Plastic Cup Crow

To make this plastic cup crow you will need:

• 2 small plastic or Dixie cups (bathroom size) (paper or foam cups work too!)
• 2 cotton balls
• 2 medium googly eyes
• 1 red button
• scrap of orange craft foam
• scrap of orange construction paper
• Acrylic craft paint: black and goldenrod
• scissors
• white craft glue

There’s a printable version of this plastic cup crow project below!

Fun facts about crows:

• Crows join what are called “roosts” in the fall and winter. That means they join together as large groups and sleep together as a group. This primarily happens during the fall and winter months as the group disperses in the spring during mating season.
• In the spring you may notice that crows are very raucous and noisy, then strangely they become very quiet. Female crows make a lot of noise while nesting, but once eggs are laid both adults become rather quiet so as not to give away the location of their nest.
• Surely you’ve seen a crow on the side of the road picking at roadkill. Crows will eat whatever is readily available, including fruits, vegetables, insects, eggs, and yes, dead animals.

Some fun crow crafts:

1. Use Mod Podge to create a fun crow themed vase
2. Make a blingy crow topped pumpkin
3. Create faux taxidermy with a fake foam crow
4. Make an adorable paper plate crow with the kids

More fun fall crafts for kids:

1. Paint a really cool spooky tree using a stencil
2. Make fall leaf finger puppets to play with
3. Turn craft sticks and corks into cute scarecrows for the garden
4. When the paper towels run out make a cardboard tube scarecrow

Plastic Cup Crow

 

Print

Author: Amanda Formaro

Supplies

• 2 small plastic cups (bathroom size) (paper or foam cups work too!)
• 2 cotton balls
• 2 medium wiggle eyes
• 1 red button
• scrap of orange craft foam
• scrap of orange construction paper
• Acrylic craft paint: black and goldenrod
• scissors
• white craft glue

Directions

1. Paint one of the cups black and the other with goldenrod. Set cups aside to dry.
2. Cut a triangle from the orange craft foam for the beak.
3. Cut a heart shape for the feet from orange construction paper.
4. When paint is dry, use scissors to cut thin slits (fringes) halfway up the goldenrod cup, going all the way around. Bend the “fringes” upward to form the hat.
5. Turn the hat over and put 2 cotton balls inside the cup. Glue hat to the bottom end of the black painted cup. Let dry.
6. Glue 2 wiggle eyes and beak on to the cup under the hat.
7. Glue the red button to the front side of the hat.
8. Glue the heart feet to the opening of the black cup, bend the construction paper up into the sides of the cup so that just the “feet” stick out.

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