Send your kids on a bug hunt with our FREE printable

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It is Thursday, and that can mean only one thing – another free printable for you all! We have a gorgeous bug hunt for everyone this week. You can do this a couple of ways with the kids, depending on the season:

• Indoors: Get them to circle and tick off all the bugs/insects on the sheet just as a little game. You can, of course, if they are a little younger talk them through the differences between the insects, and the spiders, and everything else in fact! Entirely up to you how much education you put into the game – sometimes its nice to educate the kids without them knowing don’t you think?
• Outdoors: If you are looking for a bit of outdoor fun, then get them to print out the sheet and take with them either into the garden, or on a walk with you; perhaps into the woods, or through your local fields or park? You can then get them to see which of the animals they can spot; both identifying them, and then ticking them off on the sheet that they we have for you.

Both these are great ways to make your bug hunt that little bit more fun for the children, and it means that this printable can be enjoyed in any kind of weather from the cold in the winter, to the height of the summer when you can go chase the butterflies!

The bugs we are hunting for are:

• Ant,
• Bee,
• Black beetle,
• Butterfly,
• Fly,
• Grasshopper,
• Ladybird,
• Moth,
• Spider, and finally
• Stag beetle; this might be a little harder to fin in “real life”, but you can always do the task over a few days or even weeks, and when you find one of the bugs, just have it to hard to tick off!

There are lots more free printables on the site, so do go and check them out. We also love sharing with you on our Pinterest account other great printables from around the web, so do drop over there and follow our Printables board as well:

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So, without further ado – here is the Printable bug hunt for you to all download – do have fun with it!

Let us know how all your kids get on in their bug hunts too if you want – we’d love to find out. Until next time.

Helen Neale

Helen is a mum to two, social media consultant, website editor and a qualified counsellor with experience of working with both children and adults.She is a registered member of the British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapists, with her own private practise. She also freelances with her local Mind organisation.Since giving up being a business analyst when juggling travel, work and kids proved too complicated, she founded KiddyCharts so she could be with her kids, use those grey cells at the same time, and supplement her counselling income.KiddyCharts has reach of over 680k across socials and the site. The site works with big family brands to help promote their services, as well as offering free resources to parents of kids under 10. She is a specialist counsellor for neurodivergent individuals and brings this expertise to her resources and the site. She is also an ADHDer herself.KiddyCharts gives 51%+ profits to charities, focused on supporting mental health and a community in TanzaniaHelen has also worked as a digital marketing consultant (IDM qualified) with various organisations, including Channel Mum, Truprint, Talk to Mums, and Micro Scooters. She loves to be creative in the brand campaigns she works on.Get in touch TODAY!

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