3 Easy Bee Crafts

Make these easy bee crafts in a flash with your kids. It is cute, super easy and fun to make too!

Layered Paper Bee

You will need:

• FREE Bee Template (or use your own)
• Sturdy cardboard in yellow, black and blue
• Googly eyes
• Chenille stems/pipecleaners
• Marker pen
• Carbon paper

What to do:

Print the template, A4 or larger if you want to display the bee on your classroom wall. Use carbon paper and trace the individual parts onto the coloured paper. Start with the yellow for the body and head, next do the stripes and lastly the wings. Trace a bit of an overlap onto the wings, as the wings will be glued to the back of the body.

Cut the parts out, layer the stripes over the body and glue. Glue the wings behind the body. Use a white pencil and give the wings a bit of shading. Finish the bee by adding googly eyes, bend the chenille stems to form the antennae and draw a smile on the face.

To make the queen bee, trace the body and wings slightly larger than the template and add a crown.

Door Sign

You will need:

• 9 Craft sticks
• Yellow and black paint
• String
• Yellow cardboard
• Googly eyes
• Chenille stem
• Cut-out letters

What to do:

Paint the craft sticks, 4 in yellow and 5 in black. Glue together by laying 7 of the craft sticks next to each other in alternate colours. Glue the remaining 2 craft sticks vertically onto the horizontal sticks with a piece of string in between.

Cut a circle out of the yellow cardboard, glue the eyes and chenille stem. Glue the circle to the back of the sign so the eyes just peep out.

Finish the sign by adding a message of your choice.

Bookmark

You will need:

• Corrugated cardboard in yellow and black
• Yellow cardboard
• Googly eyes
• Chenille stem

What to do:

Cut a strip of about 5cm x 22cm out of the black, checking that the lines run horizontal. Cut thinner stripes in the yellow, also with the lines running horizontally.. Glue the thinner yellow stripes onto the black. Cut a circle out of the yellow cardboard, glue the eyes and antennae. Draw a smiley face. Glue the face on the front side of the strip and cut the bottom in a triangular shape.

3 easy, but oh so cute bee crafts your kids will enjoy making with you! Also see this Parts of an Insect craftivity!