Ladybug Hand Puppets
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Child's Play - Ladybug Stories and Puppetry
Plush ladybugs, live ladybugs, and puppet ladybugs delight children. Look at the success of Eric Carle's The Grouchy Ladybug. Ladybugs have populated children's stories and toddler's playtimes for years, and today they are as eagerly sought by children as in the past.
Today puppets are an everyday experience in the classroom and at home. Teachers use them to illustrate stories, encourage creative expression and interactive play. At home kids use puppets the old-fashioned way and make up their own stories, act out stories and nursery rhymes from books and create their own puppet plays. Check out the ladybug puppets below to either start or add to your collection.
Today puppets are an everyday experience in the classroom and at home. Teachers use them to illustrate stories, encourage creative expression and interactive play. At home kids use puppets the old-fashioned way and make up their own stories, act out stories and nursery rhymes from books and create their own puppet plays. Check out the ladybug puppets below to either start or add to your collection.
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“Ladybug, Ladybug, fly away home”
What Do Ladybugs Do?
Act like a ladybug: Cuddle, Fly Away and Play Dead
If you've heard the nursery rhyme, you know ladybugs "fly away home." But what else do they do? Opossums play dead, but do you know the ladybugs are like opossums, too? As sweet as ladybugs look, there are some backyard creatures that would love to eat them. Take the spider and the toad. A ladybug in their line of sight might fly away but sometimes she'll play dead. She'll just fall to the ground. For more info on what habits ladybugs have, check out the links below.
- Lady Bug Learning Zone
- Ladybugs use their wings to fly in order to search for food. They can also walk or climb. Ladybugs eat small insects called aphids. Aphids are not good for plants, so farmers love ladybugs. Ladybugs do not have many predators, only some spiders and ants will attack them. Their coloring is likely a reminder that they don't taste too good.
- Wikijunior - LadyBugs
- Lady beetles belong to the family Coccinellidae and the order Coleoptera. There are about 450 species native to North America. There are over 5000 species worldwide. Lady beetles are small insects between 1/32-inch and 5/8-inch long. They can be either shiny and smooth or hairy.
Ladybug Puppets
Ladybug Folkmanis Puppet
Parent's Choice Award Puppet
The folks at Folkmanis make excellent puppets. You simply can't go wrong with any of them. Their ladybug puppet won a Parent's Choice Award so you know this is an excellent puppet for kids. This is a six-finger puppet so it's a fit whether your child is right or left-handed. The fingers fit into the black glove to become the ladybug's legs. The ladybug has a soft red fleece body and is a good representation of a real ladybug. Children 3 years old and higher will enjoy creating puppet plays and enacting stories with this one.
Mini Ladybug Puppet
One of the Folkmanis insect finger puppets
A lot of students, teachers, and toddlers love finger puppets. Folkmanis makes a Ladybug finger puppet that will fit most sizes. Because of some small parts, however, you would not want to give this to a child under 3 years old. Like a real ladybug, the puppet is spotted with black dots and has the black head and legs with the red wings.
Soft, Cuddly Ladybug Puppet
Sweet Rascals Lucinda - A plush ladybug puppet
Sometimes you just want something to squeeze and cuddle. The Sweet Rascals Lucinda Ladybug puppet is an ideal choice for the child who wants to stroke, pet, and hug her puppet. Ladybugs cuddle up, why not little puppeteers?
Ladybug Books & Puppets
Who's a Bad Bug? Eric Carle's Got a Bad, Mad Bug
The Grouchy Ladybug by Eric Carle
Most people wouldn't attribute grouchiness as a characteristic of a ladybug. But when bestselling, award-winning picture book author and illustrator Eric Carle sees a ladybug, he has a whole different story to tell. How this grouchy, temperamental ladybug turns into a stellar bug is the story that has delighted children and parents for more than twenty years. Let the grouchy ladybug teach your little ones all about bad manners. This is a big book full of bright colors with a terrific tale inside.
Try a Character Puppet for the Next Storytime
Eric Carle's The Grouchy Ladybug Finger Puppet
There's a bad, little ladybug lurking in the pages of Eric Carle's picture book The Grouchy Ladybug. He's a bug with no manners. He's grouchy, ill-tempered, and pretty much mad all the time. This finger-sized replica of The Grouchy Ladybug will help a child act out the story as the pages turn.
How About a Finger Puppet Book?
Little Ladybug Finger Puppet Book
This board book comes with its very own finger puppet. This is a sturdy, strong book and able to take a lot of rough page-turning. It's perfect for ages 4 - 8 years old. The little finger puppet only adds to the fun.
Puppet play is so much fun and it's so easy to do. Slip a ladybug onto your finger and you'll be talking ladybug talk in seconds. Reenact the classic tale of The Ant and the Grasshopper or sing the song Ladybug, Ladybug, Fly Away Home..
Ladybug Finger Puppets
Educational toys for children
Finger puppets are as entertaining as the regular-sized puppets. They're fun. You can have more than one on your hand so the puppets can talk to each other and play off of one another. At the same time the kids exercise their fingers and their imaginations.
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JaguarJulie May 3, 2012 @ 5:39 pm | delete
- What a cute idea ... hey! Ladybugs as hand puppets. Sweet.
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Beautiful-Bridal
Apr 24, 2012 @ 10:30 am | delete
- I love these Ladybug Puppets!
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Koupie Oct 31, 2011 @ 2:18 pm | delete
- I had to come see the lady bug puppets because I just love ladybugs, they are really cute too. Thank you for visiting my Handmade Halloween and giving a thumbs up :)
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debnet
Oct 31, 2011 @ 1:32 pm | delete
- I have a plush Ladybird puppet that I use in my work with children. They love it!
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AddaptAbilities Mar 8, 2011 @ 6:03 pm | delete
- I liked the Angry Ladybug. It just cracked me up.
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