Here's a bee your kids needn't flee: she happily hovers over a delightfully springy straw hat.
| Prep Time: About 2 to 3 hours | |
| What you need: | |
| Straw hat
Cardboard egg carton Acrylic paint Bubble packaging Glue Craft knife Pipe cleaner Pom-pom Googly eyes Gauge wire Duct tape Silk flowers | |
| Seasons: Easter, Spring, Summer | |
| Materials: egg cartons, straw hat | |
| Instructions: | |
| 1. | 
To make the bee's body, cut 2 cups from a cardboard egg
carton. Trim them and glue them together as shown, then coat them
with yellow acrylic paint. |
| 2. | 
For the wings, cut a 4-inch heart shape from a piece of
bubble packaging. Use a craft knife to make a slit in the top of
the bee's body, as shown, then tuck the tip of the heart into it,
adding a dab of glue to help keep it in place. To give the bee
her stripes, poke one end of a black pipe cleaner into the back
of the egg cup. Wrap the pipe cleaner around the body, gluing it
in place, then push the free end into the cup as well. |
| 3. |  Glue on a 1-inch yellow pom-pom head. For antennae, glue
K-inch black pom-poms to the ends of half a black pipe cleaner,
then wrap the pipe cleaner around the head, twisting the ends
together. Glue on googly eyes and a mini black pom-pom nose, then
add a black fabric paint smile. |
| 4. |  Finally, stick one end of a 12-inch piece of 18-gauge wire
into a straw hat (we got ours at Michaels). Twist the wire into a
spiral and flatten it against the inside of the hat, securing it
with duct tape, as shown. Poke the free end of the wire into the
bee and secure it with a dot of glue, then glue some silk flowers
onto the hat to keep the honeybee happy. |
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