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Paint toilet roll

Begin by painting the outside of your cardboard toilet roll yellow.

After it is dry, paint a few black stripes around your toilet roll.

Set that aside to dry completely.

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Staple the end shut.

This is your bee stinger.

Then poke two holes on the top of the bee body near the front of the face.

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These are for the bee antennae.

Attach bee legs and antennae

Cut two black pipe cleaners into quarters so you have 8 pieces.

Then poke two more down inside the holes on the top for antennae.

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Add wings and eyes

Cut bee wings out of your newspaper.

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