Wood Bees – Craft Idea – Rayher

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Wood Bees

Wood Bees

Difficulty

difficulty

Duration

30 min

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Instructions in 16 steps The painted raw wood balls are wrapped with paper wire to give the bees their striped dress.

Besides the articles listed below, you also need: Tinfoil, pliers

And this is how it works:

1

Step 1

Cut 2 pieces 40 cm long and 1 piece 30 cm long from the paper covered wire.

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Step 2

Take the paper wire cut to 40 cm and insert it through the ball of 20 mm.

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Step 3

Then, wind the wire around the ball of 20 mm as shown in Figure 4.

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Step 4

Insert one end of the wire into the other one in order to fix the winding with it.

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Step 5

Do the same with the ball of 15 mm.

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Step 6

Interlink the wound balls by inserting the wire ends into each other.

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Step 7

Cut the wire ends behind the small ball to 7 mm.

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Step 8

Insert the already prepared 30 cm long wire through the ball of 10 mm and tie a knot on one side.

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Step 9

Now pull the ball with the long wire end through the two already prepared and interlinked balls.

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Step 10

Draw a face and hair on the raw wood ball of 18 mm.

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Step 11

Push the head through the three wires on the body.

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Step 12

The longest paper covered wire once bent will serve as a suspension hook.

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Step 13

Knot the other two wire ends as antennae and bend them into shape.

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Step 14

Now you will one more paper covered wire of 40 cm.

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Step 15

Then shape the wings according to the bending template.

You can find the bending template in the PDF of the craft idea. Simply download it.

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Step 16

Then intertwine the wing ends together and use this new wire end to attach the wings to the neck.