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Love Bug Magnets

By Cheryl Sorce, Former Contributor Leave a Comment

Babiekins Magazine|Craftykins // Love Bug Magnets

With three boys, our house is filled with all kinds of creepy crawly toys like snakes and bugs.

And while they usually scare me when I accidentally come across one in the laundry or on the kitchen counter, after a little makeover of gold spray paint and hearts, they’re less creepy and way more cute.

Babiekins Magazine|Craftykins // Love Bug Magnets

You’ll need:

plastic bugs {usually available in the party favor section of the store}

gold spray paint

pink/red craft paint and fine tipped brush

small magnets

strong glue {like E600}

Babiekins Magazine|Craftykins // Love Bug Magnets

Start by spray painting and even coat of gold on all sides of the plastic bugs.

Babiekins Magazine|Craftykins // Love Bug Magnets

When they’ve completely dried, use a fine tipped brush to paint a tiny heart on each.

If you work quickly enough, any hearts that don’t turn out just right can be wiped off with a baby wipe or damp paper towel and painted again.

Babiekins Magazine|Craftykins // Love Bug Magnets

When the hearts have dried completely, glue magnets {or push pins if you’d like these on a cork board instead!} to the backs of the bugs.

Filed Under: Fun Tagged With: #babiekinsmag, Babiekins, Babiekins Magazine, Fashion, fashion kids, kids fashion magazine, kids trends Posted By: Cheryl Sorce, Former Contributor

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