Recycled Badge Bug Craft
This is a tutorial on how to make a badge bug craft.
Calories:
Materials
- Old badges
- Posca Paint Pens
Instructions
- Begin by tearing the covers from the old badges. Once the badges are clear begin painting the outline of your first bug.
- Once the ladybug outline is done paint yellow stripes on the next badge for the bumble bee and purple wings for a butterfly.
- You can choose the colours you wish to use, these are just examples.
- The final bug I chose to paint was a blue beetle. Once the base layers were painted I was ready to add more detail.
- Next, I added black stripes to the bee, a black head to the bee and ladybug and black dots to the ladybug.
- Next, I worked on adding detail to the butterfly and blue beetle.
- Once the bugs were dry I was able to add white eyes to all the bugs.
- I used a white posca pen to paint on eyes.
- Make sure the first layer of paint is dry before you add eyes or you may end up with funny looking eyes.
- Finally, I added black dots to give the bugs character, adding more details, and adding finishing touches.
- I wasn’t too thrilled with the butterfly but this is trial and error and it’s the process that counts not the end product.
- It’s a great craft idea for kids and I’m sure they will love to make these badge bugs.