DIY Pom Pom Bees
Have fun making this un-bee-lievably cute craft! Pom pom bees are easy to make, only a few simple craft supplies needed.
Yield: 1 bee pom pom
Cost: $1
Equipment
Materials
- Worsted weight yarn (black and yellow)
- White tulle
- Sewing thread (white; or embroidery floss)
- Black pipe cleaner(s)
- 2 Googly eyes (10mm or size of choice)
Instructions
Step 1: Find what you need
- Gather your supplies and materials.
Step 2: Make the pom pom bee head
- Cut an 8 to 10 inch piece of black yarn and place it between your pointer and middle fingers.Bring the yarn from the back of your hand to your palm and hold both ends with your thumb.
- Wrap the black yarn (from the ball of yarn) around 2 fingers 100 times.After you've wrapped the yarn around a few times you don't have to hold the loose ends with your thumb anymore.Cut the yarn from the ball.
- Carefully slide one end of the 10 inch piece around to the back of your hand and tie the ends loosely around the yarn bundle.
- Carefully slide the yarn bundle off your fingers and tie the 10 inch piece in a tight double knot around the center of the bundle.You can also flip the pom pom over and secure it even more by tying a knot around the other side.
- Using sharp scissors (or fabric scissors), cut through the loops of yarn to create a rough pom pom shape.
- Give the pom pom a "haircut", trimming and shaping it until it's a nice, even ball shape.
- You should end up with a pom pom about 2 inches in size.Trim one side of the bee's head to be a bit flat. This is where you'll connect it to the body.
Step 3: Make the bee's body
- Place a 10 to 12 inch piece of yellow yarn between your middle and pointer fingers.Wrap the yellow yarn around 3 fingers (pointer, middle, ring) 50 times.Cut the yarn from the ball.
- Begin wrapping black yarn above the yellow. Try not to overlap the two colours.Wrap a total of 50 times, and then cut off the yarn.
- Wrap more yellow yarn around 50 times, and then wrap the black yarn another 50 times.Try your best to keep the colours separate.
- Tie the loose 10 inch piece of yarn around the yarn and then carefully slide the bundle off your hand.Pull the yarn tight and tie it in a double knot around the center of the bundle.
- Cut through the loops of yarn to create a rough pom pom shape.Then begin trimming the pom pom to be a rough cylinder shape.
- Continue trimming the pom pom until you have an oval shape for the bee's body.
Step 4: Connect the head and body
- Add a generous amount of hot glue to the flat side of the black pom pom (the bee's head).
- Connect the black pom pom to the bee's body on the yellow end of the oval pom pom.
Step 5: Make the tulle wings
- Cut 2 pieces of white tulle to be 6 x 10 inches.
- Hold the tulle with the shorter end towards you and gather up the length of the tulle in the middle, scrunching it up.
- Tie a piece of white thread around the middle of the tulle, securing the gathering in place.
- Fold the tulle in half, bringing the wings together so that the tied middle is at the bottom.
- To attach the wings you'll need to separate the yarn to create a little trench for the tulle to slide into.Make a spot where you'd like one of the wings to sit and add some hot glue.
- Place the folded side of the wing into the glue so 1 wing points up and 1 points down.Hold the wing in place until it stays on its own.
- Repeat, making and attaching the second wing.
- Hold both of the wings together at the top of the bee and cut the ends into a curve.
Step 7: Add the final details
- Cut up a pipe cleaner so you have 2 pieces, each about 1-1/2 inches long.
- Curve the tip of the pipe cleaner down (about 1/4 inch or so) to form an antenna.
- Add a dot of hot glue to the straight end of the pipe cleaner.
- Attach the antennae to the top of the bee's head, nestling the pipe cleaners down into the yarn.
- Use hot glue to attach the googly eyes to the front of the bee's face.
- Your pom pom bee is complete!
Video
Notes
Looking for more pom pom animals? Here's a few of our favourites:
Pom Pom Fish
Pom Pom Bunny
How to Make Pom Pom Penguins