This week our theme at school was bugs and the children had fun crafting different kids of bugs. We also made snails out of paper plates and made a fingerprint jar of bugs too. What was really outstanding this week were two very cute bugs which were created from egg cartons and a simple stick.
There’s a lot of things you can do with egg cartons, and there are some ingenious ideas from our local blogger lately: check out Harassed Mom‘s bugs (love the toothprick legs) and In These Stilettos firetruck and police car vehicles.
EGG CARTON BEE:
You will need:
egg carton (two compartments per bee)
paint (yellow)
koki (black)
pipe cleaners for wings and feelers (black and silver/ yellow)
Google eyes
Method:
Paint the egg carton yellow. Make two black stripes with koki.
Make two holes in front for the feelers and thread them through. Take another pipe cleaner and make a figure eight and thread it around the middle for wings.
Glue two google eyes in front.
STICK WORM
You will need:
A stick
A pipecleaner
Paint
Pom pom
Google eyes
Method:
Paint the stick.
Wrap the pipecleaner around the pom pom for the head and then around the stick.
Stick google eyes on the pom pom.
