Everything observed with children in nature in the summer is useful to reproduce in crafts. For example, a kid of two and a half years old saw a ladybug on a walk.

I liked the bright bug. We made crafts at home. Its manufacture is easy. Now you can be sure that the child will not forget this insect.

How to make a ladybug

The ladybug has a black muzzle and body. But her wings are red with black dots. With the help of them, she can just about fly away, so let's have time to consider the insect in all its nuances and make ourselves a similar voluminous craft. Moreover, materials and tools can be found in almost every creative kid.

Necessary materials:

  1. plastic eyes;
  2. red, black and green paper;
  3. black marker;
  4. ruler;
  5. glue;
  6. scissors;
  7. pencil.

Master Class

1. For the ladybug wings, cut out an 8 x 4 cm rectangle from a red sheet of paper. The insect itself with such parameters will be small. Therefore, this must be taken into account at the first stages of making crafts. We divide the rectangle into two halves using a dividing vertical line, which we draw with a black marker. We will also draw spots on both sides.

2. We roll this painted rectangle into a tube and get voluminous spotted wings for a ladybug.

3. Now we are engaged in the body of the insect. It will be black. Cut out a rectangle 7 x 3 cm. On the right side, draw the silhouette of the torso and head. Draw a circle and add horns on both sides. Cut out the head and body of the ladybug along the contour.

4. We bend the head in the upper part, and bend the body itself a little with a pencil (lightly wind it on a pencil or finger).

5. Glue two plastic eyes with rotating pupils on the muzzle. You can also draw other elements on the head at this stage. We glue volumetric wings of red color to the deflection of the body.

6. From green paper we will create a sheet on which an insect with red spotted wings will sit. We draw a contour on colored paper, cut it out and draw the veins with a black marker.

7. We place a conveniently and beautifully prepared ladybug on a green leaf. To fix it in this place, we use ordinary clerical glue. On this, a beautiful ladybug made of paper is ready. It has a beautiful stand in the form of a green leaf. Therefore, you can not be afraid that she will fly away or go unnoticed on the coffee table.

At the dacha, every hostess or owner wants to equip their site so that it pleases both residents and passers-by. Therefore, various decorations for the garden are very popular among the owners of cottages and private houses. Ladybug is the simplest and most common craft.

People at all times ennobled their land, planted beautiful bright flowers, installed openwork arbors, beautiful garden swings, placed everywhere interesting decorations in the form of kind funny gnomes or chic large columns with flowers. To this day, summer residents are trying with all their might to provide comfort for themselves and their households, beautifully furnishing the site.

Modern stores offer a huge range of different garden decorations, but it is not necessary to spend money on expensive decorations. It will be much more interesting to make a funny decoration yourself. Homemade decorations will also help save the family budget, but they will bring more joy than store-bought decorations.

One of the most popular garden decorations has become a funny ladybug made from an ordinary construction helmet. This cheerful bug will help decorate the site, will delight everyone who pays attention to it. At the same time, making such a funny decoration is quite simple.

How to make a ladybug out of a helmet

Even a beginner who is not used to making decorations can make a ladybug with my own hands, because for such a simple decoration you do not need special professional skills.

What is required for such an interesting and fun garden decoration? Nothing at all: acrylic paints and the main element of the craft - a construction helmet. Some summer residents use ordinary red and black self-adhesive tape instead of paint to make decorations.

Which of these options is easier is up to the gardener who wants to decorate his site. However, both methods result in a wonderful new resident of the garden - a ladybug.

In the case of paint, you will have to purchase two cans: one is red to cover the “body” of the bug, and the second is black, useful for black spots and heads. If desired, you can take a small amount of white paint and use it as a material for the ladybug's eye.

The entire helmet is covered in red. After that, black paint is applied to the visor, it will be the head of a ladybug, a black stripe is drawn in the middle of the helmet, and black circles are scattered. The design of the head of the bug depends on the imagination of the manufacturer. You can draw white eyes, a smiling mouth. By making two holes in the helmet and inserting wire, the gardener can add antennae to his ladybug.

With self-adhesive tape or film, everything is also extremely simple. In most cases, the helmet does not even need to be trimmed with red, especially if the object has a rich orange tint. It is enough to cut out black circles, a strip, eyes and a mouth from a self-adhesive film as desired and attach it to a construction helmet. The method is very easy, you don’t have to wait long for the paint to dry, which saves a lot of time for the person who started making the scenery.

