As the flowers blossom and the days get warmer, you’ll see busy little bees buzzing from bloom to bloom. These hardworking pollinators are a sure sign that spring is in full swing!

This bee photo craft is a fun way for kids to create their little bee and make it extra special by adding their smiling faces. Kids will be excited to learn more about this important pollinating insect and make this adorable personalized bee.

Don’t buzz off yet! Stick around for more bee activities that will have kids buzzing with excitement all spring long!

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This project would be such a cute way to show off your class of busy bees on a spring bulletin board! Making these happy little bees is a breeze with the help of our free template.

Just grab a few simple supplies, print the template, and add a favorite photo to bring the bee to life. It’s a fun and easy way to create a keepsake that parents will cherish, too.

Supplies

Colored cardstock or construction paper
Scissors
Glue
A photo of your child
Bee Template (click the “click here to get your freebies” image at the end of the post)

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A craft template and completed example of a honey bee craft for kids. The template includes outlined bee parts for coloring, cutting, and assembling, while the finished craft features a smiling child's photo as the bee's face, with a yellow and black striped body, blue wings, and black antennae. The image also displays craft supplies such as scissors, crayons, and glue, with a text overlay stating, "Color, cut, & paste version included for younger kids!"

Directions

Start by downloading and printing the bee template, then cut out all the pieces together. This is a great chance to practice those scissor skills!

A person with pink-painted nails is holding a printed bee craft template on white paper. The template outlines a bee shape with a round head, wings, and a striped body, along with separate pieces labeled for antennae and a stinger. The background includes a white surface and blue floral fabric.

Next, grab the body piece and your child’s photo. Glue the photo to the top of the body piece. Now, your bee has a cute little head!

A person is assembling a bee craft by attaching a cut-out photo of a smiling child’s face to a yellow paper bee body. The background features a white surface and blue floral fabric.

Now, glue the two black paper strips down on the yellow body piece to create the bee’s signature stripes.

A person with pink-painted nails is assembling a bee-themed craft using paper. The craft features a child's smiling face as the bee's head, with a yellow body. The person is positioning two black paper strips as stripes on the bee’s body. The background consists of a white surface and blue floral fabric.

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What’s a bee without a tiny stinger? Grab the stinger piece and glue it to the back and bottom of the bee’s body.

A person with pink-painted nails is holding a bee-themed craft made from paper, featuring a child's smiling face as the bee's head. The craft has a yellow body with two black stripes and a small black stinger at the bottom. The background includes a white surface and blue floral fabric.

Glue the wing pieces behind the bee’s body so they peek out from the sides. Now, your bee is coming to life!

A person with pink-painted nails is holding a handmade bee craft made from paper, featuring a smiling child's face as the bee's head. The craft includes a yellow and black striped body, light blue wings, and a small black stinger at the bottom, with a blue floral fabric in the background.

Your bee is almost ready to buzz! Glue the black antennae strips to the back and top of the bee’s head to complete the look.

A person with pink-painted nails is holding a handmade bee craft made from paper, featuring a smiling child's face as the bee's head. The craft has a yellow and black striped body, black antennae, and light blue wings, with a blue floral fabric in the background.

Isn’t this the cutest little bee craft? Your kids will love making their buzzing buddy! Check out some of our spring crafts while you’re here!

A handmade honey bee craft made from paper, featuring a child's photo as the face of the bee. The bee has a yellow body with black stripes, blue wings, black antennae, and a small black triangle stinger, with a hand holding the craft against a white background and blue floral fabric at the top.

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Spring Books For Kids

Below are some of our favorite spring books for kids.

Ten Little Ladybugs – This cute book is not only fun to read, but also fun to touch! Kids will want to read this book day after day and it helps them learn to count.

Planting a Rainbow – Kids will have a blast learning about colors and flowers in this colorful and engaging book!

Bee – This peek-through picture book is a fun bedtime book for kids! It’s short and keeps the kids’ attention span.

Cute Spring Crafts

Fork Painted Bee Craft – Have kids make some buzz-worthy art by swapping out their paintbrush for a fork to create a fuzzy looking bee.

The textured strokes make this painting extra fun and unique. Download our free template, grab some paint, and let your little artists bring their adorable bumblebee to life!

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Spring Bird Craft – Tweet, tweet! Spring is in the air, and birds are busy building their nests. Let’s join the fun with this cheerful bird craft! Kids will create a feathered friend snuggled in a cozy nest, using our free template. A whole flock will take shape with a little cutting, gluing, and creativity!

Spring Name Craft

Handprint Butterfly Craft – Let creativity take flight with this sweet butterfly! Kids will use their own handprints to form its colorful wings to make each butterfly as unique as they are. They’ll create a fluttery friend that’s fun to make and even more fun to display!

Sheep Tissue Paper Craft – Baa-rilliant fun awaits with this fluffy sheep! Kids will scrunch up tissue paper to give their sheep a soft, 3D look. Tearing and shaping the paper strengthens little hands while creating an adorable farm friend. Grab our free template and some tissue paper to get little hands busy scrunching!

Spring Activities For Preschoolers

Springtime learning is in full bloom with these fun and engaging spring worksheets! This printable set is designed just for young learners, making practicing patterns, letters, and handwriting fun.

The adorable spring themed illustrations and colorful activities will make kids eager to complete each page while strengthening essential early learning skills. These worksheets help kids develop critical thinking, letter recognition, and fine motor skills while celebrating the season! Download and print this free set to add springtime learning to your kids’ day.

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Let’s get snipping with these adorable chick cutting practice worksheets! Little hands will love following the dotted lines, matching chick halves, and counting fluffy friends to improve their scissor skills.

These playful activities help kids build hand strength, coordination, and problem solving techniques in a fun and engaging way. If you’re celebrating spring, learning about farm animals, or prepping for Easter, these worksheets will fit right in! Download this free printable set and watch your little chicks hatch new skills while having a blast.

Ladybug Cutting Practice Worksheets

These spring color by number printables are a blooming good time! As kids color in each section, they’ll practice number recognition, color matching, and following directions. With each color added, they’ll reveal adorable springtime surprises like butterflies, bunnies, and buzzing bees.

Coloring helps little hands build fine motor skills and concentration, and these sheets add an extra layer of learning fun. Just print, grab some crayons, and watch the hidden pictures pop off the page! Perfect for use at home or for classroom fun all season long.

A children's craft featuring two paper honey bee cutouts with real children's photos as their faces. The bees have yellow bodies with black stripes, light blue wings, black antennae, and small black triangles as stingers. They are placed on a white surface with a blue floral fabric in the background.

Make math skills bloom with these spring addition worksheets for kindergarten! They’re packed with playful activities like cut-and-paste, matching, and picture-based problems that turn learning into a game.

Kids will add, match, cut, and paste their way through beginner-friendly problems to reinforce number skills in a hands-on way. They’re perfect for homeschooling or extra practice to build number sense, boost confidence, and enjoy math in a fun, springtime way.

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Bee Photo Craft

Prep Time: 8

Active Time: 15

Total Time: 23

This bee photo craft is a fun way for kids to create their own little bee and make it extra special by adding their own smiling face.

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Author: Sam

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Materials

Colored cardstock or construction paper
Scissors
Glue
Child’s Photo
Bee Template

Instructions

Download the template, print it, and cut out the pieces you need.
Glue the child’s photo on top of the body piece.
Take the paper strips and glue them onto the body.
Next, glue the stinger to the back and bottom of the body.
Take the wing pieces and glue them behind and on each side of the body.
Lastly, glue the antennae strips to the top and back of the head.

Bee Photo Craft Template

Sam

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