Creepy Crawly game
BSL calls out insects and Beavers do the actions.
On the call freeze they have to stand still
Butterfly - flap arms. Caterpillar - wriggle on floor. Snail - crouches on floor and move slowly. Bee - moves around quickly and buzzes.
Sweet bugs
Chocolate marshmallows and liquorice laces & sweets to make beetles, ladybirds or any other insects
Pom-Pom Bugs
Using pre-made pom-poms and pipe cleaner, wool etc make 'bugs'
Spider & the fly - like cat & mouse
Beavers stand in lines with finger touching. One Beavers is fly and one the spider. Spider has to chase fly and try to catch him without touching the "Beavers Webb"
Egg Carton Insect Craft
Materials Needed:
- Egg Cartons
- paint
- Glue
- Misc Supplies (wiggle eyes, felt, pipecleaners, sequins, etc)
Instructions:
Use egg carton cups to make a variety of insects!
Use egg carton cups to make a variety of insects!
Cut a long row of cups and make a caterpillar.
Use two sections and some tissue paper and make a butterfly.
Make a spider with long, pipecleaner legs!
Antennae Headband
Materials Needed:
- Construction Paper
- Crayons, Markers, or Paint
- 2 Pipecleaners
- 2 Pom-poms
- Glue
- Stapler or Tape
Instructions:
Using the construction paper, cut out a strip of paper about 2 inches thick and long enough to wrap around the Beavers’s fore head (make sure you make it an inch or two longer so you can staple the ends together.)
Use crayons, markers, and/or paint to make the headband colourful.
Glue the pom-poms to one end of each pipecleaner.
Put the other end of each pipecleaner up against the centre of the strip of paper, about 4-6 inches apart.
Staple or tape them in place.
Once the antennae are attached, staple or tape the ends of the strip together to snuggly fit around your fore head.
A few other options: Before attaching the pipecleaner to the headband, wrap them tightly around a pen or pencil to give them a fun, spiral shape. You can also decorate the headband itself with the pom-poms!
Dragon-fly
Materials Needed:
- Lolly Stick
- Paint or Markers
- Glue
- Sequins
- Thread
- Clear Packing Tape
Instructions:
You can use paint or markers to colour the lolly stick whichever colour you like. If you want to be more realistic, you can colour a blue body with a green head. Glue two sequins on for the eyes.
You can use paint or markers to colour the lolly stick whichever colour you like. If you want to be more realistic, you can colour a blue body with a green head. Glue two sequins on for the eyes.
Cut many pieces of black thread. Pull off a piece of clear packing tape about 6 inches long (you can also use clear contact paper!). Set down the piece of tape sticky side up and start sticking the pieces of thread to it. This will look like all the little lines on a dragonfly's wings!
Once you are satisfied with the amount of thread you have on your tape, place the lolly stick on the tape (figure 2). Tear of another piece of tape the same length ads the first one. Lay it on top of the first piece of tape, sticky side down. This will cover the tape and also keep the lolly stick in place! Now trim the tape to look like the wings (figure 3),and you are done!
If you like, you can also add 6 pipecleaner legs to your dragonfly!
Ants on a stick
Materials Needed:
- Celery Stick
- Peanut Butter
- Raisins (or any small, dark food such as chocolate chips)
Instructions:
A very simple snack idea! Fill the centre of the celery stick with peanut butter. Place a few raisins on top to be your ants. Eat and enjoy!
A very simple snack idea! Fill the centre of the celery stick with peanut butter. Place a few raisins on top to be your ants. Eat and enjoy!
Caterpillar puppets
Materials Needed:
- Cotton Sock
- Yarn
- Buttons
- Pom-poms
- Pipe Cleaners
- Ribbon
- Glue
- Markers
Instructions:
Glue a variety of pom-poms (or cotton balls), buttons, yarn, and/or ribbon onto the sock to make a colourful caterpillar. Cut a pipecleaner in half and push both of them through the toe of the sock to make antennae. Use a marker to dry eyes and a mouth if you want. Wear the sock on your arm to make a fun puppet.
Glue a variety of pom-poms (or cotton balls), buttons, yarn, and/or ribbon onto the sock to make a colourful caterpillar. Cut a pipecleaner in half and push both of them through the toe of the sock to make antennae. Use a marker to dry eyes and a mouth if you want. Wear the sock on your arm to make a fun puppet.
Honeycomb Bee painting
Materials Needed:
- Large Piece of Paper
- Course Sponge
- Paint
- Markers
Instructions:
Dip the sponge in yellow paint. Dab the sponge on your paper lightly. This should leave big holes here and there so it looks like a honeycomb! Set it aside to dry.
Dip the sponge in yellow paint. Dab the sponge on your paper lightly. This should leave big holes here and there so it looks like a honeycomb! Set it aside to dry.
Once the yellow paint is dry, use black paint, or whatever colour you like, and make some fingerprints on your honeycomb picture. These are the bodies of the bees. Use markers to draw wings and whatever other features you want.
