Bees!

The project has three major elements: bees, flowers and the planter area.

We'll start with the bees. We made a bee for each student at Garden City Early Learning Academy (GCELA).

First we started with a ball of plasticine clay.

We then sculpted the bees "in relief". This means that the bees stand out from the surface and are only one-sided.

Here is Becka creating one of the bees.

We created five bees for the project.

We built a box around the bees and poured rubber into it. When the rubber cures (hardens), we will remove the walls.

Here is our finished mold. There is an indentation that exactly matches each bee.

(Notice the wire pieces in the bee indentations? These will help reinforce the wings.)

Next we will pour plastic into the bee mold.