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Kid-Sized Spider Web

by Marie

After making our Laced Spider Webs and sticking flies to our Sticky Spider Webs, we thought it would be fun to make a Giant Spider Web to lace and stick ourselves into. The kids were trying hard not to get “stuck” on the spider web as they crawled through to the other side.

Supplies for Kid-Sized [...]

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Icky Sticky Spider Webs

by Marie

We’re getting stuck on these fun Sticky Spider Webs. As we throw our flies at the web, we try to see if they’ll get caught or if they can get out and fly away.

Supplies for Sticky Webs:

Glue Dots – you could use glue dot strips or double sided tape
dark paper – preferably cardstock
white crayon
flies – [...]

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Ants on a Log

by Marie

Ants are interesting little creatures. I know I’ve stepped on my fair share. And especially as of late, as these little bugs have been creeping all around our yard. So to become a little less of an Ant Bully, we decided to to find out more about ants for storytime. Here’s 2 great books about [...]

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Bug Vacuum

by Marie

One of our new Summer toys in action! My son is going crazy over his Bug Vacuum. Mostly he likes the sound the vacuum makes, bzzzzzz.

We’ve been going a little bug crazy the past few months, from caterpillars and butterflies to reading books about worms (a future storytime). Now we’re on the hunt for rollie [...]

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Hatching Butterflies

by Marie

We had fun watching our Caterpillars grow, form their chrysalids, and hatch into beautiful butterflies. The Painted Lady’s were amazing. We cut them fresh flowers and put drops of sugar water on them to drink. Once we let them free, my daughter wanted to get a net and catch them all back, but it was [...]

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Live Caterpillars are Here

by Marie

We received our order of Live Caterpillars. We got them from the company called Insect Lore. I wrote about Live Butterfly Gardens earlier. We can’t wait to see what they do. Here they are the day we got them.

Here they are 4 days later.

Here they are 8 days later. It’s creepy how fast they grow.

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