Coloured Paper Bugs

Merry coloured paper bugs that crawl everywhere.  They are very easy to make.

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What you need

  • Coloured paper squares with a side length of approx. 15 cm
  • Some black construction paper for the legs
  • Coloured small circles (preferable from a hole puncher)
  • Scissors, adhesive
  • A black pen for the pupils

Step by Step: Crawling Paper Bugs
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  • Take a paper and crease it along the horizontal center line.
  • Unfold the paper again and crease it along the vertical center line.
  • Unfold the paper again.
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  • Turn the sheet and crease the central diagonals.
  • Unfold the paper again.
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  • Fold the paper as in the picture so that.
  • You get a triangle.
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  • Draw a circle which overlaps the bottom left and right hand edge.
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  • Cut out the circle.
  • This is how it looks like.
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  • Draw the legs as in the picture and cut them out.
  • If you want to make several paper bugs use this as template for the others.
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  • Glue the body on the legs.
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  • Paint the tip black.
  • Glue circles on the body, 2 white ones for the eyes on the head.
  • Finally paint the pupils. Now you have a paper bug.