Pre-school - Grade 2

20-30 minutes

fine motor skills development

• 1 large piece of posterboard (per bird)
• orange craft paper
• assorted magazines
• craft gue
• scissors

1. Cut a large bird shape from the posterborad.
2. Have the children cut strips from magazines to use as feathers.
3. Have the kids start gluing at the tail, layering the feathers toward the head (see diagram). Remember to leave room for the bill.
4. After the head is completed, make the eye by gluing a small dark cricle inside a slightly larger circle. Glue in place.
5. Cut out pieces of orange coloured paper to make the bill and feet. Glue in place

Source: Ruth Eastwood, From After School Crafts by Barbara L Dondiego