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11 Easy And Fun Bee Crafts For Kids: Recycled Crafts

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I’m always on the hunt for fun and easy crafts for my little girls, and these easy bee crafts for kids were a fun way to create something and make memories together. I have included 11 cute little bees to make with your kids. This list of crafts helps improve fine motor skills, such as strengthening the pincer grasp, improving finger and wrist coordination, developing graded control, and more. Fine motor practice is so important because the practice helps increase a child’s independence.

I hope you find a fun craft to do with your kids. May you have many opportunities to get outdoors, create something, and enjoy the sunshine.

11 Bee Crafts For Kids

1. Yarn Wrapped Bee With Recycled Cardboard

Two yarn-wrapped bees with big googly eyes and pipe cleaners and ribbons for wings are lying on a black chalkboard. The three bees are glued to a pink and white striped paper straw to make bee puppets.

This yarn-wrapped bee craft was so fun and simple to make. The simple craft provides a great way for kids to practice fine motor skills, such as strengthening pincer grasp, improving finger and wrist coordination, developing graded control, and more. This practice improves their independence by preparing them to button clothes, zip up their jacket, tie their shoes, and write legibly.

Get the full and easy tutorial: Yarn Wrapped Bee

2. Pom-Pom Bees Craft

On a black chalkboard, two completed DIY Pom Pom bees are resting on two pieces of recycled cardboard crafted into a DIY Pom Pom maker. The board also includes a pair of white scissors, yellow and black yarn and a small piece of light blue ribbon.

This Pom Pom Bee Craft for kids creates the cutest little bumble bees, and it fits perfectly in your child’s pocket or little purse. No fancy equipment is needed. I will even show you how to make a homemade DIY pom pom maker.

Get the Full Instructions: Pom Pom Bee Craft for Kids

3. Nature Craft Bees With Dandelions And Sticks

A bumble bee made from recycled cardboard, sticks, bark, and dandelions.

This is a quick invitation to create. And it made a lovely moment in the sunshine, exploring textures. gathering nature items, and arranging our nature finds into a cute honey bee. I cut a small circle from recycled cardboard to outline the bee’s body and to help my kids get started.

How to Make An Invitation to Create?

To make a simple Invitation to Create, gather a few supplies and lay them on the table. An Invitation to Create is not necessarily about the art product your child is making, it is about your child creating something beautiful and unique. And in this case, all was returned to nature or a compost pile.

4. Bumble Bee Bookmark For Kids With Watercolor Paints

Watercolor bee bookmark with puffy paint outline and recycled milk jug top to trace the outline of the bee on this simple bee craft for kids.

This cute bumble bee craft was so fun and versatile. I cut a piece of watercolor paper into thirds to create three bookmarks. We used a recycled cap from a milk jug to stamp black circles for the bee’s body. I drew the rest using black paint to make a darker outline. Allowed it to dry and the kids painted the bees using their watercolors. I do not recommend using puffy paint if using for a bookmark, I fear that it might bleed onto your pages if the book was to get left in the sun.

5. Tissue Paper Bee Craft With Recycled Book Pages For Wings

Recycled cardboard was reused to make a tissue paper honey bee with bright yellow and black tissue paper and recycled book pages for its wings.

This yellow and black tissue paper bee craft for kids was a fun way to use up old recycled tissue paper. I used all recycled materials including, black and yellow tissue paper, a circle cut from recycled cardboard, and a page from an old book. The only tool needed was a glue stick.

This fun craft was good for young children to strengthen their hands and fingers by tearing and to improve their dexterity by arranging the tiny pieces of tissue paper to make the bee’s stripes.

6. Toilet Paper Roll Bee Craft For Kids

Two bright yellow bumble bees crafted from toilet paper, construction paper, bread ties, googly eyes, and black yarn are sitting on a white table.

Empty toilet rolls never leave our house until they have been created into something new. We have crafted many bumble bees from recycled toilet paper rolls. All you need is yellow construction paper for the bee’s body and face, black yarn for the bee’s black stripes, and googly eyes, recycled black bread ties, and white construction paper or old book pages for the bee’s wings. We cut a gold crown from an old Christmas ribbon and tiny pink construction hearts for rosy cheeks.

7. Bumble Bee Sun Catcher: Paper Plate Bee Craft

A small paper plate with a bumble bee made of tissue paper and construction paper and black marker drawings for antennas, and a trail. This bee craft for kids has wings made from blue and silver glitter.

This easy bee sun catcher was made with a small paper plate, yellow tissue paper, black construction paper, blue and silver glitter, and contact paper.

Instructions to Make a Bee Sun Catcher:

  1. First, cut out the bee shape in the middle of the paper plate and press a piece of contact paper to cover the hole.
  2. Then, cut three stripes from black construction paper and press them into place.
  3. Next, tear small pieces of yellow tissue paper and press them into place.
  4. Finally, sprinkle glitter over the bee’s wings.

I added some fun details with a black marker and a piece of twine to hang in the window.

