Valentine’s Day Love Bee

Instructions

1. Basecoat the two pots Baby Pink. Basecoat 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.