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How to make a pom pom bumble bee

Submitted by Anjie Davison on Wed, 07/09/2008 - 08:45.
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Pom pom bumble bee
Draw two circles on cereal packet card. Cut out
Two circles cut out. Yellow and black wool
Place the two discs together. Wind yellow wool round the discs, covering the cardboard, then black wool.
Finish with a round of yellow.
The wings are cut from clear plastic, I cut up a folder. Use a hole punch to make the hole at the base of the wings.
Put a length of the yellow wool through the hole in the wings as indicated in the photograph.
A grown up might need to do the next bit. Using a pair of pointed scissors, snip through all layers of wool right round the outside edge of the discs.
Gently pull the discs apart.
Take the wings with the length of wool attached. Place the wings between the discs and tie the length of wool tightly round the centre.
Bring the wool to the top of the pom pom tie with a knot, this will be used to hang up the bee,
Pull both discs right away.
Fluff out your pom pom.
The face is made from a circle of foam, I put double sided tape on the back of foam before I cut out the face. Google eyes are stuck on with pva, the glue takes a while to dry so do this in advance. Features drawn with silver pen.
Peel off double sided backing tape, place the face on the bee.

A pom pom bumble bee, really easy to make. Children can make these. You don't need much skill just a little bit of application and patience to achieve a fluffy bug. Children are rarely disappointed with the results and feel they have achieved something, boys and girls. When I was at junior school I remember making pom pom creatures and selling them to other children in the playground, only pennies but I realised I had a skill that others  appreciated. 

3 Comments
Submitted by zooarchaeologist (not verified) on Tue, 06/08/2010 - 20:04.

Rushes off to Wilkinsons to buy yet more wool..... x

Submitted by Kimberlee @ Spunky Diva (not verified) on Wed, 06/02/2010 - 13:38.

What an easy way to make pom poms! Thank you for posting this tutorial.

Kimberlee @ www.thespunkydiva.blogspot.com

Submitted by jan. (not verified) on Fri, 12/18/2009 - 13:09.

Lovely stuff.

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