Snug as a Bug
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Description
Snug as a bug is making a bug hotel out of wood, canes etc. This will cover no. 4 of the creative challenge: design and make something eg birdhouse, model etc (so a bug hotel instead of a birdhouse).
Search for your own bug hotel materials (fir cones, old twigs, stones, moss etc)
Resources
Build wooden bug house.
Design and Decorate.
Gather leaves, stems, cones etc outside.
Glue to the big hotel.
https://www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/blog/2019/09/how-to-build-a-bug-hotel/
https://www.rhs.org.uk/education-learning/school-gardening/resources/planet-friendly/minibeast-hotels
Instructions
Tie string around bottle, tin car, cardboard or loo roll, so that the bug hotel can be hung.
Layer twigs, leaves, bark, pine cones etc within the casing until it's firm and does not move about.
Tags
- bugs
- construction
- creative
- House
- Outdoor Challenge
Badge Links
- Adventure - Walk
- All About Adventure - New activity
- All Together - Help
- All Together - Team
- Brilliant Builder - Build
- Brilliant Builder - Home
- Environmental Conservation - Project
- Get Creative - Nature
- Get Creative - Picture or model
- Go Wild - Food
- Go Wild - Help
- Go Wild - Near and far
- Naturalist - Activity
- Outdoors - Create
- Outdoors - Natural activity