Paper Plate Flower Garden & Bee Craft (Free Template)

Are you ready to celebrate the arrival of Spring with this fun paper plate bee garden craft? You won’t have flowers without bees, and this fun bee puppet craft is helpful for showing the relationship between pollination and pollinators!

It’s an easy spring craft is an awesome creative activity that kids love to play with once they’re finished crafting. Let’s get started!

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Materials:

Paper plate
Green paint
Paintbrush
Black marker
Glue
Scissors
Popsicle sticks or craft sticks
Colored construction paper
Free printable template

Instructions:

Step 1)

Paint the paper plate green and let it dry. Then cut a slit in the center of the paper plate for your bee puppet popsicle stick to be made later.

Step 2)

Print and cut out the template pieces.

Step 3)

Trace the template pieces onto construction paper then cut them out.

Step 4)

Glue the bee’s wings and head to the body, then glue the black antenna to the bee’s head.

Step 5)

Use a marker to color in the bee’s black stripes and eyes then attach it to a popsicle stick with glue or tape.

Step 6)

Use two strips of green paper for each flower stem, glue them together at the bottom so they form a right angle, then take turns folding the strips down, over each other. You can watch our video tutorial if you need an extra visual for this step.

Step 7)

Glue the flower templates onto the stems then glue the bottom of the stems onto the paper plate to make a wiggly flower garden. With this type of stem, the flowers will wiggle back and forth when the plate moves.

Step 8)

Use the grass-shaped template piece to make green paper grass and glue one onto the plate in front of each flower.

Step 9)

Insert the bee popsicle stick into the slit in your paper plate and move it around so it can visit each flower in your garden!

Video Instructions

Prefer to watch video instructions for your craft directions? Check out the YouTube channel for Crafty Kids Play and see the full video tutorial for this flower garden bee craft here.

Flower & Bee Template Download

Use the download button beneath the next image to get your copy of this free printable template. You can use regular printer paper or white cardstock paper with your printer at home. These templates are for your own personal use only, not for commercial use or for resale.

bee-garden Download

Tips & Troubleshooting

Assembly Issues:

If the flowers or other elements aren’t sticking securely to the paper plate, reinforce them with additional glue or tape as needed. Press down firmly and hold in place until the adhesive sets.

Drying Time:

Ensure that the painted paper plate and glued elements have enough time to dry completely before moving on to the next step.

Difficulty Cutting:

If young children are having trouble cutting out the template pieces, provide safety scissors with blunt tips or assist them in cutting. Older kids should be able to manage cutting this fun craft on their own. To make this craft easier for preschool aged children, you may need to pre-cut the template pieces.

Variation Ideas

Educational Focus:

Tailor the craft to focus on specific educational themes. For instance, create a garden featuring native plants to teach children about local flora and fauna. Use this craft as part of your study on insects or flower pollination.

Sensory Garden:

Create a sensory-rich experience by incorporating scented materials like scented markers or essential oils onto the flowers.

Flower Templates:

If you’d prefer to do less tracing and cutting, you can use markers to color in the flower templates that you print on white paper and then cut them out instead of using multiple colors of construction paper.

Benefits of This Spring Craft For Kids

Fine Motor Skills Development:

Crafts are one of the best ways to help strengthen kids’ fine motor skills. Cutting, tracing, and gluing the various elements of this craft help children refine their fine motor skills. Manipulating small objects like the bee puppet and flower templates strengthens hand-eye coordination and dexterity.

Cognitive Development:

Following the step-by-step instructions involved in this great craft promotes cognitive development. Children learn to sequence tasks, problem-solve, and understand cause-and-effect relationships as they assemble the different components of the garden.

Educational Opportunities:

This fun bee craft offers opportunities for learning about nature, specifically flowers and bees. Through discussion and observation, children can learn about the parts of a flower, the role of bees in pollination, and the importance of gardening for the environment.

Pride and Accomplishment:

Completing a craft project like this is so much fun and instills a sense of pride and accomplishment in children. Displaying their finished flower garden with the bee puppet can boost their self-esteem and confidence in their abilities.

Final Thoughts

Watch your flowers wiggle in the breeze and fly your bee puppet around the garden! This simple craft is the perfect way to spend quality time with your little kids this spring. It’s a great activity for rainy days and an easy project to help children learn about the importance of bees.

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Paper Plate Flower Garden & Bee Craft (Free Template)

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