Bird Crafts for Primary Children
When teaching your primary school-aged child about different birds, creating bird-themed crafts is another way to encourage the learning process. Making bird crafts can teach children about the parts of a bird, the colors of different species and their diets. Regardless of the age of the child, there are many simple crafts you and your child can work on together at home or in the classroom with her teacher.
Paper Plate Raven
Raven crafts can be used after a lesson on the raven or during the Halloween season if you combine it with a reading of Edgar Allen Poe's "The Raven." Before class, cut the top third off of a paper plate and staple the remaining two-thirds onto a whole paper plate with the top of each plate facing in. This will create a pocket and be the body of the raven. Using construction paper, cut out leg shapes and attach them to the body with glue.
Staple two plates on top of the pocket body to create the head. The two plates should also be top to top. Allow your students to paint the bodies and heads of the birds using black paint. Once the paint has dried, the students can glue black feathers onto the sides of the plates to create wings. Ask the students to cut beaks out of yellow construction paper or craft foam and use googly eyes to complete the face. You can fill the pockets with candy or other treats.
Pinecone Owls
After studying owls, make a pinecone owl with your students to reinforce what they have learned about the characteristics of owls. Use a large pinecone for the body. Cut out the owls' ears out of brown construction paper or use feathers. Attach large googly eyes, found at craft stores to the top of the pinecone, reminding the students of the owl's powerful eyesight. For the beaks, cut out triangles from yellow construction paper.
Flamingos
Making a flamingo will help students better understand the true length and shape of the bird's neck and legs, which make it so unique. To create a flamingo, you will need one medium-sized pink pom pom for the head, one large pink pom pom for the body, pink and white craft foam cut into the shape of feet and a beak, three pink pipe cleaners for the neck and legs, pink feathers to cover the body and small googly eyes. You can find all of the supplies at a craft store.
Using craft glue, the students will attach all the pieces together. To add more detail, they can color the tip of the beak black, resembling that of a flamingo.
Fruit Cup Bird Feeder
Making a bird feeder for birds will give your students a chance to observe birds up close. First you will need to scoop the flesh out of half of an orange or a grapefruit. Once the peel is left behind in a bowl shape, you can place the bowl out on the window sill and fill it with birdseed. Your students can record their observations about the birds as they come to eat from the fruit cup bird feeder.
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