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Key Takeaways
- If your kids love to explore the outdoors and find all sorts of bugs, what better way to encourage their fascination than with some fun bug crafts?
- Kids love to craft but when you can combine reading a good book and crafting something from that book. It makes it that much more fun for the kids.
- Using bottles to make recycled art is something your kids will love. They love to take items and repurpose them.
- Kids will love making these toilet paper roll mini beasts. They can make a bunch of them and play with them when they are done crafting them.
We’ve rounded up 25 of our favorite bug-themed crafts, perfect for any time of year.
From ladybugs to butterfly wings, there’s something here for every child. So get your crafting supplies ready and let’s get started!
25 Super Fun Bug Crafts For Kids
If your kids love to explore the outdoors and find all sorts of bugs, what better way to encourage their fascination than with some fun bug crafts? Here are 25 ideas for bug crafts that both you and your kids will enjoy!
| Craft Name | Key Material / Highlight |
|---|---|
| Simple Bug Hotel for Kids | Perfect for kids of all ages |
| Paper Roll Ladybug Craft | Uses kids' handprints |
| Butterfly Pasta Craft | Colored bowtie pasta |
| Curled Paper Ant Craft | 3D curled paper bodies |
| Bottle Cap Ant Craft | Reuses old bottle caps |
| Apple Stamping Art Activity | Apple used as a stamp |
| Spiders Out Of Pipe Cleaners | Pipe cleaners |
| Coffee Filter Ladybug Craft | Uses a coffee filter |
| 3D Ladybug Craft | Fine motor & scissor cutting practice |
| Pine Cone Fireflies | Kids gather pinecones outside |
| Bug Popsicle Stick Puzzles | Kids make their own puzzles |
| 3D Paper Doodlebug Craft | Best for older crafters |
| Nature Bugs | Uses twigs and leaves from outside |
| Fingerprint Bug Jar Craft | Fingerprint art, great for little ones |
| Spider Magnet Craft | Spiders with long legs on magnets |
| Walking Ant Puppets | Sparks imaginative play |
| Needle Felt Spider Craft | Polystyrene ball wrapped with felt |
| Cute Ant Colony Craft | Colorful ants, fun to play with |
| FREE Letter Mazes A to Z | Printable worksheets, keeps kids busy for hours |
| Ladybug Suncatcher Craft | Beautiful suncatchers for windows |
| Butterfly Life Cycle Craft | Learn about butterfly life cycle |
| Easy Paper Bee Craft | Uses toilet paper towel rolls |
| Cardboard Tube Minibeasts | Toilet paper roll mini beasts |
| Virtual Book Club for Kids | Combines reading a book with crafting |
| Plastic Bottle Butterflies | Recycled bottle art |
This is a perfect craft for kids of all ages. This bug hotel is as simple and easy as it gets. The kids will love this.
This Ladybug craft is adorable. I love using the kids handprints to make a craft. I love looking back on them and remembering how little they once were.
Kids will love taking their favorite bowtie pasta to make this cute craft. Using the colored bowtie pasta makes the craft even cuter. You can't go wrong with this fun easy craft.
This 3D ant craft is too cute. I love how cute the little bodies are made from the curled paper. Your kids will adore this craft.
This is a great craft to reuse some old bottle caps. The little ants are adorable with their google eyes.
This is a really easy, cute craft for your little ones. Using an apple as a stamp will keep the kids interested in this craft.
This may be the only time spiders are cute. Using pipe cleaners your little ones will enjoy getting up close to these cute spiders.
Such a cool way to use a coffee filter. This makes such a cute ladybug craft. This is a fun one to make with the kids.
This adorable ladybug craft is great for your little ones to practice using their fine motor skills and practice scissor cutting all the patterns.
This is a wonderful craft to make with the kids. They will love going outside and gathering the pinecones for this one. This craft is adorable.
Kids love puzzles, this is such a fun way to craft with them. Making their puzzles, they will love this.
This craft is best for your older crafters. These doodlebug drawings take some patience and a steady hand. Once they finish their masterpiece, they will be very impressed with themselves.
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Kids love to gather twigs and leaves from outside. This time they will get to use the things they collect by making this craft.
This fingerprint bug jar craft is a fun activity that is so easy for the kids to enjoy. This is great for the little ones.
These spider magnets are adorable. With those long legs. They look like they will jump off their magnet.
This craft is an easy one for your little ones. This walking ant craft will delight the kids and spark a lot of imaginative play.
These spiders are easy to make by wrapping a polystyrene ball with felt. It gives the bodies a great shape. That will make this craft easy for the kids to do.
These little colorful ants will be a hit with the kids. They are so cute and will be fun to play with.
FREE Letter Mazes A to Z – Printable Worksheets for Preschoolers
Kids love paper mazes. With all these options for your kids, they will keep busy for hours.
The kids will love making these beautiful Ladybug Suncatchers for the windows. This is an easy craft to do with your little ones.
What a fun way to learn about the butterfly life cycle. With this craft, your kids can learn something while having fun crafting.
This is a fun craft to use up all those toilet paper towels rolls your kids ask you to save for them. This easy craft will keep your little ones busy for a while.
Kids will love making these toilet paper roll mini beasts. They can make a bunch of them and play with them when they are done crafting them. That will keep them entertained for a long time.
Kids love to craft but when you can combine reading a good book and crafting something from that book. It makes it that much more fun for the kids.
Using bottles to make recycled art is something your kids will love. They love to take items and repurpose them. This is a great craft to do with them.
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