Thursday, September 20, 2012

Paper Birds

(source: familyfun.go.com)

Here's a super-simple way to assemble a flock of featherless friends. This nearly no-mess project is easy enough to make in minutes and lets kids add lots of inspired elements of their own.

Materials
Scrapbook paper
Scissors
Pencil
Colored paper clips
Tape
Glue stick
Hole punch or pushpins

Instructions
For each, draw a bird figure on a piece of scrapbook paper (or download our template). Cut out this figure, trace it, and cut out the matching shape.
Bend a colored paper clip or two into feet and tape them to the back side of one figure. Use a glue stick to join the two matching figures, sandwiching the paper clip legs between them.
Make an eye with a hole punch or pushpin and adjust the legs so that the bird can stand on its own.