Make a Bee

Make a Bee

Materials Needed

  • yellow tissue paper
  • sandwich baggies
  • clear tape
  • black chenilles (pipe cleaners) cut in half (one half per child)
  • yellow construction paper circles (trace around the top of an 8ozĀ paper cup) & yellow triangles
  • plastic (from clear report covers or left over lamination film) cutĀ into wing shapes (2 per child)
  • black permanent markers

Background Information

Bees wear bright warning colors. Birds know not to bother bees. SoĀ should children!

Preparation

Put yellow tissue paper squares out into a center and ask theĀ children to tear it into smaller pieces. It takes quite a bit of tornĀ tissue so tearing might be a several day center choice.

Doing the Activity

Give each child a baggie. Have the children stuff the baggies withĀ the tissue. Really fill the bags. Then ask the children to fold downĀ the baggies corners and tape them down. Use black marker toĀ draw stripes on the bag. Use a yellow circle to add a head. DrawĀ on a face. Fold black chenille in half and tape it to the back ofĀ the head. Now help the children to tape (or staple) the head toĀ the baggie. Each child decorates two wings with the blackĀ marker and tapes or staples these to the bee. Add a triangleĀ stinger.

They now have a festive bee to fly across the classroom windows.Ā If your site has a garden, take the children out to observe the beesĀ nectaring and collecting pollen

They collect pollen in sacks on their knees. The children can touchĀ a flower with a q-tip and collect some pollen.

In fall there are aggressive wasps that are bee-like so avoid checking out bees during that time of the year.

Activities provided by:

Fontenelle Forest
1111 N. Bellevue Blvd.
Bellevue, NE 68005
www.fontenelleforest.org

2015

Age:
_ 0-1
_ 1-2
_ 2-3
āœ“ 3-4
āœ“ 4-5
āœ“ 5-6

Category: Group Activities

Iowa Early Learning Standards:
8.2, 13.1, 13.3, 14.3

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