Holidays at daycare are tricky, it’s either a nut-free food option or non food items. The past few years I’ve gone with non food items but since most Moms shop at the same stores, the girls received multiples of the same thing. This year I planned ahead and hopped on Pinterest for ideas. That’s how I found these super cute love bugs! These are adapted from the many different variations I’ve found and I thought I would create a step by step on how to make them since I couldn’t find one!
What you will need:
- Clothespins
- Paint (if you want to paint the clothespins which I don’t recommend – it adds a lot of time)
- Craft wiggly/googly eyes
- Pipe cleaners
- Felt
- Pom poms
- Candy of your choosing
- Glue (I found a hot glue gun worked better than craft glue)
Step 1: Draw a heart shape on the felt and cut it out.
Step 2: Glue the heart on the clothespin, it should be on the end that opens, not the end you pinch to open.
Step 3: Glue on the wiggly/googly eyes to the heart.
Step 4: Cut the pipe cleaners into pieces about 2-3 inches long.
Step 5: Glue one pom pom onto one end of the cut pipe cleaner.
Step 6: Glue the end of the pipe cleaner without the pom pom onto the back the heart attached to the clothespin.
Step 7: When everything is dry, open the clothespin and place the candy in the center. Voila you have your love bug!
Once I got the hang of it I was able to move pretty quickly. I’m thinking about placing these in a clear plastic bag with a Valentine’s message!
Also, just a quick note, I’ll be subbing out the m&ms for another candy because the packaging says they may contain nuts! Learn something new everyday!