Megan made this little bird in preschool last Thursday and she has loved it so much that I had to get directions from Miss Shan so that you can do with it with your little one. She has carried this guy around and carefully placed him in Emily-proof spots when he is not in her arms, admonishing me, “Careful, the birdie is veeery fragile.” It is super simple, but a super big pleaser!
Materials:
Brown lunch bag
Decorative moss (in the floral section of your craft store)
2 cotton balls (colored ones are cute)
googlie eyes
orange construction paper
White school glue (like Elmer’s)
Directions:
1. Roll the bag down so that is makes a nest or bowl shape and fill with the moss.
2. Fold the construction paper in half and cut a triangle for the beak.
3. Glue one cotton ball on top of the other.
4. Run a bead of glue along the fold of the beak and glue on.
5. Finish by gluing on eyes and settling the bird in the nest.
oh my gosh he is so cute…what is his name? tell megan I love it.
Keersten,
I’m so glad I got your website address, this is so fun, I just started a blog and I’m really having fun with it. You are so crative, when it comes to art I’m not so good, so I admire you. I’ll be sending you those pictures, as soon as I remember to bring the camera down to the computer. I’m also so glad you posted this. Izac didn’t want his bird to have eyes, so he pulled them off on the way home from preschool that day. (It must be a boy thing cause he’s not generally a mean kid) Then we had Alex’s blessing that week and Justin couldn’t handle the eyeless bird sitting there for everyone to see, and for lack of having somewhere to save the darn thing and fix him, I folded and let him throw it away. I did want to take a picture first, but wasn’t fast enough. I’m just trying to say I’m glad someone loved this little bird project as much as I did, and I hope you dont mind that I steal a picture of it. Talk to you soon.
Kerrah Van Dorn