How to Build a Cub Scouting Bug Sucker

Equipment Needed
A drill
Scissors
Exacto knife
Pens or pencils

Materials Needed

1 water bottle with cap
Small piece of screen (big enough to be banded to tubing and not let bugs through)
Length of surgical tubing (1 foot long, cut in 2 pieces
Rubber band
Sticker
Bugs

Directions
Adults will need to do the first two steps in any order.

  1. Cut the spout part of the drink cap off using an Exacto knife.
  2. Drill a hole in the bottom of the bottle large enough to handle the tubing.
  3. Place one piece of tubing securely through the end of the water bottle so about 1 inch is inside the bottle.
  4. Put the other piece of tubing through the cap of the water bottle with about 2 inches toward the inside of the bottle.
  5. Rubberband the small piece of screen to the end of the tube being placed inside the bottle on the cap end.
  6. Put cap on water bottle.
  7. Put Cub Scouts name on sticker.
  8. Put sticker on side of bottle.
  9. Start looking for bugs and suck them up using the straw near the cap so you can watch the bugs and not have them for dinner.
  10. ENJOY, Have Fun, and Good Luck!