Teach Your Children The Wonder Of Insects With Melissa & Doug Bug Houses

Teach Your Children the Wonder of Insects with Melissa & Doug Bug Houses

Remember when you were a kid and you used to be fascinated with bugs? You’d watch ants build their anthills and butterflies flit from one flower to the next. And you learn a lot from watching insects. You gain a little respect for a living thing that can carry about 12 times its own weight to build a house, as an ant can. And you remember the wonder you experienced when that butterfly emerged from that pupa that used to be a caterpillar. Well, your kids and grandkids are no different than you are. Here’s a way to get them out of the house, away from the TV and video games and give them something productive to do, while getting a whiff of the outdoors.

That’s why you should check out Melissa & Doug Bug Houses. That’s right, bug houses. Sure, when you were a kid you put your bugs in a jar and poked holes in the lid so they could breathe, but today, you can put them in a bug house. The bug houses are brightly colored with cute designs and plenty of holes that allow for the insect to breathe and be observed. The houses are spacious so the insects can get a little exercise while they are staying as a guest. They have doors that swing open to make it easier to put your insect guest in his new house and they have sturdy handles so your insects can travel with you wherever you go. Okay, that may be a drawback for some of you.

So now you have the house and you have to get the insects. Well, you can try to capture them in your hands the old fashioned way or you can turn to Melissa & Doug again for the next fun accessory for your house. Why not get a butterfly net? Your child can run around the backyard catching moths and butterflies and then insert them into their new home. It’s far less frustrating than trying to catch them with your hands, and not hurt them. And let’s face it, all boys love tools and if they have a tool they can use to catch their butterfly, they’ll be much happier.

And to be truly scientific, no observational contraption should be without a tool to view the subjects inside as closely as possible without upsetting the natural order of things. Here’s where the Melissa & Doug magnifying glasses come in handy. For a little girl they have the Blossom magnifying glass, which has a frame around the glass designed to look like a flower. But your boy may not want to use that, so for him, there’s the Mombo Snake magnifying glass. Yes, his handle is the head of the snake with his forked tongue sticking out. He won’t be able to resist it!