Lady Bug Life Cycle

I read a book about the life cycle of a lady bug to Kindergarten and 1st grade for this lesson. There was a fun section in the back of the book that allowed them to but the steps in correct order. By the end they were pumped to create their own lady bug art! We started by placing a wavy brown piece of paper onto the bottom of a blue sheet of paper. Then they used a brown marker to create dirt dot texture to it. Next came the grass! I put several shades of green paper strips onto each table and demonstrated how to cut long skinny triangles from them. Two pieces of grass could come from one green rectangle if cut correctly! They cut as many as they wanted and then glued them down. Students cut their own medium size circles from red paper for their ladybugs and glued them down onto their background. I told them they could be crawling on the dirt, crawling on the grass or even flying in the sky! The last step was getting a black marker and adding polka dots and little legs to each one. Arn't they adorable?!