Insect activity

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Invitation To Create: Build A Bug
Invitation To Create: Build A Bug. Open ended creative insect paper craft for kids. Great for color recognition & fine motor development. Perfect for toddlers and preschoolers.
Shahzia 𖦹 Learn through play 𖦹 STEAM Play 𖦹 Early Childhood on Instagram: "This 🐛 paper towel experiment is so cool to watch and make! Watch the caterpillar wiggle and grow as it drinks water. This is a fantastic activity that can be an extension to the “The very hungry little caterpillar”, one of our favorite books. How it works: Paper towels are made of ground-up plant material. If you look through a microscope at a torn-up piece of paper (or look up some images on the Internet), you will see a web of tiny plant fibers. Magnifying your paper further will reveal that the fibers are made of long chains of linked sugar molecules, called cellulose. Water is attracted to cellulose and likes to be soaked up and stick to the cellulose in paper. Paper towel fibers have empty spaces - tiny