8. Bubblewrap Honeycomb Stamps

A small sheet of paper with yellow dots and splotches made from stamping with recycled bubble wrap in bright yellow paint in this bee craft for kids.

My kids love to paint, and we have made stamps out of almost everything. One of our packages came wrapped in bubble wrap, so we found a way to use it. I used non-toxic washable finger paint and gave each child a small square of bubble wrap. You could add letterings, quotes, or drawings. But my children are both toddlers, so we had fun just stamping. This would make a fun Valentine’s Day card with a lovely saying and pink hearts.

Check out our nature stamps HERE.

9. Mason Jar Ring Bee Sun Catcher

A bright yellow tissue paper and black yarn for the bee's stripes are arranged on the inside of a mason jar lid to make a cute bee craft for kids ornament.

This bee craft was easy and my toddlers really enjoyed it. To make this craft all you need is yellow tissue paper, black yarn, a small piece of ribbon, a mason jar ring, contact paper, and a small piece of string.

Instructions For Mason Jar Ring Bee Sun Catcher:

  1. First, tie the ribbon onto the ring for the wings and secure a small piece of string to hang your sun catcher.
  2. Then, cut a small piece of contact paper to fill the hole in the jar lid. Place small dots of glue around the inside of the lid to secure the contact paper.
  3. Next, have your child arrange the black yarn and yellow tissue paper to resemble the body of a bee. Press the materials into the contact paper.
  4. Then, use liquid glue to secure the black yarn antennas and stinger to the jar ring.

10. Recycled Egg Carton Bees Craft For Kids

A recycled egg carton fashioned into a bumble bee with bright yellow paint on its body, black yarn for the bee's stripes, heart-shaped pink construction paper wings, googly eyes, and recycled black bread ties fro antennas.

I love this little bumble bee. He was so fun to make. The little bumble bee is still on my mantel, looking all tossed and tumbled because my smallest child loves him greatly. All you need for this bee craft for kids is a cardboard egg carton, black yarn, yellow paint, construction paper for wings, a bread tie or pipe cleaner for antennas, and two googly eyes.

Instructions For Making An Egg Carton Bee: Bee Crafts For Kids:

  1. First, cut out two egg holders from a cardboard egg carton. Paint the egg cartons with bright yellow paint and allow them to dry.
  2. For this step, you may need to trim around the edges so the two pieces can be pressed together to make the bumble bee’s body. I secured the two pieces together with a few dots of hot glue.
  3. Then, make the bee’s stripes by wrapping black yarn around the bee’s body. Secure the ends of the yarn with a dot of glue.
  4. Next, cut out wings from construction paper, card stock, newspaper, or old book pages. I cut out a small heart for the wings. Glue the wings into place.
  5. Finally, cut a black bread tie (or black pipe cleaner) into two pieces for the bee’s antennas. Glue the antennas and eyes into place.

* Tip: If your kids plan on playing with the egg carton bees, I recommend using hot glue to secure all the bee’s features. If the bee is just for looks, then liquid glue will work perfectly.

11. Recycled Can Planter – Hand Print Bee Crafts For Kids

A recycled can planter painted white with a toddler handprint as the bee's body.

I love kids’ handprint crafts. They always melt my heart. All you need for this craft is a recycled can, preferably a large can (28 ounces), acrylic paint, and a precious little hand. Little kids will love painting the scenery and of course, getting messy with paint. Paint their hands and stamp their hands onto the can. Then, draw with black paint an outline of a bee and its features. Finally, allow the kids to add some fun details like flowers, grass, and a blue sky. Don’t forget to drill holes in the bottom of the can for your soil to drain.

More Crafts For Kids Using Recycled Materials:

How to Make a Reusable Sticker Book With Recycled Cardboard

dark blue, green and light blue acrylic paints at the upper corner with painted stained palette with two sponges dipped in blue and green paint, sheet of clear contact paper with backing intact, white scissors, cardboard square and ocean animal puffy stickers all laying on a white wooden surface

Get the Full Instructions HERE.

How to Make a Pine Cone Gnome

Gnome dressed as a gnome in the left corner with one pine cone dressed with purple and pink yarn beard with hickory nose being held by hand over white paper plate. The white plate plate holds white scissors and pink and purple scraps of yarn

Get the Full Instructions HERE.

How to Make Nature Paintbrushes And Stamps

three white paper plates filled with pink, greens, blues and yellow paint and rocks, acorn cups and hickory nut stamps and pine cone glued to a stick for a paint roller

Get the Full Instructions HERE.

Thanks for Stopping by!

Finally, I want to thank you for stopping by! I hope you enjoyed these adorable bee crafts for kids. Please say Hi in the comment section and let me know which fun bee craft was your favorite. What are some objects that you were able to repurpose rather than throw away? I just cannot throw away a cardboard box without first trying to give it another purpose.

– With Great Joy, Katie

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Nine images of simple bee crafts for kids using recycled materials such as recycled cans, top of milk jug, egg carton, paper plate, bubble wrap, tissue paper, and toilet paper roll.

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