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Easy Flying Honey Bee Craft (with Moving Wings)

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Flying Honey Bee Craft

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Follow along and create this fun flying honey bee paper craft. Perfect for young kids. Inexpensive.

  • 1 Sheet Yellow Paper
  • 1 Sheet White Paper
  • 1 Sheet Black Paper
  • Fishing Line
  • 2 Black Pipe Cleaners
  • 2 Googly Eyes
  • Jute String
  • Glue (for Paper)
  • 1 Popsicle Stick
  1. Cut out a simple bee-shaped head and body with yellow paper and wings from the white sheet of paper.


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  2. Cut out stripes from the black sheet of paper as shown here and then glue them on the bee body.


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  3. Draw a smiley face and glue the googly eyes onto the head of the bee.


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  4. Cut the pipe cleaner into two pieces, each about 2 to 3 inches long. Glue it on the blank side of the bee's head.


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  5. Create a small hole on each side of the body as well in the base of the wing where it attaches to the bee body.


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  6. Take the jute string, tie a knot on one end. Thread the string from front to back through the bee body hole and then the wing hole. Tie a knot at the back and cut left over string. Repeat on other side with other wing.


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  7. Poke another hole in each wing below the existing hole. Take another piece of jute string and loop through both wings.


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  8. Tie the string in a knot to secure both wings together.


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  9. Glue the popsicle stick to the back of the paper.


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  10. Take a 10 inch piece of fishing line and tie it around the jute string at the back.


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  11. While holding the popisicle stick, gently tug on the fishing line to move the wings.


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You can adapt this craft for any flying insect or birds.

Kids hone their tracing, cutting and gluing skills.

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