Paper Plate Owl Craft: make a cute owl from a paper plate

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.

Paper Plate Owl Craft by @amandaformaro CraftsbyAmanda.com

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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

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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

Directions

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.

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This post was originally published on this blog on June 22, 2010

This super easy owl craft is great for young kids, even the smallest can do this with help! Make this fun paper plate owl with your kids today.

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Amanda Formaro

Amanda Formaro 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. She is also the editor for the Home & Garden channel at Craft Gossip and owner of FunFamilyCrafts.com.