{"id":19316,"date":"2023-05-05T08:01:10","date_gmt":"2023-05-05T08:01:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bakerross.co.uk\/?p=19316"},"modified":"2026-07-10T10:38:13","modified_gmt":"2026-07-10T10:38:13","slug":"moving-wings-honeybee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bakerross.co.uk\/craft-ideas\/kids\/themes\/insects\/moving-wings-honeybee\/","title":{"rendered":"Moving Wings Honeybee"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper wp-block-paragraph\">Create a buzzing masterpiece with this adorable moving wings honeybee craft! Using simple folded paper techniques, kids can make a bee that flaps its wings with a gentle push. This fun and engaging activity is perfect for celebrating World Bee Day while learning about these important pollinators!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Create a buzzing masterpiece with this adorable moving wings honeybee craft! Using simple folded paper techniques, kids can make a bee that flaps its wings with a gentle push. This fun and engaging activity is perfect for celebrating World Bee Day while learning about these important pollinators!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":19356,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"editor_plus_copied_stylings":"{}","footnotes":""},"categories":[251,233,341,334,3,234,229],"tags":[647,658,629,702],"class_list":["post-19316","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-insects","category-activity","category-bees","category-garden","category-kids","category-papercraft","category-themes","tag-bees","tag-garden","tag-insects","tag-papercraft"],"acf":{"age":["3-5","6-9","10+","Adult"],"skill-level":["Beginner"],"time-to-make":["15 mins"],"idea-type":["Craft Projects"],"free-printable":"","ID":"K1355","time":"20 minutes","skill_level":"Easy. Adult supervision needed","how_to_make":"<ol>\r\n \t<li>Using the template cut out the rectangle (length of A4 by 3cm) from green card and wings from white card.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Fold the green strip in half.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Find the middle of the folded edge, then fold each corner of the folded edge inwards to create triangular folds.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Unfold the strip and invert the side triangles inwards.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Next, fold the top layer of the green rectangle backwards. The template shows where the folds should be.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Open the rectangle and sketch your design using a pencil. Make sure the bees head is drawn on the top layer that is folded backwards.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Colour in your design with a black and yellow deco pen.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Stick two wiggle eyes to the honeybee\u2019s head.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>For the wings, draw an abstract pattern using a black fine liner.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Using a jumbo glue stick, stick the longer wings onto top the left and right triangular folds and the smaller wings to the bottom left and right triangular folds.<\/li>\r\n       <li>Make sure the wings fit within the folds of the triangles otherwise the craft won\u2019t open and close.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Using super tacky glue, stick a craft stick at the top and bottom of the back of the craft.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Wait for the glue to dry and then have fun playing with this interactive honeybee craft.<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>","shopping_list":"<ul>\r\n \t<li>Ruler<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Black fine liner<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Scissors<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>","shopping_list_2":"","top_tip":"You can draw your own insect designs but make sure the wings fit into the folded triangular shapes, so the craft opens and closes.","image_01":53139,"step_instruction_01":"","image_02":53140,"step_instruction_02":"","image_03":53141,"step_instruction_03":"","image_04":"","step_instruction_04":"","image_05":"","step_instruction_05":"","image_06":"","step_instruction_06":"","template":"https:\/\/www.bakerross.co.uk\/media\/patticrafts\/K1355%20Moving%20Wings%20Honeybee.pdf","related_projects":"32794,18504,7863,7853,7817","latest_idea_content":"most-recent","show_date":false,"adult_supervision_needed":"Yes","youtube_video":"https:\/\/youtu.be\/Kb-fZ1Qqzfs","products":"FC969,FX839,E415,EV7062,ET1501,E210,AW916,AT490","fbt_products":"","recommendation_products":""},"view_count":9322,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bakerross.co.uk\/craft-ideas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19316","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bakerross.co.uk\/craft-ideas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bakerross.co.uk\/craft-ideas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bakerross.co.uk\/craft-ideas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bakerross.co.uk\/craft-ideas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19316"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/www.bakerross.co.uk\/craft-ideas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19316\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":53142,"href":"https:\/\/www.bakerross.co.uk\/craft-ideas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19316\/revisions\/53142"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bakerross.co.uk\/craft-ideas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19356"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bakerross.co.uk\/craft-ideas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19316"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bakerross.co.uk\/craft-ideas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19316"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bakerross.co.uk\/craft-ideas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19316"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}