Bug Week: Ladybug Day!!

It was ladybug day! And I may have been more excited than the kids! :)

Maybe because I have always really LOVED ladybugs. 

It's kinda like God knew he should add a cute girly bug to make bugs a little tolerable! haha.  

But it may have really been that I was more excited for the food project rather than ladybugs.. We  made Ladybug CUPCAKES!! :) SO Yummy!! 

Circle Time: We read  The Very Lazy Ladybug 

By: Isobel Finn & Jack Tickle

Song:See the Ladybug

(sung to "Frere Jacques")

See the ladybug, see the ladybug.
Watch it crawl, watch it crawl.
See it crawling higher,
See it crawling higher.
Watch it crawl, up the wall.

See the ladybug, see the ladybug.
Watch it crawl, watch it crawl.
See it crawling lower,See it crawling lower.

Way down low, to my toe.

~Jean Warren

Art Project: Ladybug Prints

I cut a potato in half and had the kids dip and stamp red paint onto white paper.

After the paint dried (& my mom delivered the black paint.) using their thumbs the kids dotted the ladybug's spots.

I added legs and accents once it was dry! :)

Special Treat: Ladybug Cupcakes

I had the kids help me make red velvet cupcake mix. I separated the eggs and water so each child could add to the bowl. They loved being able to help. We read the recipe on the box and counted the correct amount of eggs! 

 

 You should have heard them when we started stirring and the brown batter turned BRIGHT RED!! :) They were amaazzed! 

I cooked the batter as mini and regular sized cupcakes. I try not to give the kids too much sweets so the minis were for them to try :) I took red food coloring and added it to the frosting. 

****Side note: Dont attempt this to make red frosting. It turns pink...I had to then decide how to make these red!! like ladybugs...LUCKILY i had red sprinkles...we were are able to frost in pink icing ;) Then I had the kids dip in red sprinkles and add chocolate chips as spots!

I added accents to really bring to life! I packed each child a plate to take home. I think they were a big HIT!