{"id":24935,"date":"2023-07-26T14:44:05","date_gmt":"2023-07-26T14:44:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/cartmill\/?p=24935"},"modified":"2023-07-26T14:44:05","modified_gmt":"2023-07-26T14:44:05","slug":"making-our-own-wasps-and-their-nests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/cartmill\/2023\/07\/26\/making-our-own-wasps-and-their-nests\/","title":{"rendered":"Making our own wasps and their nests\u2026."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After exploring our real wasps nest last week we have now created our own nests. We made our very own paper mache nests.<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/cartmill\/uploads\/sites\/13750\/2023\/07\/26125205\/1500EC1D-2CAA-41D2-82A6-1A6E4DD6AFA0.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"24936\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/cartmill\/2023\/07\/26\/making-our-own-wasps-and-their-nests\/1500ec1d-2caa-41d2-82a6-1a6e4dd6afa0\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/cartmill\/uploads\/sites\/13750\/2023\/07\/26125205\/1500EC1D-2CAA-41D2-82A6-1A6E4DD6AFA0.jpeg\" data-orig-size=\"1260,945\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"1500EC1D-2CAA-41D2-82A6-1A6E4DD6AFA0\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/cartmill\/uploads\/sites\/13750\/2023\/07\/26125205\/1500EC1D-2CAA-41D2-82A6-1A6E4DD6AFA0-300x225.jpeg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/cartmill\/uploads\/sites\/13750\/2023\/07\/26125205\/1500EC1D-2CAA-41D2-82A6-1A6E4DD6AFA0-1024x768.jpeg\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-24936\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/cartmill\/uploads\/sites\/13750\/2023\/07\/26125205\/1500EC1D-2CAA-41D2-82A6-1A6E4DD6AFA0-300x225.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/cartmill\/uploads\/sites\/13750\/2023\/07\/26125205\/1500EC1D-2CAA-41D2-82A6-1A6E4DD6AFA0-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/cartmill\/uploads\/sites\/13750\/2023\/07\/26125205\/1500EC1D-2CAA-41D2-82A6-1A6E4DD6AFA0-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/cartmill\/uploads\/sites\/13750\/2023\/07\/26125205\/1500EC1D-2CAA-41D2-82A6-1A6E4DD6AFA0-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/cartmill\/uploads\/sites\/13750\/2023\/07\/26125205\/1500EC1D-2CAA-41D2-82A6-1A6E4DD6AFA0.jpeg 1260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We blew up our ballon\u2019s and used glue and old newspapers to stick all around the balloon. We got quite sticky !<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/cartmill\/uploads\/sites\/13750\/2023\/07\/26125527\/12A258B4-F815-42D3-BEBD-5BC6B37891D4.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"24937\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/cartmill\/2023\/07\/26\/making-our-own-wasps-and-their-nests\/12a258b4-f815-42d3-bebd-5bc6b37891d4\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/cartmill\/uploads\/sites\/13750\/2023\/07\/26125527\/12A258B4-F815-42D3-BEBD-5BC6B37891D4.jpeg\" data-orig-size=\"1260,945\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"12A258B4-F815-42D3-BEBD-5BC6B37891D4\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/cartmill\/uploads\/sites\/13750\/2023\/07\/26125527\/12A258B4-F815-42D3-BEBD-5BC6B37891D4-300x225.jpeg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/cartmill\/uploads\/sites\/13750\/2023\/07\/26125527\/12A258B4-F815-42D3-BEBD-5BC6B37891D4-1024x768.jpeg\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-24937\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/cartmill\/uploads\/sites\/13750\/2023\/07\/26125527\/12A258B4-F815-42D3-BEBD-5BC6B37891D4-300x225.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/cartmill\/uploads\/sites\/13750\/2023\/07\/26125527\/12A258B4-F815-42D3-BEBD-5BC6B37891D4-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/cartmill\/uploads\/sites\/13750\/2023\/07\/26125527\/12A258B4-F815-42D3-BEBD-5BC6B37891D4-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/cartmill\/uploads\/sites\/13750\/2023\/07\/26125527\/12A258B4-F815-42D3-BEBD-5BC6B37891D4-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/cartmill\/uploads\/sites\/13750\/2023\/07\/26125527\/12A258B4-F815-42D3-BEBD-5BC6B37891D4.jpeg 1260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nWe had to let them dry overnight and then did it all again to make them really hard. The boys and girls then gave them a coat of yellow or black paint. \u201c Mine looks like a wasp\u201d.