How to build an insect hotel

How to build an insect hotel by the Australian Museum.

Create an insect hotel and see which bugs live in your backyard.

What you need; dirt and rocks, leaves and sticks, scissors, coloured pencils, paper, decorations, small piece of mesh, craft knife, an empty container with a lid, glue stick and sticky tape.

Step one

Cut windows in the container using the craft knife. Get an adult to help you with this.

Step two

Tape mesh onto the inside surface of the container to cover each window. Repeat this for the other window.

Step three

Decorate the container using coloured paper, pencils and any other decorations you like.

Step four

Put some dirt, grass, leaves and sticks into the container.

Step five

Now your insect container is ready for bugs!

Place on the lid and see what insects have moved in.