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Ladybug Bites: Kids' Kitchen Creation

Updated: Jul 18

Bite Size Cuteness!

Ladybug Bites:Ladybug Unit Kitchen Creation

A LOVELINESS APPROACHES

A loveliness of ladybugs, that is!

Ladybugs are one of nature's industrious pesticides, removing crop destructive aphids, mites, and scales. They are like mini super heroes, preserving our foods and our gardens.

I knew that these tiny beetles were well deserving of a homeschool study built all around them, and so a Ladybug Unit came crawling!

Easy, themed, and fun...

I was on a creative mission to include a kitchen craft while spending our week investigating ladybugs. We have prepared more than a few kitchen creations in our years, some just for the brain break, others as a learning aid, and still more to further our understanding of different cultures. Like the bug itself, this unit's kitchen creation was going to be small, cute, and helpful (to our taste buds). Yes, this creation was going to fall in the category of a brain break, and serve as a fun treat to introduce our week's topic.

If a ladybug lesson is swarming, or if you've got a ladybug lover in your little bug bunch, include these quick and easy creations that we came to call Ladybug Bites.

Get the complete Ladybug Lesson, filled with learning games, activities, paired worksheets, and more!

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Ladybug Bites

What You'll Need:

Pretzels

Candy Melts (Red, Yellow, White)

Peanut Butter

Black Icing

Black Pearl Sprinkles/Black Sprinlkes

Candy Eyes

Let's Make It:

Step 1: Spread peanut butter over the pretzel, to fill in the holes on the pretzel. Press on a candy melt at the bottom (narrow point) of the pretzel, to serve as the ladybug head.

Step 2: In small microwavable cups, heat the candy melts. Carefully remove the bowls from the microwave, and spread the melted candy over the peanut butter, ensuring to maintain the shape of the pretzel.

Step 3: Press on black sprinkles onto the still soft candy melt, to resemble the spots on a ladybug. Pipe on black icing to cover the exposed candy

melt.