<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/cartmill\/uploads\/sites\/13750\/2023\/07\/26133709\/6EF6287D-4F00-4BA1-B7DB-EA9F3FBCFE1F.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"24938\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/cartmill\/2023\/07\/26\/making-our-own-wasps-and-their-nests\/6ef6287d-4f00-4ba1-b7db-ea9f3fbcfe1f\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/cartmill\/uploads\/sites\/13750\/2023\/07\/26133709\/6EF6287D-4F00-4BA1-B7DB-EA9F3FBCFE1F.jpeg\" data-orig-size=\"1260,1260\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"6EF6287D-4F00-4BA1-B7DB-EA9F3FBCFE1F\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/cartmill\/uploads\/sites\/13750\/2023\/07\/26133709\/6EF6287D-4F00-4BA1-B7DB-EA9F3FBCFE1F-300x300.jpeg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/cartmill\/uploads\/sites\/13750\/2023\/07\/26133709\/6EF6287D-4F00-4BA1-B7DB-EA9F3FBCFE1F-1024x1024.jpeg\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-24938\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/cartmill\/uploads\/sites\/13750\/2023\/07\/26133709\/6EF6287D-4F00-4BA1-B7DB-EA9F3FBCFE1F-300x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/cartmill\/uploads\/sites\/13750\/2023\/07\/26133709\/6EF6287D-4F00-4BA1-B7DB-EA9F3FBCFE1F-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/cartmill\/uploads\/sites\/13750\/2023\/07\/26133709\/6EF6287D-4F00-4BA1-B7DB-EA9F3FBCFE1F-1024x1024.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/cartmill\/uploads\/sites\/13750\/2023\/07\/26133709\/6EF6287D-4F00-4BA1-B7DB-EA9F3FBCFE1F-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/cartmill\/uploads\/sites\/13750\/2023\/07\/26133709\/6EF6287D-4F00-4BA1-B7DB-EA9F3FBCFE1F-768x768.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/cartmill\/uploads\/sites\/13750\/2023\/07\/26133709\/6EF6287D-4F00-4BA1-B7DB-EA9F3FBCFE1F.jpeg 1260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The children were able to self select their own resources to \u00a0add to their nest after painting them. My nest is going to be very yellow. We also found some textured paper which looks like the little holes that the wasps climb in and out of. The nests are looking really great now. Well done.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/cartmill\/uploads\/sites\/13750\/2023\/07\/26134030\/3C1643EC-4221-4AD5-8E94-E5AEAB12E277.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"24939\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/cartmill\/2023\/07\/26\/making-our-own-wasps-and-their-nests\/3c1643ec-4221-4ad5-8e94-e5aeab12e277\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/cartmill\/uploads\/sites\/13750\/2023\/07\/26134030\/3C1643EC-4221-4AD5-8E94-E5AEAB12E277.jpeg\" data-orig-size=\"840,1260\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"3C1643EC-4221-4AD5-8E94-E5AEAB12E277\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/cartmill\/uploads\/sites\/13750\/2023\/07\/26134030\/3C1643EC-4221-4AD5-8E94-E5AEAB12E277-200x300.jpeg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/cartmill\/uploads\/sites\/13750\/2023\/07\/26134030\/3C1643EC-4221-4AD5-8E94-E5AEAB12E277-683x1024.jpeg\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-24939\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/cartmill\/uploads\/sites\/13750\/2023\/07\/26134030\/3C1643EC-4221-4AD5-8E94-E5AEAB12E277-200x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/cartmill\/uploads\/sites\/13750\/2023\/07\/26134030\/3C1643EC-4221-4AD5-8E94-E5AEAB12E277-200x300.jpeg 200w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/cartmill\/uploads\/sites\/13750\/2023\/07\/26134030\/3C1643EC-4221-4AD5-8E94-E5AEAB12E277-683x1024.jpeg 683w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/cartmill\/uploads\/sites\/13750\/2023\/07\/26134030\/3C1643EC-4221-4AD5-8E94-E5AEAB12E277-768x1152.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/cartmill\/uploads\/sites\/13750\/2023\/07\/26134030\/3C1643EC-4221-4AD5-8E94-E5AEAB12E277.jpeg 840w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Everyone had so much fun making their own flying wasps. We had to measure , fold , colour and cut the paper then add a paper clip to help it fly . The children worked out that if you stood a bit higher up the wasps would fly better , but we had to be careful so we didn\u2019t wobble and fall off !.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/cartmill\/uploads\/sites\/13750\/2023\/07\/26134400\/305534A1-75C7-4D47-BF19-540C90C6C969.