Easy craft for kids

How to make a toilet roll Buzzby

Turn an empty toilet roll tube into a buzzy bee friend. It uses things most homes already have, like paper, crayons and glue.

Picture guide for making a toilet roll Buzzby — Part of the picture guide. The full guide opens in the Kids Zone.

Craft 5 steps With a grown up

What you need

An empty toilet roll tube
Yellow paper
Black crayon or marker
White paper
Glue
Safe scissors

A grown up helps with: Holding the paper while the glue sticks.

The first 3 steps

Wrap yellow paper around the tube and glue it.
Draw black stripes around the tube.
Cut two wing shapes from white paper.

2 more steps finish the craft.

Open in the Kids Zone

With a free account, kids follow every step with the full picture guide, Read it to me buttons, an I made it! cheer and a page to print.

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For grown ups

Use safe scissors and washable glue or paint. A grown up does any cutting through card and any hole punching. Crafts like this build fine motor skills, following directions and pride in making something.