How to Make Ladybugs Using Plastic Spoons

Don’t know what to do with used plastic spoons? Clean them and turn them into these cute ladybugs! This idea by Asit Craft Ideas is a great way to repurpose plastic utensils instead of throwing them right into the trash. It is always better to use metal spoons to avoid waste. But if using plastic spoons is best in your situation, recycling them is the least you can do.

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To make these ladybugs, you need plastic spoons, paint, scissors, hot glue, and a brush. You can finish one in just a few minutes! You can use them as decorations in your garden or inside your house. It is a fun and easy project you can do with the kids. Learn how to make ladybugs using plastic spoons with the step-by-step tutorial below.

Here’s another fun project to make: DIY Plastic Spoon Lampshade

DIY Ladybug Materials

• 4 pieces of plastic spoons
• black, white, and colored paint
• scissors
• hot glue
• brush

How to Make a Ladybug With Plastic Spoons

Step 1:

Start by painting the top part of 2 spoons not including the handles with the desired color. Let them dry.

Step 2:

Get a small brush and black paint. Paint small dots on the back of the spoons. Let them dry. Cut the handles of the plastic spoons. Trim the sides a little bit. These pieces will be for the wings.

Step 3:

Get two more spoons and paint them black. Let them dry, then cut the handle on one spoon.

Step 4:

Add some glue on the back of one black spoon on the right top, then attach one wing. Do the same to the other side.

Step 5:

Take the other black spoon and cut the top part about halfway through. Trim the sides, then glue on the head of the ladybug. Cut 2 thin strips from the remaining black spoon, the glue on the head for the antennas.

Step 6:

Get a small clean brush and white paint, and use them to paint the eyes of the ladybug.

How to Make Ladybugs Using Plastic Spoons