Earlier this week, I shared a watercolor crayon resist bee art project with you. And today, I have even more bee crafts and activities for you—20 of them, to be exact! Everything from bee crafts, bee sensory play, educational bee activities, bee pretend play, and more.

If you want to teach your little one more bees and pollination, I invite you to check out Summer Camp at Home or my Pollinators Family Unit Study. Summer Camp at Home has a whole week dedicated to bees, and the Pollinators Family Unit Study teaches your child about all sorts of powerful pollinators.

The best part? Both resources are planned for you day-by-day, so you simply have to open your coursebook and go. Easy peasy for you, full of fun and learning for your little ones!

Free Honey Bee Alphabet Cards

First up, you can grab these bee-utiful honey bee alphabet cards! Each letter includes a term related to bees, beekeeping, or flowers that attract bees—perfect for playing Go Fish, using in a scavenger hunt, and learning some new words. They look sweet as honey clipped to a piece of twine and hung up in your learning space! Grab your copy right here:

Bee Crafts for Kids

Bubble Wrap Beehive & Fingerprint Bee Craft by Crafty Morning – Making art with, shall we say, non-traditional supplies? is so much fun! This bee hive art using bubble wrap to make the hive!

Bee Stamp Art by Unknown – How sweet is this stamped bee art? Simply snip a toilet paper roll into three sections: round one for the bee body, fold and pinch another for the wings, and crease the last into a hexagon shape. Brilliant!

DIY Hanging Bee Craft by DIYnCRAFTS – It’s time to raid the recycling bin! With just some paint, string, and a few recycled items, you’ll be all set to make this adorable bee.

 

Potato Masher Bees by @annedirhersey (link no longer available) – I love this art project! Little ones will have so much fun painting a potato masher to create their bees.

DIY Clay Tic Tac Toe Honey Bees vs. Flowers by Artsy Craftsy Mom – This honey bees vs. flowers tic tac toe set would make for a wonderful afternoon of crafting! Create your little playing pieces, as well as a game board, then enjoy playing with your creations.

DIY Bee Rock Pets by Carolina Honey Bees –  Painting rocks is such a classic childhood craft! Adding a sweet little message to the back is a cute addition for any curious passerby who happens to take a closer look at your rock bee.

Bee Honeycomb by Baker Ross – I hope you have more paper tubes on hand! This craft uses paper tubes glued to a piece of cardboard to make a little honeycomb. Twisting those pipe cleaners to make your bees will also be wonderful fine motor practice for little hands.

Fingerprint Bee Flower Pot by Kippi at Home – Fingerprint art is a favorite around here! You can also grab my Free Fingerprint Art Bundle in this blog post for some more ideas to add to your flower pots.

Yarn Wrapped Bees by Housing a Forest – Yarn wrapping is a wonderful activity for young children! Housing a Forest also added little notches around the outside of the bee bodies to help that yarn stay in place.

Creative Beehive Rope Craft by Dress It Up – Did you know that the typical beehive shape that you see is actually based on a manmade home for bees called a “skep”? Dress It Up has a wonderful video tutorial that shows you how they made this decorative skep.

Pretend Play & Educational Bee Activities

Bee Pollination STEAM Activity by Kaplan Learning Center – Teach your child how pollination works with this simple set up.

Nectar Relay by Turner Tots – Another simple setup that will help teach your child about how bees make honey—and let them burn off some energy at the same time!

Beekeeper Pretend Play by Unknown – Use a cardboard box as an apiary with some egg carton trays painted yellow for the frames and you’re well on your way to some fabulous bee keeper pretend play!

Bee Sensory Play

Taste-Safe Honey Slime by Life Over C’s – This honey slime looks good enough to eat! It’s taste-safe too, so if your little one still likes to put things in their mouth, this recipe is a good option.

Fine Motor and Sensory Bee Play by @the_rural_headteacher – Little ones can use tweezers to try to fill the honeycomb with corn kernels—amazing for fine motor practice and hand strengthening!

Bee Counting Sensory Bin by Happy Toddler Playtime – Another great sensory set up for practicing fine motor skills, with some number recognition added in too.

Bee Anatomy with Playdough by @bodkinandroo – What a beautiful bee! Children can draw their bee on a piece of cardboard and then use playdough to “paint” the bee’s body. Your little ones can also help you whip up a batch of no-cook playdough to use for the activity using my visual playdough recipe!

Other Fun Bee Crafts and Activities

DIY Bumble Bee Balloons by Hostess with the Mostess –  Let’s face it, you’ll be the one to blow, decorate, and hang the balloons… but they will look SO CUTE hanging from the ceiling while you learn all about bees! You could even add some letters to play this Swat the Balloon ABC Game.

 

Toilet Paper Roll Bee Lifecycle by @lindamydlak – This bee life cycle activity is so pretty!! You could grab my Free Life Cycle Printable to use while you’re making your 3D model.

Make a Mason Bee Habitat (Bee Hotel) by Natural Beach Living – Last but not least, learn how to build a bee hotel to give these little creatures a safe place to live.

Bee Crafts and Activities Planned for You Day-by-Day

I hope you’ve found some new and fun bee crafts and activities to try!

And if you’re ready to have everything planned for you day-by-day, I invite you to check out my Pollinators Family Unit Study and Summer Camp at Home:

Pollinators Family Unit Study
https://shop.howweelearn.com/products/family-unit-study-pollinators

Summer Camp at Home
https://shop.howweelearn.com/products/summer-camp-at-home

Thank you so much for reading, sweet friend!

xo
Sarah