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

Print Project

Plastic Cup Crow

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

Instructions

• Paint one of the cups black and the other with goldenrod. Set cups aside to dry.
• Cut a triangle from the orange craft foam for the beak.
• Cut a heart shape for the feet from orange construction paper.
• 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.
• 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.
• Glue 2 wiggle eyes and beak on to the cup under the hat.
• Glue the red button to the front side of the hat.
• 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.