Glue it to the front of Bee-two, close to the bottom edge. Step 25: Cut a small rectangle from the black paper. Tip: If the black paint is too thick or you brush on too much, dab the wet paint with a paper towel. Use the thinned black paint to add dirt and weathering to Bee-two. Step 24: Mix black acrylic paint and water in the bowl the consistency should be very thin. Step 23: Use the silver acrylic paint to lightly drybrush all edges and the surface of Bee-two. Step 22: Paint the feet and rectangles with the red acrylic paint and let dry. Clip off one corner of each, then glue them to the front side of Bee-two at the bottom edge. Step 21: Cut two small rectangles about the same height as the feet. Step 20: Hot glue the feet to the sides of Bee-two’s body along the bottom edge. Roll up each cardboard strip, hot gluing the inside as you roll, to make each foot. Step 19: Use the template to trace and cut out four “feet” shapes from the cardboard box. If it’s too large, you can glue small food packaging strips around the top edge of the body to get the placement right. Step 18: Rest Bee-two’s head on top of the body. Dab the open spaces with the teal paint and let dry before removing the tape. Step 17: Use the washi or painter’s tape to make two small rectangles to the right of the half-circle you cut out. Step 16: Paint Bee-two’s head with the red acrylic paint and let dry. The rectangle with the half-circle is the front of Bee-two’s head. Step 15: Arrange the rectangles in a square shape with the triangles in the corners and glue the edges together. Draw and cut out a half-circle on the head rectangle approximately the same width and placement as the notch. Hold it up to the front side of Bee-two and mark the placement of the notch you made earlier.

Step 13: Next, on the food packaging, trace and cut out the four rectangles and four triangles for the head. Hot glue the remaining strip between the two strips you just glued. Step 12: Hot glue the plain red strip (without the teal stripe) around the bottom edge of Bee-two. Step 9: Paint the three strips with the red acrylic paint. Step 8: Use the craft knife to cut a notch in the 3/4-inch wide strip, about an inch long.

Cut one strip 3/4 of an inch wide and 11 inches long. Step 7: Cut two strips from the packaging cardboard, each 1/2 of an inch wide and 11 inches long. Step 6: Paint the sides and base with silver acrylic paint. Glue them to the sides of Bee-two, using the pieces to decorate the sides and cover any rough cardboard edges. Step 5: Cut several small polygonal shapes from the food packaging cardboard. Step 4: Hot glue the base on the bottom of the box.

Step 3: Hot glue the edges of the four body pieces together to make a box shape. Trace and cut out one piece for the base. Step 2: Trace and cut out four pieces of the body sides from the cardboard. Step 1: Print and cut out the pieces from the B2EMO craft template linked above.

Note: The activities in this article should only be done with adult supervision. Small black button or black enamel dot sticker.Thin cardboard from food or toy packaging.This Bee is just as useful as any droid, holding your pencils, pens, and whatever else you might want handy. Craft your own Bee-Two with the scraps in your recycling bin! Old cardboard, paint, and glue can transform into a droid with this helpful how-to. The groundtech salvage assist unit tows scrap and salvage. The Andor family owns an old and hardy droid, B2EMO, or simply Bee-two. The B2EMO prop, on display at San Diego Comic-Con 2022.

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