Let's Get Started:
- Use the yellow sugar paste to cover both polystyrene balls
- Insert pop stick into larger ball
- Place smaller ball on top
- Using ball tool make impressions for the eyes
- Fill the eye sockets with white
- Add brown next
- Add the black for the pupils
- Roll small pieces of black for the eyelashes
- Add two small dots of white to the eyes as shown above.
- Use a dresden tool or wooden clay knife - make an impression for the mouth
- Cut out four stripes of black to attach with edible glue for the bees stripes
The hands, feet, arms & legs:
- Roll two small balls of yellow
- Cut a 'v' shape to make thumbs and toes
- Roll four sausages of black for the arm and legs and attach with edible glue
- Attach to the arms and legs
- Roll a ball of pink and flatten into a disc
- Roll out 5 teardrops of pink and glue to the disc with edible glue. Insert cocktail stick.
- Roll out a ball of yellow and press into the center of the flower - texture with a cocktail stick
- Glue to bees hands using edible glue
- Roll 2 rectangular pieces of pink out for the bow
- Fold the larger pieces as shown
- Pinch bow in the middle and cover with smaller rectangle of sugar paste
- Wrap around the center
- Add the bow to the bee's head using edible glue
- Roll two tiny pieces of black and attach to the ends of the wire with edible glue
- Use edible black petal dust mixed with a drop of vodka to pain the white florist air.
- Use green petal dust with vodka to paint the cocktail stick coming out of the flower and added a little color to the bees cheeks with dry pink petal dust.
- Use wafer paper for the wings - fold in half and cut out the shape shown.
- When you open the paper you will have 2 symmetrical wings - attach to back of bee with royal icing of a tiny bit of edible glue.