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"24940\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/cartmill\/2023\/07\/26\/making-our-own-wasps-and-their-nests\/305534a1-75c7-4d47-bf19-540c90c6c969\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/cartmill\/uploads\/sites\/13750\/2023\/07\/26134400\/305534A1-75C7-4D47-BF19-540C90C6C969.jpeg\" data-orig-size=\"840,1260\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"305534A1-75C7-4D47-BF19-540C90C6C969\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/cartmill\/uploads\/sites\/13750\/2023\/07\/26134400\/305534A1-75C7-4D47-BF19-540C90C6C969-200x300.jpeg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/cartmill\/uploads\/sites\/13750\/2023\/07\/26134400\/305534A1-75C7-4D47-BF19-540C90C6C969-683x1024.jpeg\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-24940\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/cartmill\/uploads\/sites\/13750\/2023\/07\/26134400\/305534A1-75C7-4D47-BF19-540C90C6C969-200x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/cartmill\/uploads\/sites\/13750\/2023\/07\/26134400\/305534A1-75C7-4D47-BF19-540C90C6C969-200x300.jpeg 200w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/cartmill\/uploads\/sites\/13750\/2023\/07\/26134400\/305534A1-75C7-4D47-BF19-540C90C6C969-683x1024.jpeg 683w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/cartmill\/uploads\/sites\/13750\/2023\/07\/26134400\/305534A1-75C7-4D47-BF19-540C90C6C969-768x1152.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/cartmill\/uploads\/sites\/13750\/2023\/07\/26134400\/305534A1-75C7-4D47-BF19-540C90C6C969.jpeg 840w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>After all that hard work we had a try at directing our bee bot \ud83d\udc1d wasp. We went forwards, backwards we had a practice with right and left . Some of our \ud83d\udc1d wasps even manage to go down a ramp. Who knew that wasps could be so much fun .<\/p>\n<p>Article 13- \u00a0You have the right to find out things and share what you think with others.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After exploring our real wasps nest last week we have now created our own nests. We made our very own paper mache nests. We blew up our ballon\u2019s and used glue and old newspapers to stick all around the balloon. We got quite sticky ! We had to let them dry overnight and then did &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/cartmill\/2023\/07\/26\/making-our-own-wasps-and-their-nests\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Making our own wasps and their nests\u2026.<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":34238,"featured_media":24941,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[446891,2508,5556],"tags":[447224,447228],"class_list":["post-24935","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-digital-technology","category-expressive-arts","category-outdoor-learning","tag-wasps","tag-wasps-nests"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/cartmill\/uploads\/sites\/13750\/2023\/07\/26135050\/3B53041D-B949-4E86-93CB-062FFD9E8349.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/cartmill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24935","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/cartmill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/cartmill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/cartmill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/34238"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/cartmill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24935"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/cartmill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24935\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24944,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/cartmill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24935\/revisions\/24944"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/cartmill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24941"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/cartmill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24935"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/cartmill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24935"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/cartmill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24935"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}