Monday, May 20th is International Bee Day. The little bee is so important to every living creature on this planet. Without the busy little bee, we would not have any food. It is important to teach our little artist why it is important to ‘bee’ kind to our little friends.

Today we are going to make three projects to celebrate the bee. First, we are going to design and paint a bee. Then we’ll build a beehive to learn where they live; and last, we’ll plant flowers to feed our bees.

Let’s have fun ‘painting’ pollen onto this bumble bee. Teach your little artist about how bees collect pollen from all the flowers, then return to their hives with it.

Bumble Bee Craft Project

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Supplies:

1. Card stock
2. Sponges
3. Small paper plate
4. Yellow paint

Directions:

1. Print bumble bee onto card stock.
2. Pour small amount of yellow paint onto paper plate.
3. Dip sponge into paint and sponge paint bumble bee.

After you have put pollen on your bee, it’s time to learn about where they take it. It is time to make and learn about the beehive.

Beehive Craft Project

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Supplies:

1. Copy of Beehive
2. Black ink pad
3. Black marker
4. Diaper wipes

Optional-Sponge paint Beehive

1. Sponge
2. Yellow paint
3. Small paper plate

Directions:

1. Print out beehive pattern.
2. Press thumb onto ink pad.
3. Press inked thumb onto beehive.
4. Repeat for every Bee you want to make.
5. Wipe off fingers with diaper wipes.

Optional-

1. Pour small amount of paint onto paper plate.
2. Dip sponge into paint.
3. Sponge paint beehive.

Now it is time to grow some plants to feed our Bees. We start our garden with this project every spring. It is fun to design new covers every year and watch the ‘crazy hair’ grow.

Pot Heads

Supplies:

1. Wrapper pattern
2. Faces pattern
3. Decorations- Stickers, Markers, Crayons or Bingo Daubers.
4. Scissors
5. Glue stick
6. 7 ounce plastic cups
7. Potting soil
8. Grass seeds

Directions:

1. Print off patterns.
2. Decorate wrappers any way you choose. Stickers, paint, or color.
3. Cup out wrappers.
4. Pick out a face and cut out.
5. Glue face to wrapper.
6. Glue wrapper onto cup.
7. Fill cups with dirt.
8. Plant seed
9. Watch them grow ‘hair’.

We hope your little artist enjoyed learning about our friend, the bee. We know if you make one or all of these projects, you will be saying, “You’re so creative!”