Bubble Wrap Bee Hive
Theme: Bees, printing, spring
Age: 8+
Technique: Acrylic, printing, tracing and drawing
Duration: 1 hour and 15 minutes
"Bees in a Hive" by Sinthia Cousineau
Materials
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Project Steps
Step 1: Add first layer of Paint
- Tape the edges of the paper to the table using masking tape.
- With a roller, spread orange paint all over the paper and wait for it to dry. Do not put too much paint as it takes longer to dry.
- Note: Sponge Rollers work best with kids as they dry faster.
Step 2: Add Yellow Paint to Bubble Wrap
- As your waiting for the first layer of paint to dry, take a piece of bubble wrap (hexagon shaped for extra challenge) and with a roller add yellow paint to the surface with the bubbles.
- Apply the bubble wrap to the paper and Presse gently on the surface to print the paint on the paper.
- Print the bubble wrap all over the paper and wait to dry.
- Once dry, you can remove the masking tape (gently to not rip paper).
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Step 3: Trace or Draw several Bees
- As your waiting for the paint to dry, practice tracing bees with carbon paper.
- Once the paint is 100% dry, trace or draw the bees on the paper.
- For the carbon paper, the dark side must touch the paper first, then place the image you wish to trace on top of it and trace with a tracing tool.
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Step 4: Retrace the Lines with a Black Sharpie
Step 5 (optional): Paint in body and wings
- Using white paint of the wings and yellow paint for the body strips, paint in the bees and wait for it to dry.
Step 6: Trace over the lines with a black sharpie
- Use the black sharpie for the body of the bee and the smaller details.
Students working on Bee Paintings
Student Artworks
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References
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