Look at this Bee to help your students learn about the letter B! Bee crafts will fit right into an insect theme, help make your life one day easier, and make your kids happy! It can also be used as a puppet when you sing the song “I’m Bringing Home A Baby Bumble Bee” to help them understand the sounds bees make! It also lets the child know that a bee can sting you and when it does, it hurts.
Skills
Types of skills can include math, science, fine motor, dramatic play, social and emotional. Here is how this sheep applies these skills:
Math
Add in math concepts by having the child count the total number of stripes are on their bee. You can also teach the child A:B Pattern. You can also have the child name the shapes on the bee.
Science
If you have other crafts with your child, have them classify the bee along with the other crafts. For example, bees fall under insects, where cows are classified as animals.
You can also explain how bees pollenate flowers to help create fruits and vegetables!
Fine Motor Skills
Your child will learn how to use scissors to cut the bee’s wings, stripes, and antennas.
Your child will use their pincer grasp to pick up the strip and glue onto the bee. If you use googly eyes or sticker eyes, this will also allow them to improve their pincer grasp skills. To increase fine motor skills, you can have the child draw in the stripes.
Dramatic Play and Social/Emotional
Children can use this bee when singing the song “I’m Bringing Home A Baby Bumble Bee,” and pretend to be a bee buzzing around pretending to be busy.
Boundaries
Make sure you supervise your child when using scissors and other sharp items.
Materials
You will use black and yellow construction paper, scissors, markers, googly eyes and glue
Steps
First, find yourself a letter “B” template. Trace the letter “B” onto a yellow construction paper and cut it out
Next, give the child a black construction paper. Depending on the child’s cutting skills, have the child cut several thin strips of black construction paper for the stripes and antennas and set aside. Using a black construction paper, have the child cut out a heart to represent the wings. If the child does not have the necessary cutting skills, either guide them or cut the stripes for them.
Then have the child glue the two stripes on the upper back side of the letter “B” to represent the antennas. Make sure the antennas are showing when you flip it to the front side. You should be able to see the letter “V”.
Do the same for the wing, making sure to glue the pointy tip of the wings to the middle back end of the letter “B”
Finally, have the child glue the black strips of construction paper on the letter “B” making sure to leave a space in between each strip to create a bee. Don’t forget to draw or glue the eyes on.
Modifications
You can use googly eyes or sticker eyes instead of having the child draw them.
Addtionally, you can trace the letter B onto a white construction paper and have the child color or paint it yellow.
Next, you can replace black construction paper with black tissue paper, and have the child use their pincer grasp to crumble the paper and glue it onto the letter “B” to create stripes. Or you can draw and/or color in the black stripes using a marker instead of using the black construction paper which can increase their fine motor skills.
Be creative and make your bee any color you like! Decorate your bee with your favorite color for the stripes.
Buzzzz! It’s going to be a busy day!
Bee crafts will help your kids buzz about the world and learn about how important bees are in producing the food we eat every day. Make sure buzz around with your kids!