It is probably RAINING outside but I’m still going to make you wrap up warm and water proofed up so you can gather some natural materials from outside. This week for our forest school theme/topic, we are going to make a miniature bug hotel that we can hang in the garden.

All the equipment is in the picture below so before you start building it go and gather everything you need. You might even need to dry out the sticks, cones and leaves too. These materials might even been collected on your daily walk.

Next you need to cut your bottle up so that you have different sections. You only need one section or if you want to make more then use the other bits too. Make sure you get an adult to help you with this bit. You could draw on where you would like them to cut. Have a look in the picture to the left. You can even make a hole to thread string through so that you can hang it on a tree.

After, start carefully stuffing your sticks, bits of pot and pine cones into the bottle so that is is so full it can’t move. It needs to be stuffed! Have a look at the picture on the right.

Your miniature bug hotel should be so jammed packed and ready to be put up or hung in the garden. It should look a bit like the pictures below. If it does then go outside and put it somewhere for the bugs to explore and observe it over the next few days to see if you get any visitors.

Here is the link to a more broken down step by step guide how to make the miniature bug hotel using the same images - https://www.redtedart.com/simple-bug-hotel-for-kids/?cn-reloaded=1. Just copy and paste the link into the search bar.