Ladybug Party Themes That Your Little Bug Will Love!

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LADYBUG INVITES #1 - Cut out enough large red circles and black ladybug antennae from poster board to make the number of ladybug invites that you need. Glue small black dots to one side. Black adhesive circles, construction paper, or cardstock work best as they all come in black. Create a little bug face on this side using green or yellow circles for eyes and add the black antennae. On the front write "Come & Be spotted..." On the reverse side say, "At (Name's) Ladybug Birthday Party!" Then add the party details.

LADYBUG INVITES #2 - Cut out two large circles from cardstock; one should be white and the other red. Cut out a small black circle for the head and glue tiny goggle eyes and black cardstock antennae to your bug. Glue the head to the top of the white cardstock, which is the ladybug's belly. Cut the red circle in half to form the wings and glue them to the white circle so they are in a wide-open position, which will reveal the white belly. Be sure you can see your ladybug's face. Write the party info on the belly. Add some black spots on the wings and you're done!

LADYBUG PARTY THEMES - PHOTO INVITATIONS - Cut 8 1/2" x 11" shiny red cardstock into 2 pieces and fold in half. Using decorative scissors, trim edges of a photo of your child dressed in a ladybug costume, so photo is slightly smaller than the cardstock. Glue the photo to the front of the invitation. Put "Buzz On Over To My Ladybug Birthday Party" above the photo.

Using scrapbook paper with a light decorative background that ties into ladybugs (finished size will be 4 1/2" x 7 1/2"), type or handwrite in calligraphy the party details. Using decorative scissors cut the scrapbook paper inserts and glue them to the inside of the cardstock. Decorate with ladybug stickers. Add the party details. Here's some fun ladybug wording for your invitation.

Here's some fun ladybug wording for your invitations that would be perfect for your ladybug party themes.

Buzz on over for (Name's) Ladybug Party
Come hungry, and have a spot of lunch.
If you don't show up, I'll be bugged.
We've got some high flying fun prepared.


LADYBUG PARTY THEMES - COSTUMES

Invite all of your guests to come dressed as ladybugs or garden flowers.

Here's a few ideas for costume alternatives that would be perfect for your ladybug party themes. You could turn everyone into little ladybugs as they arrive by handing out Ladybug antennae. Start with a black plastic headband and attach antennae made from black pipe cleaners and pom poms. Twist the pipe cleaners onto the headband and hot glue the pom poms in place. Then give them their ladybug bodies, which will be a red cape with black dots. All you have to do is make a simple cape out of red fabric, glue black fabric dots to it, and add a ribbon tie for the neck.

You can also set-up a face painting area and have someone paint a little ladybug on one of the kids' cheeks as they arrive


LADYBUG PARTY THEMES - DECORATIONS

The dominant colors for your ladybug party themes should be black and red, with perhaps a little green to set the tone and help create your ladybug/garden atmosphere. If you want to create a full-on garden, then you will want to add lots of colorful flowers. Select from the following ideas for your ladybug party themes and adapt your color selection accordingly:

• Line your walkway with large colorful flowers made from poster board and accented with ladybugs. Affix them to yard stakes.

• To give the garden feel, make a "cobblestone" walkway to your front door using various shades of gray or brown construction paper. You can glue everything to a piece of butcher paper that is the length of the sidewalk. Just be sure to cover all the white with some kind of "stone."

• Create a balloon arch. If you have a wire arch cover it in red and black balloons.

• Put black and red balloons outside to alert guests of party location. Put them on mailbox, hang from tree, or tie to car antenna.

• Make a sign to hang on the front door that says, "Welcome to ____'s Ladybug Birthday Party."

Select from the following ideas for your indoor decorations for your ladybug party themes:

• Decorate ceilings with black and red twisted streamers and clusters of balloons with curling ribbons.

• Create a "canopy" at entryway by loosely attaching black and red streamers to the center of the ceiling and loop it to the wall joints to create a canopy effect. Allow each streamer to go to the floor.

• Decorate archways or doorways with black and red streamers for your little ladybugs to pass through.

• Decorate wider walkways with black sheets tied back with red bows or vice versa.

• Make ladybugs from black and red cardstock and hang them from black and red curling ribbons on the party room ceiling.

• Hang garden posters on walls that feature ladybugs.

• To give your room an instant garden feeling, hang lots of floral garlands and greenery from your ceiling, down your walls, around doorways, etc.

• Add lots of plants and trees (artificial or real) around the party room and cluster them in out-of-the-way corners. To add a little glitz, you might consider stringing white Christmas lights in your trees.

• Create a garden on your wall using various colored paper or you could go all out and use fabrics. Make grass, flowers, sun, trees, bushes, etc. and add lots of ladybugs lurking in amongst it all.

• Put clay pots of flowers around the party room with ladybug picks. You can paint your pots black, red, or a combination of red with black dots.

• Hang big flowers on the walls made from construction paper, colored paper, or colored cardstock. Add some ladybug stickers throughout.

• Tie fabric bows on all the chairs that is red with black dots.

Select from the following ideas for your indoor table decorations for your ladybug party themes:

• Cover tables with red tablecloths with black dots. You can make the dots with construction paper, cardstock, or poster board. Tie corners with black and red ribbons and ladybug and flower confetti on top. You can also add some plastic ladybugs to the tabletop.

