After being wowed by the insect hotels at Sheringham Park and Holt Country Park the children asked if we could have our own bug house in our garden. I couldn't make one as impressive as the mansions in the parks but after a quick Google search I came up with an easy tutorial from Red Ted Art.
We had everything we needed;
2 litre plastic bottle
Garden twine
Leaves, pine cones and twigs
It was as simple as cutting the bottle into 2 cylinders and stuffing with lots of twigs and leaves.
The children needed a little help at the beginning as the twigs kept slipping out but as it started to fill up everything stayed in place more.
Once it was completely stuffed full we wrapped some garden twine around the bottle and hung it from an old hook. The children hope we get lots of visitors soon.
I have a bug hotel on the list of things to make here at Coombe Mill, I love this simple one, I am pinning it as one we could make in Activity hour here. Well done Red Ted Art, a great idea. I hope you have some mini beasts come to visit.
ReplyDeleteOooh, my boys would love this. Can't wait to see who you get visiting :) #countrykids
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