Children love making crafts with feathers because of their shape and texture.
Bird feathers add wonderful color and texture to crafts in kindergarten class. They can be used to create birds, such as turkeys for Thanksgiving or a bird study in spring, or in other more fanciful crafts or even science experiments. Use craft feathers, which look and feel like real feathers but aren't dirty. Craft feathers are also available in colors to suit any activity.
Craft Stick Birds
A craft stick can be the basis for a number of birds. Have the children color it yellow for an Easter chick, blue for a bluebird or red for a cardinal. They can draw on small eyes, glue in small triangles cut out of yellow or orange paper for the beak, and glue the matching feathers to the back of the stick to finish the bird. Use a pencil instead of a craft stick for a fluffy bird pencil, or use a piece of bristol board and create a bird bookmark.
Handprint Birds
Have the children place their hand in a tray of paint and put the handprint sideways, with their fingers spread out, on a piece of paper. They can use pink paint for a flamingo, brown for a turkey or yellow for a duck. They can then use safety scissors to cut out the paper, using the thumb for the bird's head and neck, the palm of the hand for the body and the fingers for the tail feathers. Then have the children tape two drinking straws on the bottom for legs, color in a beak and eye, and glue on matching feathers to complete the bird.
Feather Masks
Using plain light-color bristol board, cut out mask shapes for the children to decorate. You can either make an eye mask and glue a craft stick to the side, or make a mask that covers the nose as well with a craft stick glued to the center. The children can then decorate the masks with paint, jewels and coordinating feathers around the top and sides. Then have the children create matching fans by gluing a craft stick to a square piece of construction paper, and adding feathers to the paper, along with other decorations.
Feather Experiment
At a sink, let water drip from the tap in a steady but slow stream, and hold a paper towel underneath. The water will run right through the paper towel. Then, hold a bird feather a few inches above the paper towel. The water should run right off the feather, leaving it dry and protecting the paper towel underneath. This demonstrates how feathers keep birds dry during rainy and snowy weather.
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