Paper Plate Bird’s Nest
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Welcome spring with this adorable bird's nest craft made with simple materials, including a paper plate!
Materials
- Paint Brushes Triangle Handle
- Feathers Brown
- Green Fuzzy Sticks
- Acrylic Paint Jars, 24 Assorted colors
- Craft Glue
- Scissors
- Small Paper Plate
- Construction Paper
Instructions
Step 1. Gather your supplies. |
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Step 2. Cut a paper plate in half and paint it light brown. Set aside to dry. |
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Step 3. Glue two medium sized poms together as shown. The top pom is the bird’s head and the bottom is the body. |
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Step 4. Glue Wiggly Eyes and a tiny orange pom on the top pom to form the bird’s face. |
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Step 5. To finish the bird, glue brown feathers to the body. |
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Step 6. Repeat steps 3-5 to make 2 more birds. |
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Step 7. Cut several different sized strips of brown Construction paper. |
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Step 8. Arrange the strips of brown paper on a piece of blue Construction paper to make a tree limb, as shown. Once you like the layout, glue the branches to the paper. |
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Step 9. Glue the paper plate onto the branch to form the bird’s nest in a tree. |
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Step 10. Cut small pieces of Suede Cord and glue to the bird’s nest. This will give some texture to plate and make it look more like a nest. |
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Step 11. Cut a green Fuzzy Stick in half and bend together to create a bow shape, as shown. These will become leaves for the branches. Make at least 6 more of the Fuzzy Stick leaves. |
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Step 12. Glue the leaves on the branches. Spread them out and arrange them how you like them. |
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Step 13. The last step is to add your birds to the nest. If desired, you can just tuck them in and have interactive play with your nest! |