The Bee from Heck

Materials for Clay Pot Bee: Small clay pot, Black and yellow acrylic paint, Yellow pipe cleaners. White foam, Googly eyes, Lots of glue, Polka dot ribbon

This Tuesday all the poor kids were SO frustrated with this project.

They turned out really cute, but a lot of them couldn't get the paint on right, figure out the ribbon stripes, handle the glue, and some of them even broke or cracked part of their clay pot.

One little girl broke the bee's face and sat on the stairs crying.

Another boy was frustrated and just put his head down because he messed up his bee, and he said he just couldn't give a messed up bee to his mom.

I calmed them down from that, then the girls started asking if Mr. Rios was my husband, and I said yes.

Then they were literally offended that I didn't invite them to the wedding.

{Say what?!}

After all of that I felt like crying.

Good thing I had Ryan there, gosh.

After I talked all the lil 1st-3rd graders off their crafting ledge and bribed them with candy, they all seemed to calm down a bit.

For the rest of the club we will be doing: fingerprint bees, bee visors, and bee cupcakes.

Hooray for no more paint!

And hopefully no more meltdowns!

<3 Bri

Tissue Paper Flowers

This week for my craft club, Crafting Just Bee-Cuzzzz, we made flowers and bouquets out of tissue paper :)

Anddd for 1st-3rd graders it proved to be a lot more difficult to teach than I had anticipated.

But everyone was jumping for joy when they found out we were making flowers.

Even most of the boys surprisingly!

All the little ones made their flowers and they all decided to give them to someone they love.

One little boy, Leo, made a bright blue flower for his mom cause that's her favorite color.

Another girl, Kylah, made a whole bouquet to give to her mom and dad.

And another boy, Israel, made one for his girlfriend (why he has a gf at 7 years old I have no clue...haha)

My heart melts :)

Supplies: 

Tissue paper, pipe cleaners, scissors, garden stake, crepe paper, tape, ribbon (opt.). 

Have fun! 

<3 Bri

Just Bee-cuzzzz

An awesome opportunity that has crossed my path as of late, is to teach/be a leader of a club at a nearby elementary.

An elementary school where most kids don't have the means to join an outside sports team, dance classes, or other activities. So the school hosts what they call 4-H clubs to give these kids the chance to learn different skills and have some fun things to do after school. 

I jumped on it, cause I did make a resolution to keep kickin' my bum out of my comfort zone.

I decided to name it: "Crafting Just Bee-cuzzz"

Uber corny, right? 

Hey, the 1st-3rd grade kids thought it was cute! That's all that really matters!

We get to make crafts, play games, get to know each other, and I get to be a cool adult in their life for a few short months.

I was kinda nervous because this was my first day, and so I asked Ryan to come.

He is so good to me :)

We made bees out of paper plates, paint, paper, and wax paper. 

There was a little strip of paper on the back of the bee where you could slip your hand in and fly it around.

Total cuteness!

Anywhoodle, I was just really excited to share this because I had SUCH a fun time! 

We painted, and talked, helped each other making the bees.

Played duck duck goose, freeze tag, and head/shoulders/knees&toes.

I got to see Ryan around a bunch of lil' ones. It was just swell!

I get to do this once a week for a few months, so be expecting more crafting posts for little kids!

Bee Kid Craft

Supplies:

• Paper plates
• Wax paper {cut into U shapes for the wings}
• Black scrapbook paper {to cut a strip of paper to tape under, and also cut out triangles for the stinger}
• Yellow paint
• Black paint
• Tape

Directions:

1.  Have the kids paint the whole paper plate yellow
2. Go play some games till that dries :)
3. Come back and show the kids how to paint the black stripes on the bee
4. Show them how to paint the eyes/face on the bee
5. Wait for everything to dry and show them how to tape the wings, stinger, and paper strip on the bee.
6. Have them put their bee on their hand and buzzzz them around the room!

<3 Bri/Bee
;)