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Summertime means flowers, animals foraging and plenty of bugs. This is a fun kid’s craft to help teach kids about insects, or just something fun and colorful to do one afternoon! If you have a group of kids, you could make an entire tree of plastic spoon bugs! Great for a classroom display.

Plastic Spoon Bugs

School will be starting up again soon, so think about how cute this display of plastic spoon bugs would be in your classroom. A great way to get everyone acquainted and creating something together.

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As always, a full printable supply list and instructions are at the end of this post.

You will need the following supplies for plastic spoon bugs:





Sand the back side of the spoons and the handles.

Paint the handles brown.

Paint the spoon in colors of your choice.

Let them dry then apply a second coat to everything.

Use the handle end of a paintbrush to add polka dots.

You can use a toothpick for smaller dots.

Use the handle end of the paintbrush to add white for the eyes. Let the white dry completely.

Add black dots to the white eyes using a toothpick.

Cut out leaves from green felt.

Draw the leaf veins on with a green marker.

Cut a small hole near the base of each leaf.

Insert the spoon handle into the leaf’s hole until the leaf can go no further.

Add a dab of hot glue to secure the bug to the leaf.

NOTE: Googly eyes can be used instead of painting the eyes if you prefer.

More animal crafts

I have more animal and insect crafts for kids if you’re looking! This Coiled Cardboard Tube Caterpillar is a fun spring craft kids will love. Caterpillars are a symbol of spring, and classrooms all over the country house them to show kids the metamorphosis that occurs after they make their cocoon.

And what happens to caterpillars after that metamorphosis? They turned into butterflies of course! This butterfly craft is made from cardboard tubes as well, only this time kids will cut the tubes into thin strips to create the butterfly shape.

We’ll move on from cardboard tubes and start using egg cartons. After all, I’m all about recycled crafts on this blog! This Egg Carton Frog is super cute and easy to make. Here’s another animal that is seen quite a bit in the spring as they migrate out of their winter hibernation.

Frogs are amphibious, which means they live in the water and on land. We started with bugs, then flying insects, then moved to amphibians, and now we are on to the water. These adorable Tropical Seashell Fish are a fun way to use up some of those seashells you’re kids will be hauling back from summer vacation!

If you liked these crafts, you’ll love these adorable spoon bugs from my friends at Paging Fun Mums!

I have plenty of ideas for animal crafts here. So be sure to check them all out!

Print Project 4.5 from 2 votes Plastic Spoon Craft: Bugs on a Branch Author: Amanda Formaro Supplies 3 plastic spoons

1 sheet green felt

Paint: brown black and white, and other colors of your choice

Tools: Sandpaper paintbrush, toothpick, scissors, hot glue gun, green marker

Leaf pattern in the post Instructions Sand the back side of the spoons and the handles.

Paint the handles brown.

Paint the spoon in colors of your choice.

Let them dry then apply a second coat to everything.

Use the handle end of a paintbrush to add polka dots. You can use a toothpick for a smaller dot.

Use the handle end of the paintbrush to add white for the eyes. Let the white dry completely.

Add black dots to the white eyes using a toothpick.

Cut out leaves from green felt. Draw the leaf veins on with a green marker.

Cut a small hole near the base of each leaf.

Insert the spoon handle into the leaf's hole until the leaf can go no further.

Add a dab of hot glue to secure the bug to the leaf. Expert Tips & FAQs Googly eyes can be used instead of painting the eyes if you prefer.

This post was originally published on this blog on Jul 16, 2014.