Insect lifecycles

I really like the cover on this lapbook, made by a friend with her 6 year old daughter. “A Bugs Life”. Instead of filling the whole space with folds someof the inside of the lapbook has been decorated on the theme.

 

Inside are several folds on the lifecycles of spiders, butterflies, ladybirds and bees. The spider fold is in the shape of a spider body, with pipe cleaner legs. It opens out as an accordian book.the ladybird fold is in the shape of a ladybird, and each wing opens out. The bees fold is in the shape of an envelope, with the sides and bottom flap opening out. It is decorated as a hive. The butterfly fold is a circle, folded into quarters, like a pizza book.

Making your own folds makes a lapbook more personal and fun, but sometimes we need to save time! Enchanted Learning has some small printable shape books on lifecycles, which could be used in a lapbook like this one.