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pom_bead_bugs.gif (11950 bytes)Pom Pom Bugs
Glue a few pom pom together, add some pipe cleaners and wiggle eyes and you've got these adorable bugs!

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Instructions for Dragonfly:

Cut one black pipe cleaner in half. Glue six small purple pom poms onto both pipe cleaner halves. Curl one set for the antenna. Twist a lavender pipe cleaner into a loop. Pinch it down to form one set of wings. Twist another lavender pipe cleaner into a loop. Pinch it down to form the other set of wings. Twist them together and glue or twist them to the dragonfly's body. Glue on wiggle eyes.

Instructions for Bumble Bee:

Fold one black pipe cleaner in half. Glue one large and one medium yellow pom pom onto to the  folded end leaving 1/2" sticking out for the stinger. Trim and curl the other end for the antenna. Wind a black pipe cleaner around the bumble bee's body. Twist half of a light blue pipe cleaner into a loop. Pinch it down to form wings. Glue or twist them to the between the two pom beads that make the bee's  body. Glue on wiggle eyes.

Instructions for Ant:

Fold one black pipe cleaner in half. Glue one medium blue and two medium red pom poms onto to the  folded end leaving 1/2" sticking out  the back. Fold them down to hold the pom beads in place. Cut a black pipe cleaner in half. Wrap one between each bead of the ant. Bend them down for the ant's knees and up at the ends for the ant's feet. Glue on wiggle eyes.

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