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Let’s make a honeycomb using bubble wrap today

Honeycomb

Paint a piece of bubble wrap

Place the painted surface down on a piece of paper

Paint your thumb and stamp all over as the bees

Paint the wings and draw lines on the bees.

Now comes the fun part. Mix some paint with PVA glue.

Drip the mixture onto the honeycomb

Hold the paper up and see the paint mixture flow creating honey in the honeycomb

Optional : I cut some ovals out of yellow foam and get the kids to paste them onto the honeycomb. Paste plastic wings too.

We did an egg carton bee today

Egg carton bee

Paint the egg carton yellow

Paint stripes on it

Glue wings onto the bee

Bend a pipe cleaner (chenille stick) and glue on the head

Paste the eyes and the bee is done

Craft sticks can be used to make beautiful decorative items. Today, let’s make an insect garden

Craft Stick Insect Garden

- You’ll need 8 craft sticks.

– Arrange them as shown above and glue to keep them in place.

Refer here for the ladybug instructions and here for the bee instructions.

- Cut some grass out of green felt and paste them all onto the craft sticks.

– Your masterpiece will definitely cheer up any dull looking wall

We can make an interesting bee bookmark using a craft stick.

Craft stick bee bookmark

- Draw a circle on a yellow craft foam and cut

- Draw and cut another circle out of a black craft foam this time

- Paint a craft stick yellow

- Cut the black circle into half, paste as wings.
- Cut some tiny strips out of black craft foams and paste on the bee.
- Paste the craft stick at the back.

Your cute craft stick bee bookmark is all done

Buzz.. Buzz.. Let’s make a bee out of a toilet paper roll today

Toilet Paper Roll Bee

Paint the toilet paper roll yellow

Let it dry

Cut three strips out of black sugar paper

Paste the strips onto the toilet paper roll

Paint your pointer white

Stamp your fingerprint on the toilet roll as the eyes

Cut a pair of wings out of a white paper and bend a white pipe cleaner.
Paste onto the toilet paper roll and use marker to draw the necessary

It’s been sometime since we last did a footprint art. Today, inspired by Handprint and Footprint Arts, let’s do a footprint bee

Footprint Bee

Paint your foot yellow. Unlike when he was younger, my boy finds it rather ticklish these days

Stamp your painted foot onto a piece of paper.

Help your little one paint three black lines across the footprint.

Paint your finger tip white.

Print your fingertip on the bee as the eyes.

The almost completed footprint bee.

Help the little one paint the eye balls, wings and all and the bee is done

Foam Bee Fridge Magnet / Note Holder

You'll need to use your imagination and cut out the shapes of your Bee out of coloured foams.

Glue them all together layer after layer and let dry. Your fridge magnet cum note holder is done

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