Wise Old Owl

nathan was itching to make a craft,

so i borrowed a few 'new to us' books from the library to inspire us.

 

then we made this little craft

(it's been all over pinterest and it was super easy to make)

 

 

you will need two paper plates,

brown paint,

orange, yellow, white, and black construction paper

scissors and glue

 

 

first paint the plates brown

 



 

while the paint dries, cut out circles for the eyes

two black ones

two slightly larger white ones

two big yellow ones

and three orange triangles for the beak and the feet

 

once the paint dries, cut one plate in half (for the wings)

 

 

cut a small indent at the top of the whole plate to make some ears

 

next glue the eyes, beak, feet and wings to the whole plate

i thought about using some brad fasteners instead of glue so the wings could move, but we didn't

 

 

 

we also read two books about owls

 

tiger with wings

the great horned owl

 

by barbara juster esbensen

 

 

this book was all about the great horned owl

from how they live and take care of their babies and more

 

it was a very informative book

 

and

 

owls

 

by julie k. lundgren

 

this book was about the different types of owls.

 

both of these books are geared towards older children (7 and up).

 

 

 

 

this wasn't a major project, but nathan enjoyed himself as always

 

funny thing is i used to hate owls

probably had something to do with growing up in the 70's/80's when they were super popular

my mom had a million of them

and it was one of my saturday morning chores to dust all those suckers

 

so i guess if she had collected something like kittens or horses, i would have felt the same way

 

hahaha

 

now i think they are kinda cute again.

(but you couldn't pay me enough to dust them)