Making birds with children: These simple DIY projects will brighten up your home in spring!

Spring will soon be here and the birds will sing happily again. Why not make a cute bird craft with your kids to bring beauty into the house and create spring cheer for the whole family? Your children will definitely enjoy making these simple and colorful birds!

Make a funny bird out of paper

Looking for an easy and fun bird craft for kids? This colorful paper bird includes a printable template and is perfect for home or school use and for children of all ages.

For this paper bird craft you will need:

Paper bird craft template
Weißer Cardstock
Scrapbook-Papier
Googly eyes
Sticky craft glue
Scissors
Miniature clothespins
Colored pencils, colored pencils, paint, brushes (optional)

Instructions for a simple paper bird craft:

  • Print the template on white cardstock.
  • Invite children to decorate or cut out their template to transfer onto patterned scrapbook paper.
  • Glue the wings, belly and beakof the bird on the body.
  • Press two mini clothespins onto the bird as legs, then press two googly eyes onto the bird's face.
  • If you wish, attach a small loop of yarn to the back of the bird.

Make your own hanging birds

These birds made from old books are the perfect choice for a rustic and fun wall decoration. Make these and add them to a wall, on a tree, or even use as a bookmark.

Material required:

Old book pages
A bird shaped stencil
Glittery craft paper or foam paper
Bindfad
Black marker
Scissors
Craft glue

How to make a bird from old book pages:

  • Download our bird template or draw a simple bird shape on white paper and cut it out.
  • Now use it to draw the bird shapes on your book pages, as many as you want.
  • Cut out the birds and set them aside.
  • On colored construction paper or glitter foam paper, draw a small heart and beak for each bird you cut out.
  • Peel off the sticky backing of the foam paper or use craft glue and glue the heart upside down to the center of the bird to create wings.
  • Now add the top of the bird shape.
  • Add a small black dot as an eye on one side of the bird.
  • Now glue or attach a piece of string to the back of each bird to hang it.

A notice:If you like the birdsIf you want to laminate it to make it durable, do so before attaching the string. After laminating, you can punch a small hole in the top of the bird to pass the string through.

Make paper plate birds with children

A cute project you should definitely try with your little ones! Because what could be nicer than colorful paper plate birds as a spring decoration for your home?

What you need for this fun project:

White paper plates
Goggle-eyed
Cardstock for beak
thin strips of colored craft paper
Craft feathers (you can also use crumpled squares of tissue paper)
Color
adhesive

How to make paper plate birds:

  • We started by folding our paper plates in half.
  • Provide a palette of acrylic paints in different colors so that the children can paint their birds as they wish. If you have a hair dryer, place it in your craft room to speed up the drying process when crafting with your kids. Leave thatChildren their paper platesPainting birds.
  • Next, glue the feathers, eyes and beak. For the tail, take several strips of construction paper and fold them in half. You can fan out the strips a little.
  • Fold the bird in half again and it's done! If the bird remains unfolded, you can simply attach a piece of twine or string to the inside that will hold the two halves of the plate together, leaving about a half-inch of space between them.

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