Fingerprint Bird Picture

An outline of a dove creates a canvas for a colorful fingerprint picture.  Busy kids happy mom uses a different color for each child and has them all work together to create the picture, but one child could do the photo as well switching up colors.

Good for ages 3 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.busykidshappymom.org/fingerprint-dove-tutorial/

CD Bird

A marker enhanced shiny CD makes the body of a little bird.  Activity village adds green and yellow cellophane to make the wings, beak and feet.

Good for ages 4 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.activityvillage.co.uk/recycled-cd-bird-craft

About family crafts makes a cardinal.

Get the instructions here:
http://aboutfamilycrafts.com/how-to-make-a-cardinal-using-an-old-cd/

Tissue Birds in Walnut Nests

Balls of colorful tissue paper turn into birds with foam beaks, feathers and googly eyes.  Red ted art further gives them little walnut nests hanging from ribbons.

Good for ages 9 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.redtedart.com/2013/02/20/kids-easter-crafts-walnut-nests/

Paper Bag Bird Puppets

Green paper comes alive with this paper bird puppet from dltk kids.  The site includes a template for all of the feathers.

Good for ages 9 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.dltk-kids.com/animals/mbagbird.htm

Curly Paper Birds

Colorful strips of scrapbooking paper turn into a cute bird with ing things step by step tutorial.

Good for ages 10 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://ing-things.blogspot.ca/2012/12/lets-make-someting-nice-234-or-so.html

Toilet Paper Roll Bird Puppets

Toilet paper rolls transform into cute bird marionettes with red ted art's tutorial using sticks, leaves, paint and yarn.

Good for ages 5 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.redtedart.com/2010/07/21/fall-crafts-leaf-marionette-birds/

Paper Plate Birds and Nests

Happy National Bird Day.  To help celebrate below are some cute bird nest crafts for kids.

My city for kids folds a brown painted paper plate to make a pocket and stuffs it with little paper chickens and raffia.

Good for ages 6 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.mycity4kids.com/parentingstop/article/Make-the-best-of-Christmas-with-fun-craft-for-kids 

 

Dltk kids uses a pocket as well with fuzzy pom pom birdies popping out.  

Get the instructions here:
http://blog.dltk-kids.com/?p=8

Nestful of eggs uses a white paper plate as the background gluing on felt eggs, a birdie and tree branch.  She uses straw to make the nest.

Get the instructions here:
http://nestfullofeggs.tumblr.com/post/6496384899/paper-plate-bird-nest-kids-craft

1 pure heart paints her plate blue on top for the sky and brown on the bottom for the nest.  She also uses crinkled raffia to make the nest.  For the little chicks she uses pompoms and googly eyes.

Get the instructions here:
http://1pureheart.blogspot.com/2012/03/birds-nest-craft.html

Lyndsxo glamour moms uses cut out paper eggs and birds.

Get the instructions here:
http://lyndsxo-glamourmoms.blogspot.com/2011/06/paper-plate-birds-nests.html

Tot crafts adds feathers to her version.

Get the instructions here:
http://totscrafts.blogspot.com/2009/04/bird-nest-paper-plate-craft.html

Through trials I am being purified has a more colorful bird using scrapbooking paper.

Get the instructions here:
http://throughtrialsiambeingpurified.blogspot.com/2012/07/fiskars-crafting-with-kids-birds-nest.html

 

Meg duerksen has a robin for her bird.

Get the instructions here:

http://megduerksen.typepad.com/whatever/2011/06/in-honor-of-the-birds.html

Juggling with kids uses the plate as the nest itself using strips of paper for the nest twigs.  She adds plastic eggs to make the bird bodies, adding paper wings and beaks.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.jugglingwithkids.com/2013/06/baby-bird-nest.html

Busy big kids craft's version focuses more on the birds.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.busybeekidscrafts.com/Baby-Blue-Birds.html

Origami Birds

Storm the castle provides a video for their simple origami bird lesson.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.stormthecastle.com/origami/simple-origami-bird.htm

Origami instruction has an 18-step origami bird.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.origami-instructions.com/origami-bird.html

Origami way shares an 8-step origami owl.

Good for ages 8 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.origamiway.com/origami-owl.shtml

Origami fun has a 10-step origami pelican.

Get the instructions here:

http://www.origami-fun.com/origami-pelican.html

 Origami make shares directions for a kid friendly origami crane.

Get the instructions here;
http://www.origami-make.com/kids-origami-crane.php

Bird Nest Craft

Preschool playbook shows how to take a paper bag and some shredded raffia to create a birds nest.  She sticks birds made from colorful feathers and pompoms inside.

Good for ages 4 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.preschoolplaybook.com/2012/03/adorable-spring-birds.html

Jenni can knit also makes little chicks out of pompoms, feathers, felt and glue and then gives them cute homes, making nests from shredded paper and a brown paper bag.

Get the instructions here:
http://jennicanknit.blogspot.com/2013/05/paper-sack-birds-nests.html

Niccola on tuesday uses yellow chicks for her version.

Get the instructions here:
 http://niccolaontuesday.blogspot.com.au/2013/03/paper-bag-nests.html