Bug Hotel
- Due No due date
- Questions 4
- Time Limit None
Instructions
With the use of simple household items, campers can safely observe the various bugs that check into their hotel!
Your Instructor: Keira
Difficulty: Easy
Length of Activity: 30 Minutes
Parental Warnings: Scissor use
Supplies:
- 1 plastic cup
- String/twine/yarn
- Straws
- Printer paper
- Glue
- Scissors
- Various sticks/leaves/etc.
Follow Along Below
Written Instructions (Printable PDF)
- Gather various sticks and leaves (of your liking).
- Cut the bottom of the cup off (measure to your liking).
- Thread string through cup and glue to create something that allows your hotel to hang.
- Roll printer paper to create a tunnel-like form.
- Cut paper to the length of the cup.
- Cut straws to match the length of the cup.
- Arrange the straws and rolled paper within the cup however you want.
- Make sure to glue the straws and paper together OR to the cup.
- Arrange sticks and leaves in spaces between straws, paper, and cup.
- Glue these if needed.
- Hang up your hotel wherever you would like in your backyard.
- Wait and watch to see what bugs enter the hotel!