These yarn bugs are always a big hit. Make somein orange, white, black and purple to decorate your porch or house this Halloween. They are easy to make and fun to display!
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Recommended for ages 6-12.
You will need:
Orange Yarn
Craft Foam, Stiffened Felt, and/or Heavy Paper
Empty Egg Carton
Old 3½" Floppy Disk or Heavy Cardboard Cut to the Size of One
Tacky Glue
Scissors
Pumpkin
Bug
Faces
Pumpkin
Bug
Stems Bug
Feet
Print Pumpkin
Bug
Faces, Pumpkin
Bug
Stems,
Bug
Feet. Many inkjet printers will allow you to run stiffened felt. This
will work good for the feet, face, and stem. If using craft foam, print it
on regular paper and staple it onto foam and trim around outlines. You can
also use heavy index paper.
Make a pompon by wrapping yarn around floppy disk (or heavy cardboard) as
least 100 times. Mix the yarn colors any way you would like. Cut a 6" piece
of yarn and slide it under wrapped yarn. Tie tightly into a double knot.
Turn floppy over and cut completely through yarn on this side. Turn yarn
blob sideways and smooth down strands.
Cut out 1 section of the egg carton. Trim so it sits securely upside down.
Use tacky glue to glue the egg cup upside down on the feet. Cover the top
and some of the sides of the cup with tacky glue. Separate the strands of
the pompon to fit the egg cup up inside. Press pompon into place. Arrange
yarn.
I took the yarn bug one step farther and made it for my favorite football team. When it is placed in my car and my back window, it waves when driving.
Great project.
Barb Salvo
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