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    Home » Kids Crafts

    DIY Cork Bee Craft

    Published: Feb 25, 2020 · Modified: Jul 28, 2022 by Marcie Groller · This post may contain affiliate links

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    Let's welcome spring with this adorable DIY Cork Bee Craft! This recyclable craft is so simple and is a great way to repurpose those wine corks! You can even turn these cork bees into an adorable mobile!

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    Jump to:
    • 👍 Why We Love this Bee Craft
    • ✂️ Supplies
    • 🧶 A Honeybee Mobile!
    • 📝 Instructions
    • ➡️ You May Also Like
    • 🐝 Cork Honey Bee Craft

    Note: If you love crafting with recyclable materials, check out our toilet paper napkin rings, tin can pencil holder and recycled tin candy dishes!

    👍 Why We Love this Bee Craft

    Trash to treasure. We love transforming our recyclables into new, creative projects. 

    Fine motor skills. Our cork bee craft allows kids to put developing painting, coloring, cutting and gluing skills to good use.  

    Simple supplies. You will likely have many of the supplies for this bee craft at home already!

    closeup of yellow and black cork bee

    ✂️ Supplies

    supplies for cork bee craft

    Notets on Supplies:

    • 4-6 wine corks
    • Construction paper- ideally black
    • Acrylic paint- yellow
    • Foam paint brushes
    • Black sharpie
    • String
    • Scissors- We love these kid-friendly scissors
    • Hot glue gun
    • Popsicle sticks- optional, if you turn your bee craft into a mobile!

    🧶 A Honeybee Mobile!

    We decided to fasten our cork honeybees to a popsicle stick with string to make a hanging mobile. We thought this was a fun way to make our honeybees actually "fly." This step is totally optional but worthwhile if you are looking for some adorable spring or summer decorations! My daughter also loved to make the bees dangle and dance.

    honeybee cork mobile1
    honeybee mobile2

    📝 Instructions

    Step 1: Make the Honeybee's body: Paint wine corks with yellow acrylic paint. Let corks dry completely. Use a black Sharpie to draw 3-6 black lines around the body of the cork.

    painting wine cork yellow
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    cork honeybee painted yellow with black stripes

    Step 2: Add bee's face and antennae: Use the same black Sharpie to draw eyes, a nose and mouth on the flat base of the cork. Cut out two thin strips of black paper for the honeybees antennae. Glue strips above the honeybee's face. Note: I folded down the bottoms of the antenna and glued the folded part of the strips to the cork to best secure the strips to the cork.

    face on cork to show how to make a bee's face
    black paper antenna in hand
    face and antenna on cork to show how to make bee's head

    Step 3: Add bee's wings: Cut out two small pieces of white string (about 5-6 inches long). Fold each piece of string in half and glue the ends together and to each side of the honeybee's body.

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    wings glued on honeybee

    If you'd like to turn you cork bee craft into a honeybee mobile, simply glue your honeybees to long pieces of string and fasten them to a popsicle stick.

    hanging bee cork mobile

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    🐝 Cork Honey Bee Craft

    This Cork Bee Craft is pretty adorable! Who knew that old wine corks made the sweetest little bees? You can even make a mobile with them!
    Author: Marcie & Julie
    Total Time15 minutes mins
    Total: 4 honey bees

    Materials

    • 4-6 wine corks
    • construction paper black
    • acrylic paint yellow
    • Foam paint brushes
    • Sharpie black
    • String
    • Scissors
    • hot glue gun

    Instructions

    • Honeybee's body: Paint wine corks with yellow acrylic paint. Let corks dry completely. Use a black Sharpie to draw 3-6 black lines around the body of the cork.
    • Honeybee's face and antennae: Use the same black Sharpie to draw eyes, a nose and mouth on the flat base of the cork. Cut out two thin strips of black paper for the honeybees antennae. Glue strips above the honeybee's face. Note: I folded down the bottoms of the antenna and glued the folded part of the strips to the cork to best secure the strips to the cork.
    • Honeybee's wings: Cut out two small pieces of white string (about 5-6 inches long). Fold each piece of string in half and glue the ends together and to each side of the honeybee's body.
    • Optional: If you'd like to turn you cork honeybee craft into a honeybee mobile, simply glue your honeybees to long pieces of string and fasten them to a popsicle stick. 
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