Bee Movie Crafts and Activities for Kids

To make the Barry B. Benson doll you need to follow 8 simple steps:

1. Using several toothpicks, combine the styrofoam balls to make the bee's body shape. Note: the abdomen needs two balls sliced and combined. (Visit the website: Healthy-family.org to download the PDF file complete with images).

2. Using an infant sock, encase the balls and pull fabric tightly, securing the bottom with a twist tie. Note: position the twist tie to act as the stinger. Then cut ends.

3. Paint the entire body yellow with fabric paint (for best results) and a brush. Allow 2 hours to dry.

4. Use 4 pipe cleaners intertwined to create the legs and feet. (It should resemble a horse-shoe shape). Then attach it to the body with a fifth pipe cleaner. Be sure to wind the cleaner around tightly and secure it to each leg by twisting.

5. Attach modeling clay to the bottom of the feet. Buy the sculptors variety for best results. There is no need to bake the clay. It will dry like rubber.

6. Create arms by twisting two pipe cleaners as shown above. Continue twisting until the strands are completely wound to the ends.

7. Cut the arms to an appropriate length.

8. Finally, glue on the eyes, paint the face with a marker, poke the hair in his head with left-over pipe cleaners then trim, and fix the antennae by poking into the head. Glue on two pom poms and affix the wings. Now Barry is complete!