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Plant Pot Bee Craft
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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
Total Time30 minutes
Course: Craft Tutorial
Yield: 2
Author: Heather Painchaud
Cost: $5

Materials

  • 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

Instructions

  • 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.