Make a large leaf from a 2 1/2-by-1 3/4-foot piece of green felt. Glue on veins made of light green felt strips. Cut out 10 6-inch-diameter circles from red felt. Put two circles together and sew or glue the edges, leaving enough room to put beans into the ladybug. Stuff the ladybug with dried beans and sew or glue the opening closed. Glue on a semicircle of black felt for the head. Draw a line with a permanent black marker down the center for wings. Glue on small circles of black felt, putting a different number of spots on each one. Children should stand between 15 and 25 feet away at the throwing line, trying to land a ladybug on the leaf. Students receive the number of points equal to the sum of the spots on the ladybug touching the leaf.
Make a ladybug beanbag or use a “beanie” ladybug toy. Set a timer to random times for each game. Children should pass the ladybug around the circle as quickly as possible, trying to avoid holding the ladybug when the timer rings. The child holding the ladybug when the timer rings must leave the circle. The game continues until there is only one child left.
Draw a large outline of a ladybug on a piece of red poster board with a permanent black marker. Color in a semicircle for the head with the marker and a line in the center for the wings. Cut ladybug spots out of black construction paper. Stick double-sided tape on the back of each spot. Have the children take turns being blindfolded and trying to stick their spot on the ladybug.
Make a red construction paper ladybug for each child, but do not add any spots. Draw the outlines of several spots on the ladybug. Cut out black spots and put double-sided tape on the back of each one. Hide the spots around the room in places the children can find them. The children should hunt around the room looking for black spots to fill the outlines on their ladybugs.