We continue our unit on bees with this hands on project. We are using the book Explore Honey Bees Book by Cindy Blobaum. Originally, I had intended for my six and 10 year old to felt a single bee with me. A large one. An easy one. But when the time came to felt this bee, my kids were not interested. They were playing. I don't mind. I start our projects anyway or wait for them. Play is important and I aim not to interrupt wholesome creative open ended play. So when I began my felted bee, which was going to be the example, I looked at our supplies and incorrectly determined that there wasn't enough black wool to felt a single large bee. Instead I decided to felt a small one. That was mistake number one! This little bee looks darling in the end, but it was not the satisfactory activity I had hoped up. I began felting mine and about a third of the way into the project, my children joined me and began working on theirs. They made some changes to theirs to simplify the process and theirs turned out delightful! You can see pics of their work on the blog post that accompanies this video.

You can find the book at Nature-Watch.com
https://www.nature-watch.com/explore-...

You can find felting supplies at A Child's Dream.com
Wool:
https://achildsdream.com/merino-wool-...
Needles:
https://achildsdream.com/felting-need...

Directions
Supplies: Merino wool top in yellow, black and light pink or taupe, felting needles, a foam pad to work on and black pipe cleaners
Duration: 20-30 minutes
Level: ages 8 and up (though my six year made a super cute one!)

Check out the blog post that accompanies this video for a complete list of resources and projects:
https://www.pepperandpine.com/bee-hon...

Check out our complete Bee Unit with projects and resources:
   • BEES & HONEY | Unit Study  



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Water Lily by 126ers