There are thousands of types of ladybugs.
Fun ladybug craft for kids to create during an insect theme

Change it up
It would be so easy to adapt this activity! Change the colors of the ladybugs, be more detailed when drawing the ladybugs’ bodies, or add a writing prompt to this little art activity. Cut out heads and legs from construction paper, then decorate with the ladybugs – they’re cheerful enough! Change this into a math and art activity, letting the roll of the dice determine the amount of spots added to the ladybugs. I could go on and on (but won’t, I promise)!

Have you done a ladybug craft with the kiddos before? Would they enjoy this one? Be sure to let me know if you give this idea a try! 🙂

Check out more ladybug-themed #PLAYfulpreschool ideas:

Ladybug Prepositions Play by Rainy Day Mum
Ladybug Letter Spots by Growing Book by Book
Ladybug Science Experiment by The Educators’ Spin On It
Ladybug Math Chant and Game by Capri + 3
3 Part Ladybug Counting by Tiny Tots Adventures
Ladybug Roll and Cover Math Game by Mom Inspired Life
Seashell Ladybug Craft by Still Playing School
Ladybug Garden Rocks by Powerful Mothering
Cupcake Liner Ladybug by Fun-A-Day!

Done-for-You Preschool Resources

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I love how easy and fun this cupcake liner ladybug craft is

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  1. Cerys says

    April 29, 2015 at 5:14 am

    Ohhh I love this – wax resist art is so much fun. Will have to give this a go with my kids this week.

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  2. Danielle says

    April 29, 2015 at 10:23 am

    I love this idea! They turned out SO cute!

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  3. Nicolette Roux (Powerful Mothering) says

    April 29, 2015 at 10:36 am

    These came out great! We so love crayon resist!

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  4. Theresa says

    April 29, 2015 at 4:58 pm

    What a fantastic way to use crayon resist. It must be magical for kids to see the ladybugs ‘appear’ when they are painted red.

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  5. Jodie @ Growing Book by Book says

    April 30, 2015 at 9:08 am

    Such a super cute craft!

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  6. Natasha says

    April 30, 2015 at 7:42 pm

    Really cute, my girls would very much enjoy this.

    Reply
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