Owl crafts are just too cute to resist. This super easy owl craft is great for young children, even the youngest of little ones can help if a grown up cuts out the pieces for them! Make this fun paper plate owl with your kids today.
How to Make a Paper Plate Owl
This owl is one of the many easy crafts for kids that your children can make any time of year. However it seems that we talk about owls a lot during the fall season. Whether you have an owl unit in school or your kids just watched Harry Potter, this paper plate owl is a great project.
What you’ll need to make a paper plate owl
- Paper plates
- Brown paint
- Construction paper in yellow, black, white, and orange
- Scissors
- Craft glue
- Yarn (optional)
Paint the paper plates brown and let dry. You can download the pattern for this (see the printable version of this craft at the end of this post) then trace the patterns onto the construction paper as follows:
- 2 large circles – yellow
- 2 medium circles – white
- 2 small circles – black
- 1 triangle – orange
- Cut out the patterns. Glue the white circle to the center o the yellow circle, then glue the black circle to the center of the white circle. Repeat.
- Cut one of the paper plates in half for the wings. Trim the top of the remaining paper plate to form two ears at the top.
- Glue the eyes to the front of the plate and glue the beak directly below the eyes. Glue the wings to the back of the body plate.
- You can tape a piece of yarn to the back to create a hanger if you wish.
More you might like:
I made these Paper Plate Ladybugs years ago and they are still among my favorites. This cute Paper Bag Scarecrow is ideal for fall, and the kids will love making it! How about this darling Cardboard Tube Giraffe? Great for a nursery! And finally, these Plastic Lid Ladybugs are the perfect recycling project.
More from other sites:
Owl crafts from Family Crafts at About.com
Paper Bowl Turtle – from Free Kid’s Crafts
Paper Plate Fish – from MakingFriends.com
Paper Plate Owl Craft
Supplies
- 2 paper plates
- brown craft paint
- paintbrush or sponge
- construction paper: yellow white, black, and orange
- glue stick
- scissors
- owl patterns
Instructions
- Paint the paper plates brown and let dry.
- Trace the patterns onto the construction paper as follows:
- 2 large circles - yellow
- 2 medium circles - white
- 2 small circles - black
- 1 triangle - orange
- Cut out the patterns. Glue the white circle to the center o the yellow circle, then glue the black circle to the center of the white circle. Repeat.
- Cut one of the paper plates in half for the wings. Trim the top of the remaining paper plate to form two ears at the top.
- Glue the eyes to the front of the plate and glue the beak directly below the eyes. Glue the wings to the back of the body plate.
- You can tape a piece of yarn to the back to create a hanger if you wish.
This post was originally published on this blog on June 22, 2010
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