It's so easy to make a beautiful decoration for the garden with your own hands. The manufacturing process will not take much time from the summer resident, but it will bring a lot of positive emotions, especially if you decorate not alone, but with your loved one or children. This will unite the family, and the result of joint work will warm the soul all twelve months of the year. A homemade ladybug from a construction helmet will provide not only beauty in the garden, but also pleasant memories for the whole family.

The location of the ladybug in the garden also depends on the desire and imagination of the owner of the site. Decoration can be placed near the path in the garden, among the green bushes. However, the ideas are not limited to this, one has only to show imagination and give freedom to creativity.

How to fix a ladybug from a helmet on a tree?

There are ways to attach a ladybug or several of these bugs to a tree trunk if one is present on the site. Finished decorations are fixed with a screwdriver or a conventional screwdriver. You only need a few screws and creative design garden is ready.

If on garden plot there is a mountain decorative stones, why not place a ladybug made from a construction helmet on them? As if a bug crawling over the stones will add creativity to the garden and give a good mood to the whole family and visiting guests in any weather.

There are many more options for decorating the garden, so it's worth looking around your site and finding the right place for a wonderful ladybug from an ordinary construction helmet. Such a simple, at first glance, decoration may turn out to be the most beautiful garden decoration in the world, especially if a piece of soul has been invested in its manufacture. Options for ladybugs from a helmet are shown in the photo in our article.

Video on the topic of the article

ladybugs- amazing creatures. They are not always red, and their back is decorated with black dots. Their color is much more diverse, and there may not be spots at all. Even ladybugs of the same species can be very different from each other. These insects are not only beautiful, but also very useful, as they successfully eat aphids in large quantities, preventing them from destroying gardens and orchards. If we turn to Dahl's dictionary, we can make the assumption that it got its name from the word "loaf". This is the name of both the head of cheese and the mushroom with a large round hat.

Ladybug: drawing on stone

It turns out to be very comfortable material to make various items. It is also suitable for performing various crafts and for decorating the interior. A ladybug made of pebbles will look good. Made with love, it will be a wonderful gift. A ladybug made of stone can be placed on a flower pot or decorate your garden with it. According to these insects bring happiness, family well-being and love.

Ladybug made of stone (photo)

So, to make this composition, you need to take a pebble 10-15 cm in diameter. It will take not so much time to make several of these bugs - no more than two or three hours. Before starting work, wash the pebbles and dry. To make a ladybug out of stone, use one that dries quickly and perfectly hides all the bumps. You can find it at a hardware or art store, or make your own. To do this, you will need to mix water and in a ratio of one to one. Depending on the material chosen, one or two coats of primer will be required. When it dries, you should paint the stone ladybug white color by diluting it with a small amount of water. The next step will be drawing the outline of the future drawing. A simple pencil will work for this. Now you can move on to the most interesting - painting.

painting

It is best to paint with acrylic paints. Brushes are suitable for both natural and synthetic. To draw the wings, you will need red paint. When they dry, paint over them a second time. This must be done to make the drawing look brighter. We paint over the head and that part of the body that is hidden by the wings with black paint. Then we draw her points and contour lines between the wings. To bring the stone ladybug even closer to the original, we apply streaks to the white paint blue color, which can be obtained by mixing white and blue. Then we draw a muzzle. For the design of the eyes, choose green or blue, for the mouth - white, and do not forget about the cilia! Now the ladybug has become like a cheerful cartoon character. The work will retain its original appearance longer, and the paint will not wear off and fade if furniture or

In order to decorate your garden, make it original, unlike others, it is not at all necessary to spend huge sums. A lot of crafts for the garden can be very easily done with your own hands from a variety of improvised materials. And one of the easiest and at the same time the cutest crafts is a ladybug. Today we will look at a master class on how to make a ladybug out of stones, paper, concrete, plastic bottles and spoons, from plasticine and beads, as well as sew, knit or mold.

stone crafts

How to make a ladybug out of rocks and pebbles

In order to plant bright and cheerful ladybugs in your garden, you can use ordinary round stones - sea pebbles or whatever you can find will do. This craft is done in an elementary way - the stone is painted red, with black paint - you draw wings, dots, eyes and antennae. Then you can settle the resulting insects in the grass, plant them on stumps, stick them on tree branches or decorate a flower bed. Another option is to draw ladybugs on a large stone.

