Before we get started, let's have some fun making these basic clay shapes.

Ball - Take a lump of clay and roll it in your palms until its smooth.

Teardrop - Start with a ball of clay and then taper it on one end with your fingers.

Step 3 Shapes
Coil - Roll a lump of clay until it¹s long and skinny.

Step 1
Divide the Black Bake & Bend in half and two quarters. Set the two quarters aside. Divide the 1/2 into three small balls and one medium size ball. These will be the bug bodies.

Step 2
Shape one of the quarters of Black into a long skinny coil. You'll need nine pieces about 1" long and three pieces about 1-1/4" long. Take three pieces equal in length and lay them criss-crossing each other. Gently press them together in the middle. Repeat until you have four sets of legs.

Step 3
Press a Black bug body down on top of the center of the legs. Repeat for each bug, making sure the medium size bug body gets the longer set of legs.

Step 4
Pinch off four teeny tiny pieces of Red Hot Red and set these aside for Ladybug noses. Shape three small balls of Red Hot Red and one medium size ball. Flatten these and cut them in half. Press the halves on top of the bug bodies with a little gap at the back, so they look like wings.

  Step 5
With the remaining amount of Black, make a medium size head, three little heads, and 18 tiny Ladybug spots. Press the heads onto the front of the bug bodies. Press the noses onto the center of each head. Poke little holes for eyes with a toothpick.

  Step 6
Bake the Ladybugs in your home oven at 275 °F for 15 minutes. Wait until they are completely cool before handling them. You can glue them to the tops of thumb tacks or put magnets on the bottoms.