Turn Your Red Plastic Easter Eggs Into Ladybug Eggs

What do you put in a bug themed Easter basket for kids? Well for starters, bugs. Duh. Not just any insects though, how about some ladybug eggs. Make your own easy DIY bugs from plastic Easter eggs. Easy, adorable and the perfect addition to this fun basket.

Over on DIY Network and I’m sharing 10 Ideas for Decorating Plastic Easter Eggs and on HGTV I have 10 Themed Easter Baskets, including this one full of bugs! Toy stores, dollar stores, craft stores and more have everything you need to fill this Easter basket. I gotta tell ya the remote control larva is my favorite. Next to do the DIY polkadot ladybug eggs of course.

Supplies

Red Easter eggs
Pipe cleaners
Black paint
Paint Brush
Hot glue and glue gun
Scissors
Googly Eyes

Red Easter eggs can be slightly tricky to find, but if you can grab some you can skip the step of painting anything red. Find a black craft paint that work on plastic. Paint one end of the bug black. Allow the paint to dry.

Add a black stripe and black polka dots. Ladybugs are spotted after all hence why they are so stinking cute. If you are in England they would be DIY ladybird eggs. I like the sound of that too.

Next cut small 2″ long pieces of black pipe cleaner for legs. Use hot glue to attach to the bottoms of the egg. If you want to add antennas to your bugs with more pipe cleaners go for it!

Last but not least add eyeballs. You can paint them on or use a bit of hot glue and attach googly eyes. I’m a googly eye fan clearly. Leave a small red dot for the mouth. Fill them with goodies (like gummy worms, keeping it in theme) and add them to your Easter basket.

Why stop at ladybugs when you could make any kind of insect eggs you wanted? Add wings for butterfly Easter eggs or make green eggs into grasshoppers. So many fun ideas! Don’t forget this would also make an adorable gift basket for children.

Want more crafty ideas? Keep reading!

Gnomes and Toadstools Made From Plastic Easter Eggs – What to do with those plastic Easter eggs after Easter? Well I’ve got 10 Ways to Repurpose Easter Eggs including garden gnome terrariums over on DIY Network.