Make an Insect Hotel to House Bugs in Winter

We know that bugs are important to have in our yards and gardens when our plants are growing, but bugs need safe places to live throughout the year.

Making an insect hotel at home or at school is a great way to encourage kids to think about where bugs go in the winter and to give them a place to stay.

They’re pretty easy to put together from natural materials and a trip to the hardware store. Nourish and Nestle shares the plans for the one they made in their backyard and why it’s important.

Do you care for or observe insects in the winter? I’d love to know about it!

[Photo: Nourish and Nestle.]

Do you know a little gardener? Check out these DIY Garden Kits, perfect for gift giving.

Check out these insect activity kits and these Insect bug keepers

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We don’t really have any travel to speak of planned this summer, and my daughter is old enough that any lengthy time in the car is usually spent with an audiobook or watching videos. But I remember the struggle of keeping little kids entertained on long trips, especially if you don’t want them on a screen the whole time.

I recently saw this post from Creating Really Awesome Fun Things, which is a roundup of 26 road trip games, ideas and activities that kids can do. From stringing beads onto pipe cleaners to felt busy boards, travel journals and using a pizza box to contain colors, trains (or cars) and more, there are lots of fun and easy ideas here.

I’m a big fan of printable road trip activities, and even have a whole post all about printables for road trips. I used to always do some kind of license plate game, a map, mazes and I-spy style scavenger hunts, which are fun for everyone in the car to play along with. (You can also find some patriotic road trip mazes here.) If your road trip includes a camping trip, check out these camping themed printable games and activities.

Productive Pete has a super cute map of the United States (pictured above) that kids can use in lots of different ways while on the road. They can color the states you travel through, or all the states they’ve ever visited, or use it to give the license plate game an extra challenge as they try to find each state on the map. You can quiz older kids on the state capitols, which you might need to brush up on yourself (guilty!).

Do you have particular games or activities that you always have on hand when you are doing a road trip with kids? I would love to hear about them!

[Photo: Productive Pete.]

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