Firefly activities

If it's summer (or if you wish it was summer!), and you want to add some sparkle to your science studies, these fireflies activities are for you!

This collection of firefly activities, firefly crafts, and books about fireflies is perfect for learning about fireflies and lightning bugs.

It’s summertime again, so we will have more time and opportunity to go camping, do outdoor exercises, or catch fireflies outside. In this writing, we will give you a list of fun crafting activities you can do with preschoolers to create a firefly for this week’s craft time.

Make a 3D paper doodlebug with our printable template. This is a fun STEM craft for older kids, exploring patterns and symmetry in nature

Learn all about the life cycle of fireflies with a humorous picture book. Follow-up STEM activity is a paper circuit light-up firefly life cycle for kids. Communicate like a firefly by making it blink. Language arts writing prompt included and links to Next Generation Science Standards. Teachers and parents can print out 2 free printables for further learning.

Children will love reading How to Survive as a Firefly while completing the activities in this Firefly Life Cycle Printable Pack, learning lots about these creatures, their habitat and their prey.

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Teach kids to use their senses with this fun messy play & painting with tea bags activity.

Firefly activities: Super-cute, fingerprint fireflies in a jar, keepsake craft. We do this after I read 10 Flashing Fireflies. For extra pizzazz we made our jar lids out of aluminum foil.

The Very Lonely Firefly is a classic children's story. Add to to fun with cute firefly crafts and activities. There is even an option for a firefly unit study!