Ladybug made of concrete: do-it-yourself mosaic

A similar way to make a ladybug, but this time we will use fake diamond and colorful tiles. Making a ladybug out of concrete is very easy. We will need cement, which can be bought at any hardware store, an old basin or bowl - a mold for crafts, polyethylene and red and black tiles or something that can be made into a mosaic. Here's what we get:

We put a plastic bag in the basin so that the cement does not stick to the sides, pour the cement, wait until it hardens and dries. We take out and grind with sandpaper. Next, on top of the pieces of red and black tiles, glue the mosaic. The cement ladybug is ready, it remains to place it in a conspicuous place in your garden.

Making ladybugs out of clay

If you haven’t found suitable stones and it’s difficult for you to make a mosaic, you can simply mold a ladybug out of clay with your own hands and paint it with paint.

Plastic crafts

Craft for the garden: a ladybug from a construction helmet

If you have an old construction helmet lying around somewhere, red or orange color, that is, another elementary way to make a ladybug out of a helmet. The only thing you need here is black paint. In the most extreme case - a regular black marker. We just draw spots, eyes and wings - this is the figurine for the garden and it's ready.

How to make a ladybug out of plastic bottles

For more plastic bottle craft ideas, see our previous article. And today we'll see how to make a ladybug out of plastic bottles with our own hands. The most popular idea is a flower bed in the form of this insect. For such a flower bed, the bottles will first need to be painted black and red (not entirely, but only the bottoms + 5-10 cm). Here is a diagram for such a flower bed:

Another way is to string cut bottles on a fishing line to make a voluminous ladybug that can be used to decorate the garden. This figure can then be trimmed with scissors. And this is what we can get:

DIY ladybug from plastic spoons

Also you can use for country handicrafts plastic spoons. It is very easy to make a funny ladybug out of plastic spoons with unfolded wings. For each craft you will need three spoons. We paint two in red and draw dots - these will be the wings, one - in black (this will be the torso). We glue all three spoons. Add a head - from buttons, clay or something suitable. Craft is ready:

How to make a ladybug out of corks

For garden crafts you can use any materials at hand, and even a ladybug can be made from any round or oval object. For example, you can use corks from beer or plastic bottles. They will just need to be painted with red paint and black - draw dots, eyes and antennae.

Needlework: we sew, weave and knit

Ladybug from beads

The needlewoman can also use the ladybug symbol for her crafts. For example, you can weave it from beads. Of course, you will not get a big figurine, but even such miniature beaded ladybugs can be used to decorate the garden, for example, you can hang or glue them on trees.

ladybug pillow

Sewing a pillow in the form of a ladybug is also not difficult. All you need is red and black fabric. If you want a fluffy pillow - just sew it from fur. It's time for details: dots can be made from beads if you are sewing a small pillow, or not round, but in the form of hearts.

Knitted ladybugs

If you like knitting, then why not knit a ladybug, which can be used to decorate both the garden and at home. It can be a round knitted pillow, a figurine that can be hung on a tree or on a fence, put on a fireplace or on a shelf, a toy, a funny pot holder, or something else.

crafts with children

How to make a paper ladybug

You can also make ladybugs out of paper - a great idea for crafts with the kids. Alternatively, you can simply fold red paper using the origami technique and draw dotted eyes. You can also glue a ladybug from several parts. You can simply put such crafts on the grass or make a garland and decorate the veranda or trees in the country with it.

Ladybug in quilling technique

A more difficult way to make a paper ladybug is to use the quilling technique. We have already written about spring quilling. There is an easier option - you will get a flat ladybug or a small round one - if you wind strips of red paper in a circle with a slight shift. Or you can make such a chic voluminous quilling - a ladybug:

How to make a ladybug out of plasticine

Also, together with the children, you can make a plasticine ladybug. There is nothing difficult in this, even the most Small child. Great idea for kids.

edible figurines

Salt dough ladybugs

The idea is the same - you just need to mold a ladybug, as you already did from clay or plasticine, and then color it in desired colors and use as a garden figurine.

How to make tomato ladybug sandwiches

Delicious and original idea for sandwiches, decorate them with a tomato and olive ladybug. Tomatoes for the body can be taken either ordinary or cherry tomatoes (in the second case, the figures will simply be smaller), we make the head from black olives, dots and antennae from them. The sandwiches themselves can be anything.

