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Quilling Paper Beehive

June 18, 2020

Use my free template to make a sweet little quilling paper beehive filled with tiny bumblebees!

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Quilling paper beehive with 3 small bees | The Papery Craftery

It’s no secret in my house that I love bees!

I think they are such amazing creatures and without them our world couldn’t exist. No flowers, no fruit… they are an integral part of our environment! We must save the bees!

And, because they are one of my favorite subjects, this week I’m sharing a new video tutorial and making a quilling paper beehive.

To start off, you’ll want to print a copy of my beehive template. This is what you’re going to use as an outline of your beehive and bees. You can get your free copy by clicking the image below.

Once you print your tutorial, check out my video tutorial to see all supplies you will need.

This is a great project to practice on-edge quilling and it also lets you play with negative space.

You can customize this project as much as you see fit. Print the template to another size, add more bees, change up the colors… you could even use wider 1/4″ paper strips for a more substantial hive if you like to work with that size.

All the details to make your own beehive is in the video below.

But I did mention in the video that I would leave the dimensions for the teeny bees in this post.

They’re so simple but so cute!

For each bumblebee, you’ll need to make:

  • 1 1/2″ yellow crescent for the back of the body
  • 1 1/2″ black crescent for the middle of the body
  • 1 1/2″ yellow coil for the front of the body
  • 1 1/2″ black coil for the head
  • 2 1/2″ white teardrops for the wings
  • small strip of black paper to fold, glue, and cut for antenae and stinger

Other than these measurements, you can add as many swirls and scrolls that you like!

I hope you have fun with this tutorial!

If you love bees as much as I do, I think you will! Enjoy your summer everybody!

For all the tools and supplies you’ll need for this and any other quilling project, check out my Shop My Favorite Supplies page!

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Comments

  1. CARMEL STONE says

    January 2, 2021 at 12:46 am

    Thankyou for this beautiful tutorial. I love the pattern and have made it over the last few days. Later in the year I would like to share it with my small quilling group. We only make for our own personal use and for family and friends.

    Reply
    • Meredith says

      January 2, 2021 at 5:54 pm

      That’s just fine, thank you for double-checking. Let me know how they turn out!

      Reply
  2. Tammy says

    January 10, 2021 at 6:47 pm

    Hi, Meredith
    I found quilling by chance as well, so amazed at how beautiful paper art could be. I’ve been teaching myself, but I can tell you it has been frustrating, not able to find patterns, templates, type of paper to use or much of anything else to help! I ran into a video by you on you tube and I can not thank you enough for your site. I have learned more watching 3 of your videos than I have in the one year I have been trying to learn quilting! I will be watching as many of your videos I can find!
    Thank for sharing your talent,
    Tammy

    Reply
    • Meredith says

      January 11, 2021 at 4:50 pm

      So glad to help! Thank you for the kind words, Tammy!

      Reply
  3. Martha A. says

    June 22, 2021 at 9:09 pm

    If there is a person among us who could not decide if quilling would be a “craft” they could succeed at, your spirit and joy of sharing should put still all doubts.
    I thank you for stirring in me a long forgotten phase of my life.

    Reply
    • Meredith says

      June 30, 2021 at 10:00 pm

      Oh my goodness, you are so sweet! Thank you so much!

      Reply
    • Meredith says

      June 30, 2021 at 10:00 pm

      Oh my goodness, you are so sweet! Thank you so much!

      Reply
  4. Camille Elvy says

    March 6, 2022 at 9:14 pm

    Thank you so much for your inspirational videos! You are such a calm and sweet person to share the love you have for your at with others. It is such and inspiration to me. I save all of your videos to watch over and over again!

    Reply
    • Meredith says

      March 30, 2022 at 8:20 pm

      You’re so sweet! Thanks so much!

      Reply
  5. Homeschool Mom says

    January 4, 2023 at 11:31 pm

    Hi! I’m excited to try making this as a beginner and appreciate you sharing your tutorial online and your template! I noticed you suggested 1 and 1/2 inches of paper for the bee body parts in the video, but I came here to verify the amounts and see it says only 1/2″? I’m guessing the 1.5 is correct.

    Reply
    • Meredith says

      January 5, 2023 at 12:27 pm

      Thank you for catching that! I don’t know how I didn’t notice, but yes, the video is correct and you’ll need about 1 1/2″ of paper for each section of the bees body, then slightly longer pieces for it’s wings. I’ve made the changes on the post so everything should match now.

      Reply

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