Have you tried painting to music before? Well, this adorable bumblebee craft is perfect for toddlers and preschoolers and was inspired the classical song Flight of the Bumblebee.
With my piano background and my passion for teaching music, I love to do music inspired activities and crafts with my kids. And we've done quite a few over the years already.
Recently, we did a fun preschool and toddler Flight of the Bumblebee music study. We ended up making these painted sheet music bumblebees, which I think are totally cute.
So whether you're looking for Flight of the Bumblebee ideas for kids or a craft for a preschool insect theme, you're going to love this painting to music bumblebee craft. It's great for kids of all ages, even toddlers and preschoolers.
Bumblebee Craft for Kids: What You'll Need
Here's what you'll need for this simple bee craft:
- Sheet music from Flight of the Bumblebee - You can grab a copy here and pick anything you'd like (I went with a piano version)
- A recording of the Flight of the Bumblebee - Here's a recording of it on YouTube
- Black & yellow washable paint & paint brushes - To paint the bee's body
- Scissors - To cut out the bumblebee's body
- Vellum - For the bee's wings
- Brad fastener - To attach the bee's wings to the body
- Googly eyes - So our little bees can see what they're doing
- White craft glue - To attach the eyeballs to the bee's face
- Sharpie permanent marker - Because every cute little bee needs a smile on its face
Set out the sheet music, paint, and paint brushes for your kids. Next, turn on some Flight of the Bumblebee music to set the mood and then you're ready to paint a cute bee or two.
Making Adorable Little Bees While Painting to Music
It's so interesting, to me at least, to see how J and K approach an art project like these painting to music bee crafts. They approach things so differently. J, for instance, in true hyperlexia fashion, started off by painting out the words "The Bumble Bee."
He also wrote "the waters" and the number 33 onto what will eventually be the body of this little bee project. He later picked up speed, painting the sheet music like crazy. Perhaps to match the music he was painting to? I'm not sure. Yet, somehow he stayed almost completely clean and paint free. Not sure how he managed that!
K, on the other hand, got reeeeeally messy while painting his bumble bee craft. He's a toddler, what else can I say.
The Finished Bumblebee Crafts
Once the paint is dry, it's time to finish off these little bumble bees.
First, I cut out bumblebee shapes from their paintings. I then cut out two wings out of vellum for each bee. Then I fastened them to the bee body using a brad fastener, which means the wings can rotate. Then I drew a smile with a black Sharpie and glued a googly eye onto each bee.
Here's K's adorable bumble bee craft.
And here is J's finished bumblebee craft. You can sort of see the number 33 still on its body.
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