Sunday

8 cute bee cards to create

Are you just craving some bee cuteness and some simple paper craft ?  Here are some bee cards to help you get inspiration. Some of these bee card creations are made from templates and some are from stamps or decoupage but if you are really clever you may be able to draw the designs...

handmade bee cards
Buzzing Around
by Stamper in Paradise
handmade bee card
Scrap Album
handmade bee cards
Handmade by Boadicea Cards
handmade bee cards
Creative Handmade Collections

handmade bee card

A BEE-AUTIFUL DAY!



handmade bee cards

Critter Bee Card from 

A Techy Teacher


handmade bee cards
handmade bee card

Create A Critter - We Bee



Thursday

Create a waldorf wool bee

make a woollen bee
Rub Some Dirt On It has a mini tutorial for making these warm woollen bee decorations that look great hung anywhere in the house or even outside.
You will need small pinecones and yellow and black wool amongst other things. We love the rustic nature of these creations and that little hands can help to make them.

Tuesday

Hand Applique Bee: Pattern & Tutorial

Hand Applique Bee: Pattern & Tutorial
 
Get the step by step tutorial for creating these “patch-on” bee appliques
including the pattern from Joanne L.

Monday

Bee information: Bees and their sense of taste

Bee collecting pollen from an apple blossom
Taste
Honey bees have been found to be able to distinguish between sweet, sour, bitter and salt, and thus have a sense of "taste."
Bees are more sensitive to salts than humans, but less sensitive to bitter flavors.
 
This information is from Think Quest 

Thursday

Tuesday

Little bee template

Here is a bee where you can practice drawing in the vertical lines that go down the bees body.
If this is not what you were looking for go to the Bee Templates page where you will find other bee shapes.

Friday

A Teaching Guide on bees

teaching children about bees
"The Honey Files: A Bee’s Life" Teaching Guide Written by Alyssa Boettcher, Boettcher Educational Services is a great resource. It is A Teaching Guide for Grade Levels 4-6 from the National Honey Board. It is 91 pages.

CONTENTS
Honey Bees
Biology
Educator’s Overview: Insects and Honey Bee Biology
1. Glossary of Honey Bee Anatomical Characteristics
Many work sheets and activities

Society
Educator’s Overview: Honey Bee Society
Work sheets and activities

The Hive — The Honey Bee’s Home
Educator’s Overview: The Hive
Work sheets and activities

Pollination
Honey
Beekeepers
Additional Unit Activities