This World Bee Day, gather whatever you can find and make these cute bee crafts for kids! Clay, egg cartons, toilet rolls or craft sticks – use them all!

“I am an insect
A hive is my home
I eat some pollen
To make honeycomb”

Who am I?

A bee, of course! Bees are insects that capture every child’s attention, despite the stinging!

After all, which other insect has a queen lording over her workers, who tirelessly work to create one of the sweetest things known to man? Here are some fun facts about bees.

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Fun Facts about Bees

Besides the queen bee, a hive contains worker bees (all female) and drone bees (all male)
The average worker bee lives for 5-6 weeks, while the queen bee can live for up to 5 years
The only task of the drone bees is to mate with the queen bee, and they’re kicked out when winter comes
During summer, the queen bee lays up to 2,500 eggs a day
When the queen bee dies, the worker bees select a young larva to be the next queen, and feed it a special royal jelly

Yes, bees are amazing, and the bright black and yellow color scheme makes them particularly interesting for kids. So whether it’s World Bee Day on 20th May, or National Honey Bee Day on 16th August, we’ve got a bunch of bright and easy bee crafts for kids to make and have fun with!

20 Bright and Bubbly Bee Crafts for Kids

1. Clay Bee Tic Tac Toe Craft

If you’re ready to take your regular tic tac toe game a level up, try out this spring themed version of the popular game. This time bees play with flowers – whose team are you on?

2. Cupcake liner Bee Craft

If you’ve got yellow cupcake liners, then you can turn them into colorful bees in just a few steps! And if you don’t, you can go ahead and paint plain white liners.

3. DIY Bee and Flower Game

If you’re looking for bee crafts for kids under the age of four, try out this DIY fine motor activity. One person can use the flower clothespins to catch the bee while the other can be the bee who tries to avoid getting caught!

4. Printable Honey Bee and Flower Tic Tac Toe Game

Bees and flowers are never apart for long, and that also goes for this fun printable tic tac toe game! The printable includes a game board and 12 printed cards.

5. DIY Popsicle Stick Bee Puppet

This adorable set of Popsicle stick bookmarks includes a bee, which is why it’s on our list of bee crafts for kids! We recommend making the full set, so you can change up your bookmarks whenever you like!

6. Printable 3D Bee Coloring Page

Why settle for ordinary coloring pages when you can have one that is three-dimensional? Yes, we’ve got a full set of 3D coloring pages that also features a cute bee with a flower!

7. Bee Finger Puppet

This little bee from I Heart Crafty Things is perfect for preschoolers and early school goers to have some fun and be occupied for a while! Use thick card stock paper and the puppets will last several rounds of play.

8. Toilet Roll Bee Craft

This toilet roll craft from Easy Peasy and Fun is really easy. You can paint the roll or just cover it with craft paper for a mess-free and faster option. The best part is this bee will stand upright as long as you let it!

9. Popsicle Stick Bee Craft

Frugal Mom Eh gathers Popsicle sticks, googly eyes and other supplies to make a cute and friendly-looking bumble bee with alternating stripes. And do check out those lovely translucent wings!

10. Bubble Wrap Print Beehive

We love bee crafts for kids that use different art and craft techniques, like this one from Super Simple that involves printing, paper collage and gluing. This is also a great project when learning about bees and their habitat.

11. Bee Corner Bookmark

Want to keep track of your spring/summer reading? Red Ted Art has just what you need – DIY bumble bee corner bookmarks – look at how cute they are!

12. Paper Plate Bee Craft

We love how the clothespin-pom pom combo is used in multiple ways in this project from Non Toy Gifts. They serve as the bee’s antennae, while also acting as brushes to paint on the black stripes.

13. Egg Carton Baby Bee Craft

I’m sure not many of us think of baby bees, but Buggy and Buddy sure have! With yarn wound around a painted egg carton, you get an absolutely adorable little bee-friend to keep on your desk!

14. Bee Bookmark Felt Craft

Our next project in this list of bee crafts for kids is a felt bee and flower bookmark from The Craft Train. This is really easy to make, and would make a great back-to-school gift for a classmate!

15. Beehive Paper Craft

Easy Peasy and Fun teaches us about bees and their hives while making a cute three-dimensional craft! We love that it’s not just the hive that’s 3D – the bees are too!

16. Watercolor Crayon Resist Bee Art

Here’s something a little different to try – a bee art project from How We Learn! Try out a crayon resist technique and observe the effect it creates – it’ll encourage kids to try out other art techniques too!

17. Bee Life Cycle Craft

Where does a bee’s life begin? How does it grow? Where does it live? Learn the answers to these questions and more as you make this interesting and educational project from Living Life and Learning!

18. Recycled Bee Craft

If you’re looking for recycled bee crafts for kids, you’ll love this one from I Heart Crafty Things! It uses materials you probably have already lying around the house, so making this shouldn’t take too long!

19. Potato Stamp Bee Craft

We love stamping art projects, especially when you use unconventional things for stamping, such as potatoes! Ocean Child Crafts does the same here, and creates some adorable little bee stamps with those spuds.

20. Bee Drawing Tutorial

If you’re learning about the anatomy of a bee, you’ll love this tutorial from Art Projects for Kids that shows us how to draw a bee with quite a high level of accuracy.

These bee crafts for kids are perfect for spring, and go well with our collection of flower crafts. And if you’re in the mood for more, you may also like to check out our Popsicle stick dragonfly craft, paper butterfly craft and rainbow caterpillar craft. Go ahead and bee busy crafting!

If you’d like to make more insect crafts, check these out: