Paper Plate Birds

 Celebrate international bird day with these ideas for how to make a paper plate bird.

Happy hooligans turns a painted paper plate into a bird by folding it in half, gluing on some colorful construction strips to make a tail and feathers to make it a bird.  She also adds a paper beak and googly eyes but you could also draw on the eyes.

Good for ages 3 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://happyhooligans.ca/2013/03/07/paper-plate-birds/

Molly moo paper marches her plates and adds funky gym shoes as well.

Get the instructions here:
http://mollymoo.ie/papier-mache-paper-plate-hens/

Krokotak makes her birds with tissue paper wings, a colored in orange beak and googly eye.

Get the instructions here:
http://krokotak.com/2011/06/idei-ot-kartoneni-tchiniyki/

 

 

Another version by krokotak.

Easy preschool craft uses the full plate for her bird adding two corners for wings and a paper orange beak and brown paper legs.

Get the instructions here:
http://easypreschoolcraft.blogspot.com/2012/05/spring-bluebird-paper-plate-craft.html

House of baby piranha adds folded paper wings and a long orange paper beak.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.houseofbabypiranha.com/2010/06/paper-plate-bird.html

Free kids crafts makes a blue bird for her version with a blue feather.  She even gives the bird a worm.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.freekidscrafts.com/paper-plate-bluebird/

My bored toddler adds feathers and paper tail feathers.

Get the instructions here:
http://myboredtoddler.com/paper-plate-bird/