DIY Summer Camp Activities: Bugs & Insects Theme!

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Who loves bugs and worms and insects and spiders?!! The first week of our DIY Summer Camp Activities series is all about macroinvertebrates...we'll call them bugs for short, but we're including insects, spiders, and worms too!


Last week one of my daughters was sitting near a window when she jumped up, screamed, and started yelling frantically about a black widow! Of course, we were all concerned...but it turned out that she had not seen a black widow. She HAD seen a ladybug! 

Bugs and insects are some of our favorite topics! We have loads of activities to learn about them, like this bug scavenger hunt, this worm habitat or our worm anatomy lesson! We also have some amazing butterfly activities (including experiments and printables) HERE, and even an ant experiment HERE!  

This week we are joining up with some of our favorite bloggers to bring you even more bug and insect themed DIY Summer Camp Activities! We're also including spiders and other macroinvertebrates!

Check out this week's lineup:

May 1st:
Bee Counting Cards
from Teach Me Mommy

May 2nd:
Roly Poly Anatomy Lesson
from Preschool Powol Packets

May 3rd:
Ladybug Puzzle Craft
from Preschool Powol Packets

May 6th:
Bugs & Insect Life Cycles & More
from Homeschooling My Kinetic Kids

May 7th:
Study of Ants
from Strategic Homeschooling & More

May 8th:
Spider Study
from Simple Living Mama



And if you have kids older than preschool, be sure to hop over HERE to get more bug, insect, and spider activities for older kids! 

 Do you love DIY Summer Camp activities? We have four themes this month that we are creating summer camp fun for: Bugs & Insects {this week!}, Art, Safari, and Chemistry!  


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Happy Educating,
Carla


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