• You could also opt to use a green tablecloth to represent grass and then use leaf-shaped placemats with black and red party ware.

• Make green leaf-shaped placemats from construction paper or colored paper, laminate, and place your ladybug party ware upon it for a striking look. You can also use black and red party ware to keep the ladybug theme alive. Tie the napkins with black and red satin or curling ribbons.

• Make edible flower centerpieces. Make your favorite sugar cookie recipe and shape your dough into flower petals. Then insert a stick into each of the cookies and bake. After your cookies have cooled, decorate them with colored icings, sprinkles, colored sugar, etc. to make your flowers come alive. Lastly, insert the sticks into flower pots filled with florist foam or Styrofoam. Add floral moss to conceal the foam.

• Make ladybugs to place on tables, affix to walls, hang from ceiling, etc. Start by cutting Styrofoam balls in half and painting them red. Then paint on some black dots. Add black pipe cleaners for the antennae and glue some googly eyes on them.

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LADYBUG PARTY THEMES - GAME IDEAS & ACTIVITIES

Here's an entire page with nothing but Ladybug Game Ideas and Activities, such as:

• Pin The Ladybug On The Flower
• Hot Ladybug
• Musical Ladybugs
• Ladybug Relay Race
• Ladybug Freeze Dance
• Find The Ladybugs
• Find The winner
• Guess How Many Ladybugs Are In The Jar
• Bug Toss
• Ladybug Pinata

Here's a few food ideas that would be perfect for your ladybug party themes.

LADYBUG MAC & CHEESE - Make your favorite macaroni and cheese recipe and tint with red food coloring. Garnish with a few black olives (spots).

SPIDER CRACKERS - Spread peanut butter on Ritz crackers and sandwich them together. Add pretzel sticks for legs and raisins for eyes. use a little dab of peanut butter to hold them on.

ANTS ON A LOG - Fill celery with cream cheese or peanut butter and top with raisins.

LADYBUG BREAD - Cut your bread into circles. spread with peanut butter. Add raspberry or strawberry jelly or jam. Then top with raisins to create your spots.

LADYBUG FRUIT POTS - Paint small clay pots red with black spots. Fill with various fruits and give each child their own pot of fruit.

LADYBUG SALAD - Place a large lettuce leaf on each child's plate. Put a canned pear half in the center of each leaf. Place a canned apricot on either side of the pear to form the wings. Push raisins into the pear to form the spots. Make antennae from black shoestring licorice. Line up raisins to form legs.

CHOCOLATE LADYBUGS - Melt chocolate chips and dip strawberries into them and place on wax paper to cool.

LADYBUG LEMONADE - The day before the party freeze fresh blackberries on a cookie sheet. When frozen, transfer to a plastic bag and store in the freezer. On the day of the party, make your lemonade and add some red food coloring to it. Just before serving add your frozen berries.

PARTY FOOD STAND-BYS - Hotdogs, hamburgers, chips and dip, and make-your-own sandwiches.


LADYBUG PARTY THEMES - CAKE IDEAS

Here's a few cake ideas that would be perfect for your ladybug party themes.

LADYBUG CUPCAKES - Make or buy chocolate cupcakes and frost them with red frosting. Make a face on one side of the frosting. Use green or yellow mini M&M's for the eyes and shoestring black licorice for the antennae and create a smile. Then add brown M&M's all over the remainder of the cupcake's frosting to create the ladybug spots.

LADYBUG COOKIES - The base of your ladybug cookies is a round chocolate cookie. To create the wings, cut red fondant the size of the cookie and then cut it into two pieces. Place a little frosting on the cookie to "glue" the wings on at an angle, which will make them appear open. Use tubes of decorator frosting to create your ladybug's spots, eyes, and a smiling mouth. Add black shoestring licorice for the antennae.

LADYBUG CAKE - Bake a cake in a round Pyrex bowl and turn it over so the "hump" is on top. Also make one cupcake for the head. Frost them both red and add black dots using black frosting, brown M&M's, or Junior Mints. Use black shoestring licorice to create the legs and antennae. Use green M&M's for the eyes. Place your bug on a plate of tinted green coconut to create the grass.

LADYBUG BIRTHDAY CAKE - Bake two round cakes. Frost one layer red. Cut the other layer in half and angle them on top of the first layer to form open wings. Frost the wings red. Add black spots using a tube of black decorator frosting. Finish up your bug with black shoestring licorice for the smile and antennae, and M&M's for the eyes.


LADYBUG PARTY THEMES - FAVORS

Select from any of the following ladybug party themes ideas for creating memorable party favors:

Fill cellophane bags with party favors and tie with black and red curling ribbons. You could also use a red paper bag with black dots. Ideas for favors: ladybug Beanie, stickers, ladybug-shaped soap, ladybug coloring book and crayons, bookmarker, ladybug hair bow or barrette, and anything else you can find with ladybugs on it.

For an added fun favor, you might consider buying live ladybugs off of the Internet. Decorate baby food jars to look like ladybugs and punch holes in the lids. Place a few ladybugs in each of the jars and give each of the kids a jar.


LADYBUG PARTY THEMES - IDEAS FOR PARTY SUPPLIES

Here's some great Ladybug Party birthday party supplies including ideas for partyware, invitations, and favors.!

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