Bee My Valentine

Valentine’s Day is approaching quickly and we have some great Valentine Ideas for you! We are starting off with this adorable Bee that is a great choice for all ages in your daycare or childcare center. All you need is construction paper in yellow, black and red, brown or black chenille stems, glue and a black marker.

Start by cutting out 6 large hearts. You will need 2 of each color. You will also need to cut out 4 small hearts using the red construction paper only.

Tip! You can easily cut out the perfect heart every time by folding the paper in half and cutting in a bit of a rain drop shape.

Now you are ready to start gluing your hearts into place. Using the black heart as your base, add a bit of glue to the upper half of the heart. Then add your yellow heart on top of it, leaving a small space of black at the bottom. Repeat this step with the next two hearts while continuing to alternate colors. This will give you the stripe effect of a real bee.

Next, take you big red hearts and glue them onto the back of your yellow and black heart stack with the bottom point of each heart meeting in the middle. This will create the wings of your bee. Go ahead and glue your chenille stems into place at the top of the yellow heart. You may want to tape these to make it sturdier.

You can now take your marker and add on your bee’s face. You can also add on the note seen above, “Bee my valentine”, or any other note of your choice.

Lastly, add your small hearts by either gluing or taping them onto the ends of the chenille stems and on the end of each side of the mouth.

Now you have a “BEEautiful” valentine to share with someone you love!