Bottle and Tissue Paper Buzzing Bee

Materials:

• Recycled water bottle
• Yellow tissue paper
• Yellow cardboard paper
• Black cardboard paper
• Scissors
• Black pipe cleaner
• Black kokie
• White craft glue
• Cellotape

Method:

1. Stuff the yellow tissue paper into the dry bottle and close the lid.
2. From the yellow card, cut out wings and a head.
3. Cut out 2 strips from the black card, making sure they fit around the bottle.
4. Poke 2 holes in the adjoining fold in the head and thread through the pipe cleaner. 
5. Twirl the pipe cleaner ends to make feelers.
6. Use the black kokie to draw a face onto the head.
7. Use the craft glue to stick on the head, stripes and wings.
8. Use cellotape to ensure they are all properly secured.

The Very Hungry Caterpillar - Recycled Water Bottle

Age Range: 6 years to 10 years
Estimated Time: Over 1 Hour
Messiness: High

Materials:

• Plastic water bottle
• Various shades of green tissue paper
• Red tissue paper
• Pipe cleaner
• Craft knife
• White craft glue
• Bostik glue
• Yellow cardboard paper
• White cardboard paper
• Green paper
• Small green pom-pom
• Pritt glue
• Scissors
• Green poster paint
• Black poster paint
• Yellow poster paint

Method:

1. Cut out 2 yellow circles for eyes (about 2cm across) and 2 green circles (about 1.5cm across).
2. Use Pritt glue to stick the green circles onto the bigger yellow circles.
3. Spread craft glue on the underneath of the bottle and about 1cm around the edge of the bottom of the bottle.
4. Stick pieces of red tissue paper onto the glue.
5. Use craft glue to stick the eyes onto the bottom of the bottle.
6. Use craft glue to stick the pom-pom on as the nose.
7. Spread craft glue over the rest of the bottle.
8. Stick on strips of tissue paper in the different shades of green.
9. Let dry.
10. Use the craft knife to poke a hole on the top of the caterpillar just where the red tissue paper ends.
11. Fold the pipe cleaner in half and push the fold through the hole as feelers.
12. To make the leaf, cut out a leaf shape from the white card.
13. Paint the entire cut-out green.
14. On one side of the leaf, paint over with yellow to create lime green. 
15. On the other side of the leaf, use a tiny bit of black paint to create the darker effect.
16. Cut out a "bite mark" on the edge of the leaf.
17. Use Bostik glue to stick the Caterpillar onto the leaf!

Bottle Cap Eyed Owl

Age Range: 2 years to 6 years old
Estimated Time: Under 15 minutes
Messiness: Medium

Materials:

• Black cardboard paper
• White cardboard paper
• Red paper
• 2 white bottle lids
• 2 googly eyes
• Bostik glue
• Pritt glue
• Scissors
• Brown watercolour paint
• Brown pastel

Method:

1. Cut out the owl shape.
2. Use the brown pastel to colour it in.
3. Use Pritt glue to stick it onto the black card.
4. Cut out a branch shape from the left over white card.
5. Use Pritt glue to paste it under the owl.
6. Use brown watercolour paint to paint it.
7. Cut out a long triangle from the red paper.
8. Use Pritt glue to stick it on.
9. Use Bostik glue to stick on the bottle lids.
10. Use Bostik glue to stick the googly eyes inside the bottle lids.