Kids Craft – Bumble Bee

This kids craft tutorial shows you how to make a Bumble Bee out of a paper cup. The perfect toddler craft for home or school. This little bumble bee is very adorable and can be used a puppet or decoration.

Check out these Children’s books about Bumble bees for extending this lesson or craft acitivity.

Supplies:

Black, Yellow, Red and White Cardstock or Construction Paper

Black and Yellow Cups

Glue

Scissors

Black Marker

Instructions:

Download and print

Cut the template out and set aside.

Cut a black cup straight up the middle. (refer to the photo)

Cut the bottom from the cup.

Cut strips from the cup. (refer to the photo)

Glue the strips onto a yellow cup. (refer to the photo) Allow the glue to dry completely.

Trace the template onto cardstock or construction paper and cut out.

Glue the black part of the head onto the yellow part of the head and then use scissors to trim off any excess paper.

Cut 2 circles from white cardstock and 2 smaller circles from black cardstock. Glue together.

Cut a small circle from red paper.

Cut 2 small black strips from black paper and 2 tiny black circles. Glue the circle at the top of each strip.

Glue the eyes, nose and antantee onto the bee’s head.

Use a black marker to add a smile to the bee’s face.

Glue the bee’s head onto the cup.

Glue the smaller and larger pieces of the wings together.

Glue the wings onto each side of the cup.

Your paper cup bees are finished!

This makes a wonderful classroom craft project. It’s inexpensive and easy!

After talking about the pirate themed chalk obstacle course the other day, I got to thinking about other easy, low prep games and activities you can do with kids outside. A lot of these are ideas I found on Pinterest that don’t link to blogs anymore if they ever did, but often that’s all the detail you need to figure out what’s going on.

First, a couple from blogs that are still alive. If you have a lot of trees in your yard or in your park, you probably also have a lot of sticks, so you can pretty easily do this stick maze activity from Mother Natured. Build the maze yourself or have one child build if for another. Either way it’s lots of fun and you can keep it built to use as a labyrinth or for pretend play.

If it’s hot where you live you might want outdoor activities that involve water like this fill the bucket relay game. The only thing you might not have at home is giant sponges, but this is still pretty low prep, inexpensive and lots of fun if you have two or more kids to play. Check out how to do it from The Resourceful Mama. And check out my post all about ice and water sensory activities for more ideas to beat the heat.

Make some x’s and o’s or use something you already have to be your game pieces (you can also just draw them on paper plates for a super fast version) and make a large tic tac toe board on the sidewalk. The bonus of reusable game pieces is kids can play with the same grid over and over, which is great if you don’t have a ton of space.

I also love the idea of drawing a big bullseye on the sidewalk or driveway and using beanbags or sponges to try to hit the target. If you have hula hoops you can also set them in a grassy area and have kids try to hit them.

Check out more fun outdoor games for kids from The Printable Princess. These are more for big groups of kids, but if you’ve got a classroom full these are good ones to have on hand for getting some energy out.

Do you have favorite outdoor games for kids to play when it’s hot? I’d love to hear about them!

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