Welcome to All About Bugs week! Are you ready for a week of creepy crawly fun? This week we’ll be learning all about six-legged creatures and go searching for some bugs with jars and nets in hand. My daughters Stella (6) and Hazel (4) will show you how you can make your own bug jars, 3D butterfly mobile with watercolor paints and cute craft roll bugs. We also have lots of indoor and outdoor activities in store – all involving bugs! Be sure to download the Free All About Bugs Week Coloring Page here and the Free Bugs Scavenger Hunt here! Follow along with our Summer Camp Fun Series.
You can never have too many coloring pages to keep campers busy during Camp Fun! Be sure to download our Free All About Bugs Week Coloring Page printable here and set it out with colored pencils, crayons, or markers for a quiet indoor activity.
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Kids will love making their own bug jar … that looks like a bug! The precut foam pieces of the bug jar craft kit make this project an easy one for kids of all ages. Follow along with the step-by-step bug jar tutorial.
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Let your campers’ creativity take flight with this watercolor butterfly mobile! Each child can use watercolor paints and adhesive rhinestones to decorate their own colorful butterflies to add to the mobile. Follow along with the step-by-step butterfly mobile tutorial.
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Head outside and have fun discovering all the bugs with this Bugs Scavenger Hunt Free Printable. Boys and girls will love getting down on the same level as bugs and learning all about them as they search!
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This sweet craft stick bug craft is perfect for all ages and is mess free as it doesn’t require any glue! Just press the craft sticks into the adhesive foam and peel the backing off of the adhesive googly eyes. This kit comes with six bumblebees and six ladybugs.
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Basic craft rolls make a perfect base for this simple bug craft that includes insects and bugs ranging from bumblebees, to ladybugs, to butterflies, to caterpillars! This is a great opportunity to let campers get creative with craft supplies. There are no strict rules with this craft project – just have fun!
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Take your bug jars outside to find some bugs! We were surprised how many little insects we discovered by looking closely at the grass and plants. Stella and Hazel found a mini grasshopper, moth, spider, and lots of roly poly bugs for their jars. We used our little bug nets to help catch the insects in the grass before putting them in our jars. The girls also had fun sporting some insect tattoos during bug week!
Make the sweetest bumblebees with this simple paper craft kit. Just glue the pre-cut pieces together. The best part is you get to use your thumbprints to add the bee’s stripes! Display your sweet creation with the hanger included in the kit.
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The photos of creepy crawly insects like cockroaches and scorpions made this game a hit with Stella and Hazel! We had fun playing several rounds of Bug Bingo, and talked about the different types of insects as we played.
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Have your kiddos decorate these Cute As A Bug Picture Frame Magnets and display their faces in the frame! This kit comes with ladybugs, butterflies, flowers and more to easily decorate these frames with. They also make a great decoration for the fridge!
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Hazel and I spent a morning out on the patio making butterflies, ladybugs, and dragonflies from these bug sand art kits. Just peel away one section of the bug at a time and sprinkle with the colored sand! We used the leftover sand to make ‘rainbow sand’ by combining it all together in a jar and sprinkling it on.
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Combine plastic bugs with playdough for a fun activity. Campers can make impressions of the bugs in the playdough to look like insect fossils or create little playdough habitats for their bugs. The plastic bugs can be used throughout the week for all types of pretend play!
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This Bug Magnet Craft is perfect to brighten up any rainy day! Just simply decorate your choice of a butterfly, snail, or bee then display them on the fridge. There are googly eyes and different foam pieces included in the kit to bring these magnets to life! This kit comes in a pack of 12.
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Kids will have fun adding these realistic bug stickers to an outdoor scene! Have them try to name each type of bug as they add them to the picture.
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We love our summer visits to the library! Here are the books we checked out for this week:
- Ultimate Bugopedia: The Most Complete Bug Reference Ever by Darlyne Murawski
- Bugs A to Z by Caroline Lawton
- Bugs are Insects by Anne Rockwell
- Insect Detective: Read and Wonder by Steve Voake
- Are You a Ladybug? by Judy Allen
- Bugs Galore by Peter Stein
- Roberto the Insect Architect by Nina Laden
- On Beyond Bugs: All About Insects by Tish Rabe
Create fruit insects! Use the fruit you have on hand to make any variety of insects. We made caterpillars out of blueberries and toothpicks, butterflies out of kiwi slices, and imaginary bugs out of an apple. I used small pieces of AirHeads® candy to create the eyes and antennae. You can use a dab of peanut butter or Nutella® as glue to stick on the eyes!
