DIY Bug Home at Home with Diana Sanchez
Diana Sanchez, Gallery Interpreter at NHMLAC, shows us how to construct a Bug Home with materials that are easy to find in your own home!
Gather your supplies and follow along!
Below are some examples of supplies:
1. A sturdy container
- Tissue box
- Packaging box (used in finished example)
- Shoebox
- Tin box
- Birdhouse (optional)
2. Rolls & Tubes:
- Paper rolled up tightly (Paper can be rolled around a pen or pencil and then glued to secure shape. It would be helpful to pre-roll these in advance of the activity, but not required).
- Toilet paper roll
- Paper straws (optional)
- Hollow bamboo sticks (optional)
3. Pen/Pencil
4. String or twine Scissors Tape (optional)
5. Glue, gluesticks, hot glue gun (optional)
6. Ruler
7. Natural Materials
- Leaves
- Sticks
- Rocks
- Grass/straw
- Wood/mulch
- Pinecones...anything you find interesting in your yard or at your local park!