Bug Eye Mask Craft for Kids

homemade bug eyes mask for kids with purple acetate yes and glittery nose and eyebrows with concertina style antenna

A brilliant insect craft for kids – get busy with the craft box and make an awesome bug eye mask! Nature crafts kids really love!

Bug Craft for Kids

Some days your kid will just want bug eyes… today was one of those days for me. So we made bug eyes!! We raided the craft box (well craft box sounds a bit grand… it’s just an old box filled with tat, glue, glitter and paint).

So if you fancy making a bug eye mask here’s how.

What you need to make a bug eye mask

Large piece of black card
Sheet of acetate
Small saucer
Larger saucer/plate
Pen
Glue
Sellotape
Glitter
2 lolly sticks or piece of elastic

How to make a bug eye mask

Insect crafts are great for kids – they really inspire the imagination and spark interest in nature!

homemade bug craft - bug eye mask with huge oversized bug eyes and antenna being worn by a young boy

Use the plates to draw two circles one inside the other on the back of the black card.

bug eyes drawn on the back of black cardboard

Draw lines at the top and bottom of the circles to join them together and create a basic bug face shape.

bug eyes and bug face drawn on back of black card ready to be cut out

Cut out the bug mask shape and cut out the inner circles of the bug eyes.

bug eyes mask shape cut out of black card

Spread glue all over the back of the bug mask.

glue spread all over the back of a black bug eye mask

Stick the coloured acetate sheet over the back of the mask – this will create the transparent coloured eyes.

purple acetate stuck onto the back of a bug eye mask

Trim the edges of the acetate sheet so they’re level with the edge of the bug mask.

Turn your mask over so you can see the coloured eyes!

homemade bug eye mask craft with purple acetate eyes

Next cut two strips of black card and fold them like a fan – these will be the bug antennae.

strips of black card being folded fan style to create bug antennae for a mask

Sellotape the bug antennae onto the back of the bug mask shape

cardboard strips folded fan style being sellotaped onto back of bug eye mask

Turn your bug mask over so you can see how well you’re doing!

Decorate your mask with glitter – add stripes of glitter for eyebrows and a glittery nose.

homemade bug eye mask with purple eyes being decorated with green glitter

Shake off any excess glitter to reveal your bug face features.

homemade black bug eye mask with purple acetate eyes and glittery green eyebrows and nose

Sellotape the lolly stick to the side of the mask so your child can hold the mask up in front of their face. If you prefer you can use some elastic to hold the mask on to your child’s head.

homemade bug eye mask with purple eyes and green glittery eyebrows and nose

Great idea for a Halloween Craft!

This is a really fun mask to make and one kids enjoy playing with, we think it would be fab as part of a Halloween costume to – just add black clothes and POW – YOU’RE A FLY!