Ladybug cake or salad

Another delicious idea is to make a sala or ladybug cake. A cake in the form of this funny insect is a great idea for children's holiday, you may well bake this for your child's birthday. And a salad in the form of a ladybug can be a decoration for any holiday table. Here's what it looks like:

Sushi ladybug

And the last one for today - ladybug sushi. For me personally, this is an unattainable ideal, but if you have rich experience in handmade sushi and rolls - you can try this interesting idea:

handmade, is a very extraordinary craft and addition to garden compositions.

From stones

To make ladybugs we need:

  • black gel pen;
  • pencils;
  • several brushes;
  • acrylic paint and varnish;
  • some PVA glue.
First, wash and dry the stones well. We dilute the water with PVA glue in equal proportions and lightly smear the stones with this solution. By doing this, we will level each stone, get rid of roughness and prevent the absorption of paints. After the glue dries, apply white acrylic paint, slightly diluted with water. This will make the top layers brighter and juicier.

After the acrylic layer has dried, you can start drawing the main contours with pencils.

Then we draw with paints, first with two layers of red, and after black we make out the front and back parts.

At this stage, we need to get a few blanks before more painstaking work - detailed drawing. Start with the black dots on the wings using a thin brush, and continue with thin lines on the body using a black gel pen.

White paint is used for the muzzle: in front we draw eyes, eyelashes and a smile. We give a glossy shine with acrylic varnish and fix the painting.

The choice of a place where to place the made masterpieces depends only on your imagination.

Did you know? Despite the cuteness of these insects, ladybugs are real predators in their world, exterminating many insects that are harmful to cultivated plants.


From plastic bottles

You can make a ladybug very simply and effectively from plastic bottles. They will not be very similar to real insects, but will become good decoration your garden.

Take some colored plastic bottles, the size you want and something suitable for the role of the insect's head ( round shape or ball). All this will eventually be attached to each other with universal glue.

The lower part of the container, which we will cut out with scissors, will act as the body. For plausibility, we will take just a small part of the whole bottle.

On the cut off part, we will apply characteristic black spots with the help of paint. On transparent bottles, the pattern will look less convincing than on colored ones. But the situation can be corrected with acrylic paint and indelible markers.

You can use something round as a head, even a bottle cap.

If there are old unnecessary toys available, then you can borrow eyes from them and make the insect even more convincing. You can also just draw them.
Mustache will have to work hard. It can be glued hooks or wire. If the head is made of something soft, then the antennae can be attached by simply piercing it.

From balls

To make a ladybug from balls, you need to take:

  • balls;
  • primer;
  • acrylic paints;
  • sandpaper;
  • brushes.

Any oval or spherical object is suitable for making an insect. In this example, golf balls are used. Take sandpaper and polish the roughness on the ball, then prime with a spray. After the primer dries, apply red paint. Then with a brush we apply the main elements of the appearance of the insect: wings, spots. We use white paint for the eyes. To protect against environmental influences, we will cover our bugs with a transparent varnish.


We place our creations on our site and surprise our loved ones.

From helmets

To make a ladybug from a helmet with our own hands, we will take, in fact, the helmet itself, paints of a suitable color and brushes. Construction, mining and even children's will do. Buying them is not difficult, but some craftsmen still prefer children's bicycle or toy helmets.

Let's paint our plastic blank with one color. Then draw a strip in the middle with black paint. This will be the place where the wings of the insect meet. Decorate the rest of the space with black spots.

The front part is painted like a muzzle - a mouth and eyes are drawn. We let our work dry well and fasten it to a wooden surface with small screws.

From bowls

To make a ladybug out of a bowl it is necessary to perform the same manipulations as with a helmet, due to the similarity of these two objects.

from cement

We need a container (an old ball cut in two). A mixture of cement and sand is poured into it in a ratio of one to three and water. The consistency should be creamy. The bottom is pre-lined with a film or bag. This will make it easier to remove the workpiece from the mold, which is best placed in a recess in or a bowl.

The workpiece will harden for several days. From polyethylene, we will not get an absolutely flat surface.

We will get rid of the remnants of the film and level the surface with a solution, to which we will add additional tile adhesive. Rubber gloves must be used to protect hands.
Next, let's start marking and painting. To do this, we use crayons, pencils, coals.
Finishing will be multi-colored mosaic tiles cut with a tile cutter.
Glue the tiles with tile adhesive. After a while, we overwrite the seams and cover with a water-repellent agent.


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