Optional: 2 chenille stems, paint markers, bug stickers TIP: Use scraps of lace or netting and substitute masking tape and permanent markers to cut down on supply costs. Work with the children to set up a few insect traps on the play yard. Things you will need: Four small, clear, plastic cups, Shovels, Peanut butter:. Help the children dig four small holes in the dirt. The holes will need to be the same size as the plastic cups. Lower the plastic cups into the holes so that the brims are even with the Earth.
Put a small scoop of peanut butter in each of the cups and cover it with a small layer of loose grass. Wait a while and you will get a big surprise. In a few days, you will have an insect zoo for your insect aquarium …release insects after observing.
Materials Needed: One round oatmeal container 2 feet of fiberglass screening from a hardware store or some donated old screens… Craft knife for adults only Markers or poster paint. Use markers or poster paint to decorate the outside of the oatmeal container. Draw windows and a door on the container. With the craft knife, an adult should cut out windows and cut three sides to form your door, so it opens and closes.
Roll the screening so it rests tightly around the inside of the container. Trim so the top edge fits beneath the lid and leave a one inch overlap where the side edges meets.
Place a bottle cap filled with water in the container. When you are done observing your guests, please let them go back to their real homes. This would be suitable for 5 years old and up. Yumm…6 and 8 leg critters never tasted so good! This is followed by crafts, games, songs and a book list….
Make edible ant hills in cups! Use clear plastic punch cups to see the layers. These arachnid treats are easy to make and they look positively lifelike crawling across the snack plate. For each: 2 round crackers 2 teaspoons smooth peanut butter or cheese spread if allergies 8 small pretzel sticks 2 raisins. Spread approximately one tablespoon of the chocolate hazelnut spread Nutella on four Ritz crackers.
Top each with another Ritz cracker to make a sandwich. Serve and eat! Makes 4 crunchy. Ingredients: Stalks of celery, Twist pretzels, Pretzel pieces, Raisins and Spreadable cheddar, any cream cheese or peanut butter. Directions: Wash celery and cut in half crosswise. Fill each celery piece with 1-tablespoon cheddar cheese, cream cheese or peanut butter.
Add two pretzel twists for wings. Use pretzel pieces for antennae and raisins for decoration. Eat your butterfly before it files away!
Put out apple slices, mini carrots, pretzel sticks and raisins or dried cranberries. Have kids use apple slices for the wings, the carrot for the body and pretzel sticks for antennae, Decorate with raisins. Photo by KidActivities. Ingredients: Cake mix Confetti nice for this Frosting Green or yellow food coloring Coconut Pretzels Prepare cake mix as directed on box and bake in bunt pan.
Color the frosting green or yellow your choice and spread on cooled cake. Sprinkle coconut so the caterpillar looks fuzzy. Add straight pretzels for antennas. Add other facial details as desired. For snack ideas check out our summer snacks for kids. These images were made by 3rd graders. Have the child step onto a piece of paper with their feet and heels together. When dry, have children add antennae with crayons, markers or yarn. Have children decorate insect bodies by drawing in legs and antennae.
Prime the paints by placing a bead of water on each color. Stick your thumb in a watercolor pan. Make a thumbprint on the paper.
When it is dry, add lines to make it a bug. Cut the egg cartons in separate 1 to 3 hump-pieces and put them out with a variety of the above supplies. Divide your guests into two teams. Line the children up in two columns, one child behind the other, at the start line. If a team becomes disconnected, they must stop and reconnect before continuing. The first team to the finish line wins.
Draw a flower shape on the large piece of poster board. If youth are older, make the center smaller i. Cut the center out of the flower. Color or paint the flower petals. Attach the flower to a stake or stick that can be placed in the ground. Line children up behind the line.
Every insect has six legs, has six legs, has six legs. Antennae to feel their way, feel their way, feel their way.
Horsefly, housefly, Dragonfly, deer fly, Firefly, fruit fly, Buzzing-in-your-ear fly! Honeybee, bumblebee, Queen bee, drone bee, Worker bee, nurse bee, Leave-me-alone bee! Gypsy moth, luna moth, Beetle and mosquito, Bugs and insects Really are neat-o! Cockroach, katydid, Cricket and cicada, Grasshopper, mantis, Catch you all later! Author Unknown. What a sunny day! Are you ready? Oh, my! A grasshopper! A big, green grasshopper, Hopping around the tree.
Boing, boing…. A butterfly! A pretty, orange butterfly, Floating in the sky. Whoosh, whoosh…. Oh my! A spider! A big black spider, Creeping on the tree.
Creep, creep… Author Unknown. Fuzzy wuzzy caterpillar in the garden creeps He spins himself a blanket and soon falls fast asleep. Either way, rain or shine, a bug-themed party shows just how fun and interesting creepy crawly critters can be. A winding caterpillar race is as much fun for the parents as it is for the kids.
To prep, create two side-by-side winding paths in your yard by outlining them with balloons tied to golf tees or lawn stakes—the balloons lining the paths will also look like long, winding caterpillars. Set a timer for short intervals of play, and switch out the players until everyone has had a turn to be the exterminator. For this game a favorite of little kids , you will need a flower pot and three homemade bees. This game starts like any other game of tag, but it has an insect-themed twist.
Be prepared for a sugar high after this game and make sure other parents allow their kids to eat candy, too. Prepare for this fun ladybug party game by blowing up several red balloons and then decorating them with black dots to look like ladybugs. Fill a large bag with a variety of fake bugs. You can use toy bugs, make your bug crafts, or draw and cut bugs out of construction paper.
The idea is to have a lot of bugs for the kids to catch. You can also hide the fake bugs around the yard and send kids on a bug hunt with their nets. The player who returns with the most insects wins. Actively scan device characteristics for identification. Use precise geolocation data. Select personalised content. Create a personalised content profile.
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