Welcome to another week. We hope you had a craftastic weekend. Are you all set for Valentine’s Day on Thursday? Well even if you are, we wanted to remind you that this day of love is for all ages, young and old alike. Kids enjoy this special day because they receive sweet treats. If you are in need of a kid friendly Valentine’s Day craft, and a place they can store their candies then we have the perfect option for you. This 'love bee' is the perfect bearer of candy or small gifts for Valentine's Day. Sherrie Ragsdale designed this adorable project using FolkArt acrylic paints. This is a fun and simple project to do that will only take about an hour to complete. All the supplies for this project can be found below, along with their instructions.

PLAID Supplies

·       FolkArt ® Acrylic Colors - Baby Pink, 2 oz.

·       FolkArt ® Acrylic Colors - Wicker White, 2 oz.

·       FolkArt ® Acrylic Colors - Calico Red, 2 oz.

·       FolkArt ® Acrylic Colors - Licorice, 2 oz.

Other Supplies

Medium clay pot
Small clay pot
Small clay saucer
White Black and green chenille stems
Red craft foam
Pencil
#12 flat brush
¾” flat brush
Liner brush
4” lace ribbon
Hot glue

Instructions

1.    Base coat the two pots Baby Pink. Base coat the saucer and the inside of the larger pot with Licorice.  Allow to dry.  Add Calico Red Stripes to smaller pot.

2.    Add Wicker White eyes using the end of a pencil eraser.  Use a stencil brush with all of the excess Calico Red removed for the cheeks.   Paint the mouth with a liner brush in Licorice.  Add the black dots to the center of the white eyes with the end of the paint brush.

3.    Glue the pots together.  Glue the body of the bee to the black saucer.

4.    Tie a lace bow for the wings and glue to the back.

5.    Glue a black chenille stem to the back of the bee for the arms and roll up ends.

6.    Glue two black chenille stems the saucer for the legs.  Roll up the ends and bend at knee.
 

7.    Fold a green chenille stem in half and roll up the ends and twist after bend.  Cut out a heart from red craft foam.  Write “be mine” with extra fine marker.  Glue heart  to the green chenille stem. 

8.    Fold white chenille stem in half and roll up ends for the antennas.  Glue to the inside of front of pot.