Our latest art project tutorial for Valentine’s Day is simply BUZZ-WORTHY!!
This popsicle stick bee puppet is a fun and easy craft for kids using just a few supplies!
Bumble Bee Puppet Craft
Are you looking for a fun and creative way to engage your kids with an educational activity? Look no further than this adorable popsicle stick bee puppet craft idea!
This creative craft project offers endless possibilities as it allows children to use their imaginations while creating a bee puppet that’s just right. Perfect for both parents and teachers alike, this bee puppet art project idea is not only easy to make but provides an entertaining way to help build motor skills and imaginative play.
Plus, using just a few inexpensive supplies such as paper heart doilies, school glue, paint, cardstock paper and of course wood popsicle sticks, makes it a craft that won’t consume too much budget or time.
So don’t delay it any longer! Go ahead and grab your crafting supplies and let’s get started making this charming little bee friend today! Find everything you need to know, in the full tutorial below! Happy crafting, my friends!
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Looking for a fun and easy craft project to do with your child? Try this popsicle stick bee puppet! It’s great for preschoolers through elementary students.
Craft Supplies:
- Jumbo Popsicle Sticks
- Mini Popsicle Sticks
- Mini Clothespins
- Low Temp Glue Gun
- Yellow Craft Paint
- Black Craft Paint
- Small Paper Plate
- Small Paint Brushes
- Small Craft Foam Hearts
- Black Cardstock Paper
- Basic Paper Scissors
- White Paper Heart Doilies
- Small Googly Eyes
Directions:
- First things first – get the glue gun hot and ready!
- Assemble the base of your bee friend by gluing the jumbo popsicle sticks and mini popsicle sticks together. Start off by laying the TWO jumbo popsicle sticks next to each other and on top of the pair, start gluing the 13 mini popsicle sticks ONTO the jumbo ones, to create a fence. See our picture above for an example.
- Set aside to let it dry completely.
- Repeat the gluing step for each valentine bee friend you want to make today.
- When dry enough, go ahead and squirt both shades of craft paint on the paper plate.
- One by one, take a paint brush and alternate yellow & black stripes on the front of the popsicle stick piece, until it’s completely covered {use the lines of the mini sticks to guide you with the pattern.}
- Go ahead and also paint one side of your TWO mini clothespins with the black craft paint, as well.
- Set all the painted pieces aside.
- Now grab your black cardstock paper and scissors.
- Cut out a half circular head with antennas, as well as a triangle stringer for the bee.
- Go ahead and now glue googly eyes in place on the head piece.
- Now go ahead and glue ALL the black paper pieces to the painted popsicle stick shape from earlier. The head towards the top and the stringer cutout on the bottom.
- This next step is CRUCIAL. Take your TWO painted mini clothespins and pinch them around the heart shape, to give the look like it’s hands/arms are holding it.
- To finish off the Popsicle Stick Heart Holding Bee craft, hot glue the combined piece you just made, to the center of the painted popsicle stick shape.
- Follow that up by hot gluing TWO paper heart doilies to the back of the bee piece to create it’s wings.
- Add any other embellishments you see fit {maybe a small bow or a little bit of glitter!}
- Then let it dry completely before displaying proudly!!!
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At Glued To My Crafts we strive to have the BEST craft tutorials on the internet! I, Stacey, am really proud of every post I hit publish on. I really do want to live up to our name and get you GLUED to our ideas.
So on that note, if you really enjoyed today’s popsicle stick valentine bee tutorial and want to expand on the theme, be sure to also check out our Popsicle Stick Monkey, Gnome Love Bug  and Handprint LOVE Keepsake posts to see what I’m talking about.
All three of these posts are super unique to us and I just know you are going to love pairing them with today’s popsicle stick bumble bee craft idea!
