Despite these bum­ble­bees being rather charm­ing, they were a fea­ture in this week’s Ani­mals Nobody Loves Sto­ry­time. To make it fit, I per­haps empha­sised their sting more than par­ents would have liked!

I think the tem­plates for these came from Pack o’ Fun. I use their tem­plates a lot for mak­ing felt pieces. If I am remem­ber­ing wrong and you deserve credit for these shapes, please let me know! For a tree, I pull out the apple tree from a Sis­ters in Stitches kit. I didn’t real­ize they had retired and shut down shop until just now when I tried to link to their tree.

Six Lit­tle Bumblebees

Six lit­tle bum­ble­bees
Were liv­ing in a hive.
One flew away
And then there were five.

Six lit­tle bum­ble­bees
Were liv­ing in a hive.
One flew away
And then there were five.

Five lit­tle bum­ble­bees
Buzzed around some more.
One flew away
And then there were four.

Four lit­tle bum­ble­bees
Flew around the tree.
One flew away
And then there were three.

Three lit­tle bum­ble­bees
Loved flow­ers of blue.
One flew away
And then there were two.

Two lit­tle bum­ble­bees
Were hav­ing lots of fun.
One flew away
And then there was one.

The last lit­tle bum­ble­bee
Said “Where are my friendsd?“
He flew away
And so our story ends.

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