Egg Carton Insects . . . Small children crafts

What you'll Need:

• Egg Cartons
• Paints, either water colors or acrylics in desired colors
• Pipe Cleaners, desired colors

Instructions:

One square of an egg carton can be used to make an ant, a lady bug, a spider etc. Several hooked together makes a good caterpillar. Let the children use their own choice of colors. They may paint faces and make any design they wish. Use the pipe cleaners to create feelers and legs to complete their creation. It's fun to see the results when a child is left to use their creativity. They will LOVE it!

After they are done they can take their creatures and pretend that they are butterflies lilting around in the garden getting sweet nectar from the flowers, or pretend to be the bug crawling around the garden.

What you'll Need:

1. 1. Put one Tablespoon of hot water in a glass
2. 2. Slowly add a tablespoon of salt to the water. Stir well.
3. 3. Dip a cotton swab in the solution and draw a picture, write your name, or a message on a piece of white paper. Let the Invisible Ink dry.
4. 4. Make your picture, name, or message be seen by rubbing a soft pencil, crayon or colored chalk over the areas that were written on by the cotton swab. (Note: The water evaporates, leaving salt on the paper. The salt crystals are rough and the pencil darkens