How to Make a Bug Hotel
Make a cozy bug hotel with a clay pot, sticks, pinecones, moss, and other natural materials. This fun outdoor craft is a great hands-on way for kids to learn about insects, habitats, and the tiny creatures living in their own backyard.
Yield: 1 insect hotel
Cost: $2
Materials
Instructions
- Gather your supplies and materials.
- Choose a vessel for your bug hotel. We're using a clay pot, but you can also use a wood box or cardboard box.The insect hotel will be laying sideways, so the pot's opening is on the side.
- Begin by adding a base layer. We're putting moss in so it lays against the side of the pot.
- Next add some sticks to the pot. These create a layer that keeps some space between them.
- Place some small pinecones in the pot and let them fall to the bottom/back of the hotel.
- We also gathered some small wood slices and wood pieces. Place a few in the bottom now and keep the rest to fill in spaces at the end.
- Choose a couple bigger items to fill the top of the pot. Here we added 2 large pinecones.
- Next, fill in any large gaps. The tiny pinecones and small wood pieces come in handy here.
- Your bug hotel is complete! Now place it outside so the bugs can move in.
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Notes
Looking for more insect related crafts? Here's a few of our favourites:
Perler Bead Bugs
Butterfly Window Clings
Pony Bead Ladybug