Painted Twig Worms

Oh summer, how we love thee!

When the sun shines, we find ourselves with no shortage of fun outdoor entertainment. We've chased down the ice cream truck, ran through the sprinkler, waded in the kiddie pool and quenched our thirst with cold water from the garden hose.

And what do we do when it rains?

We hunt worms, of course! We watch them wriggle. We see how long it takes for them to cross the sidewalk. We hold them and giggle as they tickle our palms. And then, since we can't keep worms inside, we come home and we make our own!

Have fun making your very own painted pet worms. 

You Will Need:

• little twigs collected on a walk outside
• acrylic craft paint
• paper towel or toilet paper cardboard roll
• construction paper or card stock—white and bright colours
• black marker
• hot glue gun

Instructions:

1. Once you've chosen the perfect twig, you can paint it however you'd like. We had white ones, pink and purple ones and even a rainbow striped worm.

2. While your worm dries, paint a paper towel or toilet paper roll to become your worm's little hidey-hole. 

3. An adult will need to help with this part. Cut two little circles from the white cardstock. Use a marker to draw a small black circle in the middle of each white circle to make little eyes for the worm. Cut a number of leaf shapes from the colour cardstock.

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Use hot glue to attach the eyes on each side of the twig and the leaves on the outside of the paper towl or toilet paper roll with hot glue.

4. Now you're ready to play with your very own worm—one that grown-ups won't mind having in the house!