MAKE A BUG TERRARIUM - Perrywood Garden Centre...BUG TERRARIUM If you really want to get to know...
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WHAT YOU WILL NEED 1. Jam Jar or Old Aquarium or Large Clear Plastic Bowl 2. Clingfilm (optional) 3. Cotton Wool 4. Handful of gravel or sand 5. Handful of small pebbles 6. Garden Soil 7. Colourful Rocks or large pebbles 8. Leaves 9. Twigs 10. Banana peeling or egg shells and old apples 11. Lolly stick and cardboard (optional) 12.Bugs! www.perrywood.co.uk/garden-explorers FOR MORE CHILDREN’S GARDEN ADVENTURES STEP 1 Clean out your Jam Jar or whatever you have decided to use to spy on your bugs! Then fill first with a layer of sand; small pebbles then some of your own garden soil about one quarter full. Top Tip: For our terrarium, we have used a plastic bowl £1 from the pound shop which is great as it is cheap and looks like a goldfish bowl. As this one doesn’t have a lid, we will have to improvise and make a lid with cling-film taped around the top. MAKE A BUG TERRARIUM If you really want to get to know bugs better, there is no better way to spy on the little creatures by creating your very own bug terrarium for your bedroom. But remember, these are living creatures so need looking after!
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WHAT YOU WILL NEED1. Jam Jar or Old Aquarium or Large Clear Plastic Bowl2. Clingfilm(optional)3. Cotton Wool4. Handful of gravel or sand5. Handfulofsmallpebbles6. Garden Soil7. ColourfulRocksorlargepebbles8. Leaves9. Twigs10. Bananapeelingoreggshellsandoldapples11. Lollystickandcardboard(optional)12. Bugs!
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STEP 1CleanoutyourJamJarorwhateveryouhavedecided tousetospyonyourbugs!Thenfillfirstwithalayer ofsand;smallpebblesthensomeofyourowngarden soilaboutonequarterfull.
TopTip:Forourterrarium,wehaveusedaplastic bowl£1fromthepoundshopwhichisgreatasitis cheapandlookslikeagoldfishbowl.Asthisonedoesn’t havealid,wewillhavetoimproviseandmakealid withcling-filmtapedaroundthetop.
MAKE A BUG TERRARIUM
Ifyoureallywanttogettoknowbugsbetter,thereisnobetterwaytospyonthelittlecreaturesbycreatingyourveryownbugterrariumforyourbedroom.Butremember,these
are living creatures so need looking after!
MAKE A BUG TERRARIUM
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STEP 3Gobughunting!Gotoanareawithdirtanddiga holewithashovel.Keeplookingthroughthesoilfor undergroundbugs.Youwillmostlikelyfindearthworms, especiallyafterithasrained.Putthewormsinyour preparedterrarium.Nowthatyouhavewormsand possiblysomeotherbugsyoufoundinthesoil,look forbugsinotherplaces.Scantheoutsidewallsofyour playhouseandtreetrunks.Youmayalsofindinsects crawlingonanysurfaceoftheground.Bugsare everywhere,youjusthavetolook.Pillbugs,beetles, ants,millipedes,andmantiswillworkfine.Placethe bugsinthesoil.Letthemexplorealittleoncethey’rein.
STEP 2Nowaddsomebranchesandleavestogiveyour bugsshadyspotorbuildanestoutofplantsandsticks.Also,ifyouareplanningonfindingsomebeetlesandotherbugsthiswillbeasourceoffood.
STEP 4Decorate!Youdon’twantaboringterrarium,doyou?Neitherdothebugs!Addsomecolourfulrocks,leaves, and twigs.
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STEP 5Addasignontheterrariumsayingsomething like “Bugville” or “Insect Paradise” if you want.
STEP 6Makesurethebugshavefoodandwater.Ifyouonly haveworms,thesoilistheirfood.Addsomefood scrapslikebananapeels,eggshells,andapples.This waythewormswillhavesomethingtodecompose andturnintocompost.Leaves,plants,andwood shouldfeedotherbugs.Trytogetleavesfromthe plantswhereyoufoundthebugs.Makesurethey haveenoughwatertoo,moistenthesoilandadd awaterbysoakingcottonballsinwater.
IfyourTerrariumdidn’tcomewithalid–aneasy waytokeepyourbugsinsideiscovertheroof ofyourJamJarorBowlwithClingfilmandpop acoupleofairholesinthetopwithapencil.
Havefun!Takecareoftheinsectsandcheckonthemnowandagain. Youcankeepthemoutsideinyourbackyardorinsideinyourbedroom, it’syourchoice.Alwaysensuretheyhaveplentyoffoodandwater.
