This is a great idea that I saw online and created with my Saturday School kids. You need -
an empty plastic bottle
a pencil or twig
a piece of fruit
string
a pair of scissors or a Stanley knife,
All you have to do is cut around the top of the plastic bottle (around 6 inches from the top). Position a piece of fruit in the bottom section. Place the top into the bottom section with the spout down. Cut two holes into the top about 1 inch from the peak of the bottle (remember to be careful as you have to put holes through the four pieces of plastic and you can easily slip with the scissors / Stanley knife). Push a pencil through the four holes and then use 2 pieces of string to tie the catcher to a tree or branch. We left them there for a week and we were really lucky that there was no rain.
We did catch a selection of minibeasts including woodlice and spiders however what was really weird that somehow a worm was in one of them. I have no idea how that got in there! Any suggestions??
We did return the 'beasts' from whenst they came...great activity!
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