I painted a bowl red and black into a ladybug and used pipe cleaners for the antennae and white beads for the eyes. I used a wrapping paper roll for the rain stick, painted it brown, put beads in it with nails and duct tape on the end. I glued fake leaves, put velcro on the stuffed animal, and placed him on the stick. Then I attached string through the shoes and attached them to the stick.