I have tried several things to represent this plague over the years. I have tried cutting out brown construction paper ovals to represent locusts. I have used plastic cockroaches (yes, I actually found those in large batches. Yuck!). Last year I used some plastic buggy creatures that looked nothing like locusts. Of course, they looked nothing like any other bug, either, so they were an alright stand in.
This year I found some plastic buggy creatures that look a little more like locusts. Of course, the other half of the bag looked like brightly colored cockroaches, but I used them all nonetheless. I have spread them all over the great room. Maybe I'll go put out a couple of lettuce leaves just for the effect of eating the greenery :) Than again, maybe I won't. I must be getting tired because I didn't even put them in the drawers or the food. I just threw them all over the floors and the table. That's 8 plagues down and two more to go.
And tonight I threw away all the leavening I didn't figure we would eat before Thursday. The trash truck comes tomorrow so I figure I might as well get rid of it now if we're not going to eat it. We're down to 1 1/2 loaves of bread (easily disposed of in grilled cheese sandwiches tomorrow night) and various cookies. Yes, Passover is quickly approaching. HalleluYah!
It lookes like you are really having fun learning about the plagues. I looked on Oriental Trading Company's site and did a search for bugs and found two sets that might help with your locust. One is called small bugs. You get 4 dozen for $4.99 and it looks like several of them could substitute for locust. There is also the 96 Just Buggy Bugs for $11.99. It includes 12 butterflies, 12 ladybugs, 24 spiders and 48 other insects. 1" - 2" There are definatley some flies, beetles and grasshoppers in the assortment.
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Enjoy
E-bay has plenty of plastic grasshoppers. I just started searching for locusts myself and finally decided to go there and found different sizes. I decided that was my best choice for that plague. Using pingpong balls for hail. Since it's close to Halloween, I figure I can find some good looking boils. Haven't checked yet, don't know how expensive, but going to check.
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