Today we have a fantastic Bumble Bee craft to share. It's fun simple and easy to make with the little ones.
This is a Letter B Bee craft that is perfect for the spring and one of a few fantastic bee crafts for preschool kids available here on The Inspiration Edit.
I am sure you will enjoy this popsicle stick craft tutorial! It's super fun, easy, and simple to make.
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💖 Why You'll Love This Craft
- Buzzing with Texture: Uses soft pom-poms, bumpy pipe cleaners, and googly eyes—lots of fun sensory play!
- Bee-utiful Name Tags: Turn your bee into a name label for backpacks, cubbies, or lunchboxes.
- Happy Pollinator Talk: A fun way to introduce bees, flowers, and how they help the planet.
🎨 Supplies Needed
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🖌️ How To Make a Popsicle Stick Bee Craft
- Step 1: Glue 7 mini popsicle sticks together.
- Step 2: Paint the popsicle sticks yellow and allow them to dry completely.
- Step 3: Paint every other popsicle stick black and allow them to dry completely.
- Step 4: Clean a milk jug or use a water jug. Cut chunks of the flat areas of plastic out.
- Step 5: Draw a wing shape onto cardstock and cut out. Trace the wing shape onto the plastic and cut out. Repeat the steps above but with a smaller wing shape. Don’t forget to reverse the wing shape for the other side of the bee!
- Step 6: Cut a pipe cleaner into 4 pieces. Twirl the ends.
- Step 7: Glue the pipe cleaners onto the back of the bee.
- Step 8: Glue googly eyes on the top of your bee craft.
- Step 9: Glue the large wings onto the bee first followed by the smaller wings on top of the large wings
- Step 10: Draw a smile with black and red posca paint pens. Your bumble bee art and craft idea is finished!
This is such an adorable and simple craft. Great for preschool or kindergarten!
💡 Pro Tip: Turn finished bees into magnets or wall art for a buzz-worthy classroom display! Adding a magnet or string transforms the craft into a functional decoration, showcasing children's work proudly.
🧑🎨 Expert Tips
- Wing Texture: Use textured materials like lace or mesh fabric for the wings to add a tactile element, enhancing sensory exploration for preschoolers.
- Antennae Variation: Instead of pipe cleaners, try using flexible straws or yarn for the antennae to introduce different materials and fine motor challenges.
- Color Mixing Lesson: Incorporate a mini-lesson on color mixing by having children blend yellow and black paints to observe the resulting shades, linking art with science.
- Story Integration: Pair the craft with a bee-themed storybook, encouraging children to create their own narratives about their bumblebee's adventures.
- Name Tags: Attach a small name tag to each bee, allowing children to personalize their creations and fostering a sense of ownership.
- Display Ideas: Create a classroom "bee hive" display where each child's bee is part of a larger collective artwork, promoting community and collaboration.
💭 FAQs
Crafting bees introduces children early to roles like beekeepers, botanists, and farmers, connecting fun activities with real-world possibilities.
Children can invent adventurous tales about their crafted bees, boosting narrative thinking, creativity, and sequencing skills.
Buzzing, flying, and role-playing physical bee movements strengthens gross motor development while making the learning more dynamic.
Arranging stripes, counting legs, and organizing parts introduces children to basic math concepts like numbers, symmetry, and categorization.
Bumble Bee Craft Preschool Kids Will Love
Equipment
- Scissors
Materials
- Mini Popsicle Sticks
- Milk or Water Jug
- Black and Yellow Paint
- Black Marker
- Black and Red Paint Pen
- Paint Brush
- Glue
- Pipe Cleaners
- Googly Eyes
Instructions
- Glue 7 mini popsicle sticks together.
- Paint the popsicle sticks yellow and allow them to dry completely.
- Paint every other popsicle stick black and allow them to dry completely.
- Clean a milk jug or use a water jug. Cut chunks of the flat areas of plastic out.
- Draw a wing shape onto cardstock and cut out.
Trace the wing shape onto the plastic and cut out. Repeat the steps above but with smaller wing shape. - Don’t forget to reverse the wing shape for the other side of the bee!
- Cut a pipe cleaner into 4 pieces. Twirl the ends.
- Glue the pipe cleaners onto the back of the bee.
- Glue googly eyes on the top of your bee craft.
- Glue the large wings onto the bee first followed by the smaller wings on top of the large wings.
- Draw a smile with black and red posca paint pens.
- Your bumble bee art and craft idea are finished!
- This is such an adorable and simple craft. Great for preschool or kindergarten!
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