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Cardboard Tube Cardinal

Author by Amanda Davis on November 11, 2019 Updated on April 3, 2021

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Recycle a cardboard tube into winter's beautiful red bird, the cardinal.
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Make this adorable cardinal from a cardboard tube and construction paper! This cardboard tube cardinal is a fun winter project for kids. Especially on snow days when they are stuck inside!

Cardboard Tube Cardinal


 

Cardboard Tube Cardinal

Recycle a cardboard tube into winter’s beautiful red bird, the cardinal.

While cardinals can certainly be seen year-round, spotting one in the winter is definitely a sight to see. Their beautiful red feathers are a gorgeous contrast to the white snow and watching them is sure to bring a smile to your child’s face. So pull out a cardboard tube and the construction paper and let’s make a cardinal!

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Several people have commented that this reminds them of Angry Birds :) I have a cardboard tube angry bird tutorial as well!

Supplies you need to make a Cardboard Tube Cardinal

  • 4-inch cardboard tube
  • 1 sheet red construction paper
  • Scrap of black construction paper
  • Scrap of orange construction paper
  • 5 red feathers
  • 2 googly eyes
  • Scissors
  • White craft glue


How to make this cardboard tube cardinal

  1. Cover the cardboard tube in red construction paper.
  2. Use patterns to cut football shape from black construction paper and triangle from orange construction paper. Glue the black shape to the front of the tube toward the top for the face.
  3. Glue the triangle onto the black face as the beak.
  4. Glue one red feather at the top of the bird’s “head”, inside the tube. Glue two feathers on each side of the tube for the wings.

I hope you have fun making this cardboard tube cardinal. If you’d like more fun ideas using cardboard tubes, I have lots of cardboard tube crafts on the blog! I will list some of our favorites below.

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Who doesn’t love minions? These cardboard tube minions are a fun project that your kids will love! They look great sitting on a bookshelf or for imaginative play.

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Cardboard Tube Cardinal

Recycle a cardboard tube into winter’s beautiful red bird, the cardinal.
Age Group: Kids Crafts
Project Type: Crafts
Author: Amanda Formaro

Supplies

  • 4- inch cardboard tube 1 sheet red construction paper Scrap of black construction paper Scrap of orange construction paper 5 red feathers 2 goggly eyes Scissors White craft glue

Instructions

  • Cover the cardboard tube in red construction paper.
  • Use patterns to cut football shape from black construction paper and triangle from orange construction paper. Glue the black shape to the front of the tube toward the top for the face.
  • Glue the triangle onto the black face as the beak.
  • Glue one red feather at the top of the bird’s “head”, inside the tube. Glue two feathers on each side of the tube for the wings.

This post was originally published on this blog on Dec 28, 2013.

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Amanda Davis is the crafty, entrepreneurial mother of four children. She loves to bake, cook, make kid's crafts and create decorative items for her home. She is a crafting expert and guru in the kitchen and has appeared online and in print publications many times over the years.
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  1. Susan Ward says

    June 29, 2021 at 8:52 pm

    Love the crafts. I do a Wednesday night church group with kids, Kids Corner. We are going to do a Christmas Village this year out of toilet paper rolls.

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