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Build a Bug Hotel!

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Build a Bug Hotel!

Time:20 mins Difficulty:Easy  

Want a way to help bugs out in their every day lives? Try making them a bug hotel! This one is small, and easy!

Here’s what you need:

  • A large plastic bottle
  • Natural materials like bark, moss, pine cones, and small sticks
  • String or garden twine for hanging
  • Scissors
  • A grownup’s help

Here’s how you make it:

Step 1: With a grownup’s help, cut the top and bottom off of the plastic bottle. Then cut the bottle in half so that you have two cylinders.

Step 2: Thread string or twine through each cylinder, then tie the ends together on the outside to make a loop.

Step 3: Layer the inside of each cylinder with your materials. Make sure your hotels are stuffed tightly so nothing will fall out.

Step 4: Time to hang up your hotels! Try hanging one in a tree and one low to the ground — see if they attract different creatures!

That’s it! Leave the bug hotel up for awhile and drop by to see what critters have stopped by to rest.

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