Plant Pot Bee Craft
This cute plant pot bee craft is adorably simple to make. With a few mini pots, acrylic paint and craft scraps, you can create these darling bees!
Active Time30 minutes mins
Total Time30 minutes mins
Yield: 2
Author: Heather Painchaud
Cost: $5
- Dollar Store Terracotta Clay Pots – 2.5” and 1.5” in diameter
- Acrylic Paint – Yellow Black, Pink
- Craft Foam Black
- Googly Eyes Four
- Pom Poms Black Tinsel, Four
- Chenille Stem Black, One
- Small White Paper Doilies Two
- Glue Gun and Glue Sticks
- Scissors
- Paintbrush
- Pencil with New Eraser
1. Gather all materials and then remove the packaging and labels.
2. Basecoat both clay pots with yellow acrylic craft paint. Let the paint dry and then apply a second coat, if necessary.
3. Paint horizontal stripes with black paint from the top to the bottom of each clay pot. Set aside to dry. Apply a second coat, if necessary.
4. Cut a larger and smaller half circle from black craft foam. Attach two wiggle eyes to each Bee head with a glue gun and glue sticks.
5. Add polka dot cheeks by dipping a new pencil eraser into pink acrylic craft paint. Set aside to dry.
6. Use the glue gun to attach Bee heads to bases of clay pots.
7. Cut a 12” chenille stem in half and fold both sections in half. Attach a black tinsel pom pom to the cut end of both sets of antennae with a glue gun and glue sticks.
8. Glue the folded end to the back of the Mama and Baby Bee heads.
9. Cut two long skinny triangles from black craft foam and secure in the drainage hole in the bottom of the pot with a glue gun and glue sticks.
10. Cut small white paper doilies in quarters and attach two to the back of Mama and Baby Bee using a glue gun and glue sticks.