What you need:
- Tempera paint
- Flour
- Water
- Cotton balls
- Cotton balls
- Colored pipe cleaners
- Plastic eyes
- Cookie sheet
- Tinfoil
What to do:
- Explain that your child will be the creator of a new type of insect.
- In a small bowl, mix the flour and water (approximately 1 cup water and 1/4 cup flour; the mixture should be thin).
- Provide several cotton balls. Model how to dip the cotton balls into the mixture to lightly coat them.
- Place the wet cotton balls onto a cookie sheet that has been covered with tinfoil. Place several cotton balls together to form one bug body — make sure they are touching one another so they will stick together when baking.
- Insert pipe cleaners between the cotton balls to create legs and antennae.
- Place in oven (preheated to 350°) for 15 minutes. Let cool.
- When cool, invite your child to paint his insects with tempera paint. Glue on plastic eyes.
