Stand-Up Spring Birdies
We had a lovely Easter–no houseguests, no parties, just a quiet rainy day inside, stuffing ourselves with chocolates. Of course, a rainy day calls for crafty goodness, so we came up with these silly little birds that stand up by themselves, but are a piece of cake to put together.
Materials:
-paper (white or patterned, copy-weight or cardstock)
-paperclips
-googly eyes (optional)
Instructions:
-Acquire an image of a bird. You can draw one up, print out a silhouette from the web, or trace an image from a bird book, as we did (ours is a thrush!).
-Fold your choice of paper in half, transfer your design, and cut the bird out (you’ll get two). I just held my tracing paper on top of my folded paper and cut through all three layers.
-On a bit of your folded paper, cut out a wing shape. Unfold into a double wing. Decorate the bird and his/her wings however you like.
-Unfold your paperclip a bit into a ‘foot’ for the bird. This picture shows you how, since I’m not quite sure how to explain:
-Glue the top part of the paperclip between the two layers of paper so that it’s in the right spot to make it stand.
-After the bird shape is mostly dry you can cut a slit to slip the wing shape through and adjust the paperclip foot a bit to get it to stand up just the way you want.
-Lather, rinse, repeat! We put together a little chick and a, um, sparrow?
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