Art Activity For Kids – Bees & Beehive

A fun and educational craft activity for your child!

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Age Range – 3 – 4 years

Primary Skills – Fine motor skills, sensorial skills

Materials:

• White chart paper/plain paper
• Brown coloured paper (optional)
• Bubble wrap
• Scissors
• Glue
• Yellow and brown paints
• Paintbrush
• Black markers/sketch pen

Instructions:

• On the sheet of white paper, draw a large-ish outline of a beehive (see images for reference).
• Then, cut out a similar outline of a beehive from the bubble wrap (see image below for reference). Don’t worry it doesn’t have to be a perfect cut!
• Next, help your child paint the bubbly side of the bubble wrap with yellow paint, and quickly press it inside the beehive outline on the white paper. Let dry.

• Then, either cut out a little door from brown coloured paper or from plain paper which, your child can then paint brown. Alternately, your child can paint the brown door directly onto the paper.

• Next, take out a darker shade of yellow paint (darker than the beehive) in a container. Help your child dip his finger in the paint and press it quickly several times around the beehive on the paper. Let the paint dry.
• Lastly, take a marker or some black paint, and draw lines across the bees’ bodies, wings, heads, and a sting on the yellow fingerprints to make honeybees (see image for reference).

The bees and beehive are ready! Don’t they look so summery and bright?