How To Make a Bee from Old Egg Carton
Updated on February 18, 2021
This adorable craft of how to make a bee from an old egg carton is perfect to do at home if you have little ones, or if you’re an elementary teacher. Super easy to do, fun, and cute! See how I put this one together right here and try for yourself!
As I usually try to do, I made one extra so I could show other crafters who might be looking for cute upcycling ideas how it’s done. Check out these step by step instructions complete with photos! If you’d rather follow along with a video tutorial instead of written words, scroll to the bottom of this post to find just what you’re looking for.
For this project, you’ll need:
- An empty egg carton
- Two googly eyes
- Yellow paint
- A paintbrush
- Scissors
- A glue stick
- A black marker
Step 1: get your items
Gather your materials in front of you before you begin!
Step 2: cut out the carton
Use your scissors to cut one cup from the bottom of the egg carton, trimming the edges and shape until it’s nice and neat. You’ll work with the egg cup flipped upside down.
Step 3: paint yellow
Use your paintbrush to paint your egg cup entirely yellow on its outside surface. Set it aside to dry.
Step 4: cut the wings
Use your black marker to draw the shapes of two wings on your blue paper. I made mine about an inch long and half an inch wide each, and shaped almost like upside down teardrops but with a blunt end on the tapered end instead of a pointed one. Cut your wings out.
Step 5: detail the face
Add details and a face to your bee! Choose which side surface you want to use as the front. Apply glue to the backs of your googly eyes and stick them to that side, near the top. Then use your black marker to give your bee a little smiling mouth. Finally, use the marker to draw black lines horizontally across the bee; start at the edge on one side, draw up the side and across its top or back, and then finish drawing down the other side to the other edge. I gave my bee three strips a few centimetres apart from each other.
Step 6: glue the wings
Finish your bee off by applying glue to the blunt ends of your bee’s wings and sticking them on the top, angled back and diagonally so they stick out the same way an actual bumblebee’s wings are angled.
That’s really all there is to it! Feel free to use this basic concept as a template for creating other animals by embellishing the egg cup differently. Just in case you’d like to try this project out for yourself, here’s a fantastic tutorial video to help you!