Bug Birthday Party

By Amanda Kingloff and Taryn Mohrman
April 27, 2014
This party celebrates a child's love of insects -- without a sting to the wallet.
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Bug Hunt

Credit: Francis Janisch

Buy bugs in bulk and place them around your yard or family room for the kids to hunt. Plastic magnifying glasses will get kids excited to seek out and examine their specimens.

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Bug Bottle

Credit: Francis Janisch

Kids can add moss, sticks, and grass to a recycled plastic jar to make a take-home habitat for the interesting insects they find.

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Grass Table Skirt

Credit: Francis Janisch

Weave a tablecloth out of different shades of cheap crepe paper streamers and attach fake bugs with glue.

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Caterpillar Cake

Credit: Francis Janisch

A standard fluted Bundt pan and a box of cake mix is the secret to this fantastically creepy dessert.

Originally published in the May 2011 issue of Parents magazine.

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Caterpillar Crawl Birthday Cake

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Inchworm Cupcakes

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