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Home | Store | Forum | What's New | Contact | About | Terms | Links | Storytime | UNCRC Craft ideas for play  Themed preschool activities     Busy bee hive activity Using a hive outline template, bubblewrap, paint, bee pictures and coloured pencils, create a double sided sculpture that can be hung in fornt of a window or outside under cover. Waterproof a finished project with an acrylic spray varnish and hang your creations outside from trees and bush branches. A single coating ought to provide enough protection for a whole summer.    Things you'll need Links here are to amazon.co.uk   Bubblewrap   Nylon children's brushes  avoid 'natural' bristles in support of animal welfare.   Ready mix paint   Scissors, hole punch, string, pencils/crayons Printouts of the hive and bees, + honeycomb if wanted Printables   Beehive outline template   Bee images to print, cut and colour      Beehive name labels   Bee pattern pieces   Single honeycomb hive hexagon    large honeycomb outline    medium wax honeycomb outline  Small hive wax - hexagon honeycomb   Layout a large sheet of bubblewrap, bubble side up and secure it to its surface. Swirl orange and yellow paint over the top and invite spreading to blend the coloured paints together. When everyone is satisfied with the colouring they've made gently plance a cutout beehive template on top. Press the hive down gently into the paint and then peel off slowly. Leave to dry and then repeat on the reverse side or glue two separate sheets together to form a double sided honeycomb hive. With a hole punch, make a number of holes along the bottom and 2 at the top. Use the two top holes to secure the hive to a tree branch or hook and the lower ones for string that can then hold sticky taped bees. Add a name label for children to take their finished projects home or to display in the setting. Risk assessment for this activity includes, using safe paint, supervising activity with scissors, string lengths no longer than 15cm or 6" - avoiding strangulation on CAPT bubblewrap disposed of safely once the activity has ended. More bee themed activities   Bumble bee rhyme   Bumble bee playdough printables   Bee outline template 5 golden jars on the Honey farm's stand - number rhyme