Duck Tape® Bumblebee Hair Clip
Material List
- Duck Tape- Yellow, Black, White and Electric Blue (1 Roll Each)
- Styrofoam Ball- 3”
- Hair Barrette
- Floral Wire
- Wire Cutters
- X-Acto Knife
- Scissors
- Cutting Board
Project Instructions
Step: 1
Cut 12 inches of floral wire. Cut your foam ball in half.
Step: 2
Use your wire like a needle and thread to "sew" the foam ball
Step: 3
(flat side touching the barrette) to the barrette.
Step: 4
Tear off about 10 inches of yellow tape and cut it in half
Step: 5
lengthwise and then into squares. Cover your foam ball in
Step: 6
these.
Step: 7
Cut 3 strips of black tape each about 5-6 inches long and wrap them around your bee.
Step: 8
Tear off a strip of black tape about 3-4 inches long and cut into tiny squares. Cover 1/4 of your bee in these squares to make his head.
Step: 9
Cut 2 pieces of floral wire 4 1/2 inches long each. Tear off 2 strips of electric blue tape each about 4 inches long.
Step: 10
Lay out your two strips of tape sticky side up on your cutting board.
Step: 11
Place your 2 pieces of wire in the middle of the tape on one side, leaving about 1 1/2 inches of the wire off of the tape. Cut 2 pieces of wire about 1 1/2 inches long and bend them in half.
Step: 12
Stick them on top of the wire in the middle. Fold the tape over onto itself. Now cut the edges to make it look more like a wing.
Step: 13
Stick the wire coming from the wing into the bee's back.
Step: 14
Cut 2 pieces of wire each about 1 1/2 inches long and wrap them in black duct tape, leaving about 1/2 of the wire showing.
Step: 15
Stick these above the head and bend them a little at the tops.
Step: 16
Using a dime as your stencil, cut out 2 white circles for the bee's eyes and place them on his face.
Step: 17
Trace your dime onto some black tape and them trim off a few millimeters. Place these black circles on top of the white ones.
Step: 18
Now cut two tiny squares of white tape to make the glare on the bee's eyes.
Tips
Refer to photo to complete project.Follow manufacturer's directions for all products used.

