Toilet Roll Bumblebee Craft for Kids

Making Toilet Roll Ugly Bugs

This term in school (even though Elian isn’t actually IN school!) Elian’s class are studying minibeasts, and it just happens that this week is bumblebees! So we have been looking at the letter B, counting bees, watching some videos on bees pollinating and collecting honey, learning about their home and their life cycle and listening to his teacher, Miss Mac, read some bee related stories.

Last week you may have seen on our instagram stories we made a toilet roll bumblebee to join our collection of toilet roll ugly bugs. I will be blogging all our toilet roll crafts so keep your eyes peeled for our Ladybird, Butterfly, Caterpillar, Ant and Dragonfly crafts too. But for today its all about our toilet roll bumblebee, who is pretty blinking cute!

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What you will need to make your toilet roll bumblebee

How to make a toilet roll bumblebee

Get your little one to paint the toilet roll yellow and set aside to dry
Cut 2 strips of black felt long enough to fit around your toilet roll
Fold your card in half and cut out a pair of wings (hint; bumblebees have 2 pairs of wings so make them a double wing with a larger and smaller one)
Once your toilet roll is dry, glue on your stripes and your wings
Cut 2 equal lengths of pipe cleaner and using masking tape attach them to the inside of the toilet roll for your bumblebee antenna
Add a pair of goggly eyes and draw on a little smile
And there you have your cute little toilet roll bumblebee!

More bumblebee craft for kids

So if you loved creating this little toilet roll bumblebee maybe you’ve been inspired to make some more bumblebee crafts. There are lots of lovely easy crafts for kids out there, so here are a few more bumblebee craft ideas from some of my fellow bloggers.