The Very Grouchy Ladybug

These Very Grouchy Ladybugs were made with egg cartons, wire, pom poms, and goggly eyes.  The spots were painted with q-tips.  The aphids are tiny pom poms.  

The Very Busy Spider

These Very Busy Spiders are so cute (and they are a really quick little project).

The Very Hungry Caterpillar

These caterpillars were made with painted egg cartons.  The features were cut out from paper the kids had painted.

My favorite parts of this bulletin board are the leaves.  They were made by dipping paper in melted crayon.  The  crayons were melted on a piece of foil on a warming tray.  I always love the way the colors blend in melted crayon projects.  The kids used a paper punch to make the holes where the caterpillars ate the leaves (some were hungrier than other :)

The Very Lonely Firefly

 Our preschool is set up so that each day small groups of kids from my class go across the hall to science.  During some units, the science curriculum corresponds with what we are doing in my class and other times they are learning about something completely different.  During our school-wide literature unit (when I did Fairy Tales), the science teachers did a wonderful Eric Carle unit.  The children learned about the different animals in Carle's books and then created cool 3-D animals and beautiful backgrounds.