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A 15–40 minutes craft for ages 3–7, using supplies you likely already have — Pom Poms, Disposable Plates, and Clothespins.

GlueStick supports kids from setup to cleanup. After they choose a project, we guide them through gathering the supplies, making it, and cleaning up when they're done. We'll even help them share it safely with trusted family and friends.

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    Find Supplies

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    Make Bumblebee Craft with Newspaper Stripes

    Your creative buddy says:
    "Are you as excited to make this as I am?"

    Step 1: Paint the bee's body.

    Pick a piece of construction paper for your bee's home. Hold a medium pompom with a clothespin. This is your special paintbrush! Put some yellow paint on a paper plate or an old piece of newspaper. Gently tap your pompom paintbrush into the yellow paint. Then, tap a big yellow oval shape in the middle of your paper. This is your bee's body!

    Step 2: Add newspaper stripes.

    Find a part of the newspaper with words on it. Tear 3 strips of newspaper. Make them about as wide as your finger. Make them long enough to fit across your bee's body. When your yellow paint is dry, use your glue stick to put the newspaper strips onto your bee. These are its stripes!

    Step 3: Add fun details to your bee.

    Now, let's add some fun parts to your bee! Give your bee two antennae. You can use little black pompoms for the ends if you have them. Then, add anything else you want to your bee! You can draw a flower, or anything else you can imagine.
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    Clean up

    Put things away so your space is tidy for next time.

    Tidy up our space

    Put away our supplies

    Check off each supply when it is put away — and any clean-up tips underneath are done too. You might find a fun surprise!

    • A cartoon of Pom Poms
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    • A cartoon of Pom Poms
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    • A cartoon of Disposable Plates
      Where they belong:
      • — Don't forget! Disposable plates may be compostable or recyclable! Do your part to keep trash out of the landfill.
    • A cartoon of Clothespins
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    • A cartoon of Markers
      Where they belong:
      • — Don't forget! Close all marker caps tightly.
    • A cartoon of Paper Towels
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    • A cartoon of Construction Paper
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    • A cartoon of Acrylic Paint
      Where they belong:
      • — Don't forget! Make sure all paint bottle lids are shut tight.
    • A cartoon of Newspapers
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    • A cartoon of Glue Sticks
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      • — Don't forget! Put cap on glue sticks tightly.

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