How do you make a bee? Learn more about the bee’s life cycle and create a toilet paper roll bumble bee craft for a fun and colorful spring activity. This bumble bee craft is great for preschool and uses simple supplies. Look for the free bee coloring pages, too!
Bumble Bee Craft
Buzz into fun with this easy toilet paper roll bee craft! This hands-on activity is perfect for preschoolers and helps kids learn about bees while creating their buzzing bee friend! Grab the free bee coloring pages below and get started.
Supplies:
- Toilet Paper Roll
- Black, Yellow, and White Construction Paper
- Glue
- Googly Eyes
- Sharpie Marker
- Scissors or Paper Cutter
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How to Make a Toilet Paper Roll Bumble Bee
STEP 1. Begin by cutting a piece of paper ( black or yellow) the same width as your paper towel roll. Wrap the roll in the paper and secure with glue or tape.
STEP 2. Cut strips in the alternate color that you wrapped your body in. If you wrapped your roll in black, cut yellow strips. Glue or tape to toilet paper roll.
STEP 3. Cut out a yellow head and two small black antennas. Draw and cut out two sets of wings. Attach the antennas to the back of the yellow head and the wings to the toilet paper roll.
STEP 4. Using a googly eye and a Sharpie marker, create a face on the yellow head. Add the finished headpiece to the top of your toilet paper roll. You now have a cute bumble bee craft!
Free Bee Coloring Pages
Download the free bee coloring pages here!
Science Facts About Bees for Kids
Learn more about bees with this honey bee lapbook project or fold-out craft!
- Bees are flying insects, so they have six legs.
- Bees have five eyes: two large eyes on either side of their heads and three smaller, simple eyes on top of their heads. These eyes detect light, not shapes.
- There are over 20,000 different types of bees in the world, but only honeybees make honey.
- The honeybee is the only insect in the world that produces food eaten by people.
- Honeybees fly the equivalent of three times around the world in air miles to make one pound of honey.
- There are three types of honeybees in a hive: the queen, the workers, and the drones. A queen bee is the only female bee in the hive that will lay eggs. Worker bees are all female and males in the hive are called drones.
- Bees are amazing because they pollinate our plants.
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More Fun Bug Activities
Combine this fun bumble bee craft with other hands-on bug activities for a fun spring lesson in the classroom or at home. Click on the links below.
- Build an insect hotel.
- Explore the life cycle of the amazing honey bee.
- Learn about the ladybug life cycle.
- Dig into a ladybug sensory bin.
- Enjoy hands-on play with bug theme slime.
- Make a tissue paper butterfly craft.
- Make an edible butterfly life cycle.
- Make this simple ladybug craft.
- Make playdough bugs with printable playdough mats.
Bee Life Cycle and Unit Study Project Pack
Discover the amazing world of bees with this hands-on pack! It includes bee reading pages, bee worksheets, a bee hotel project, pollinator activities, bee life cycle crafts, and lapbook templates. Perfect for curious kids and nature lovers!