Optional: Squirt little dabs of glue here and there in some of the holes on your picture. Once it dries, it will give the effect of honey dripping out of the honeycomb!
O you could paint the yellow honeycomb part by applying yellow paint to a piece of bubble wrap and then dabbing the bubble wrap on your paper.
Bee Puppet
Materials Needed:
- Paper Plate
- Black Glove (stretchy kind works well!)
- Glue
- Wiggle Eyes
- Felt
- 1 Inch Pom-Pom
- Pipecleaner
Instructions:
Colour the paper plate what ever flower colour wanted. Cut around the edge of the paper plate to make petal shapes (figure 1). Cut a hole in the centre of the paper plate that is just big enough for the Beavers index finger to fit through (figure 2).
Colour the paper plate what ever flower colour wanted. Cut around the edge of the paper plate to make petal shapes (figure 1). Cut a hole in the centre of the paper plate that is just big enough for the Beavers index finger to fit through (figure 2).
Put on the glove and poke their index finger through the hole in the paper plate. The finger will be the bee puppet! Glue the pom-pom to the end of the finger. Glue the wiggle eyes onto the pom-pom. Cut short pieces of pipecleaner for the bee’s antennae, and glue them onto the pom-pom. Cut thin strips of yellow felt and glue them around the finger to look like the bee's stripes. Use felt and make wings for the bee and glue them on.
Ladybird Treasure Holder
Materials Needed:
- Plastic bowl / dish
- Black Acrylic Paint
- Felt
- Black Pipe Cleaner
- Wiggle Eyes
- Glue or Glue Gun
Instructions:
Paint the dish black and set it aside and allow it to dry.
Paint the dish black and set it aside and allow it to dry.
Trace around the dish to make a circle on a red piece of felt. Cut out your circle, but cut it about 1/2 inch larger than your tracing. Cut the circle in half. Cut tiny circles out of black felt and glue them on your red half circles to be the ladybird's spots.
Spread glue half way around the top edge of your painted dish (figure 1).
Place your two half circles onto the top edge of your dish. The half circles should come together to form a circle, and you want them to join in the centre of your glue line (figure 2).
Once dry, you can fold back the bottom of the wings to reveal the inside of the can (figure 3)!
Ladybird (another idea with a bowl)
Materials Needed:
- Small White Paper Bowls
- Shirt or Cereal Box Cardboard
- Glue
- Paint (preferably red and black)
Instructions:
Use scissors to cut the ladybird's feet out of lightweight cardboard (or a cereal box!). Turn the bowl upside down and glue them to the underside of the rim. Use paint to decorate the back of the bowl to look like a ladybird!
Use scissors to cut the ladybird's feet out of lightweight cardboard (or a cereal box!). Turn the bowl upside down and glue them to the underside of the rim. Use paint to decorate the back of the bowl to look like a ladybird!
Spider’s web
Materials Needed:
- Black Paper
- White Yarn
- Glue
Instructions:
Using the glue, squirt lines on the paper in whatever spider web design you want. Lay the yarn on the glue lines and set it aside and let it dry. Add a few small plastic spiders if you like!
Using the glue, squirt lines on the paper in whatever spider web design you want. Lay the yarn on the glue lines and set it aside and let it dry. Add a few small plastic spiders if you like!
Spider Puppet
Materials Needed:
- 1 Black Stretchy Glove
- 2 Large Black Pom-poms
- 2 Wiggle Eyes
- Glue
Instructions:
Let the Beavers put their hand in the glove, glue on one pom-pom right behind the knuckles on the back of the hand, glue on the other pom-pom just behind the first so they are touching. Glue the wiggle eyes on the pom-pom nearest the knuckles. You now have a cute spider puppet that will crawl around when the Beavers wiggles their fingers!
Let the Beavers put their hand in the glove, glue on one pom-pom right behind the knuckles on the back of the hand, glue on the other pom-pom just behind the first so they are touching. Glue the wiggle eyes on the pom-pom nearest the knuckles. You now have a cute spider puppet that will crawl around when the Beavers wiggles their fingers!
Spider Biscuits
Ingredients:
- 2 Chocolate Wafer Cookies
- Chocolate Frosting
- Mini Chocolate Chips or M&Ms
- Black Lace Liquorice
Instructions:
Spread the chocolate frosting on the flat side of each biscuit. Cut a piece of liquorice into 8 pieces about 2 - 3 inches long. Stick the liquorice on the frosting on one of the biscuit so they look like the spider's legs sticking out (4 sticking out on each side). Then put the other biscuit, frosting side down on top of it to hold the "spider legs" in place.
Spread the chocolate frosting on the flat side of each biscuit. Cut a piece of liquorice into 8 pieces about 2 - 3 inches long. Stick the liquorice on the frosting on one of the biscuit so they look like the spider's legs sticking out (4 sticking out on each side). Then put the other biscuit, frosting side down on top of it to hold the "spider legs" in place.
Using the frosting as your "glue", add 2 eyes using the chocolate chips or M&Ms and enjoy!
