Looking for a simple craft for your little snowy owl enthusiast or want to integrate an easy activity into your owl-themed lesson? This one is extremely simple and you may even have all the materials already. Read on to check it out!
For our craft, we wanted to create a snowy owl but you could easily swap out colors to make any type of owl!
WHAT YOU’LL NEED
For this craft, we opted to use felt to give the craft more texture, but you could easily swap out the felt for construction paper.
THE SUPPLIES:
- 1 Upcycled Tin Can
- 1 Sheet of White Felt
- 1 Small Sheet of Brown Felt
- 1 Small Sheet of Black Felt
- 1 Small Sheet of Orange or Yellow Felt
- 2 (or optionally more) White Feathers
THE TOOLS:
- Scissors
- Glue (Hot Glue works best but you’d need to help our your little ones)
STEPS
STEP 1: Create the Body
Clean out the Upcycled Tin & Ensure there aren’t any pointy areas. Then cut the White Felt Sheet in half (length-wise). For most canned goods, one of the strips should be enough to wrap around the entire can. Glue the felt in place.
STEP 2: Add the Face
Cut two small circles out of the black felt, and two slightly larger circles out of the brown felt. You could use small bottle caps or other round items to trace but we just free-handed the cut. Cut an orange diamond (for the nose).
Once all your pieces are cut, set up the eyes by gluing the brown circles first. Then glue the smaller black circles inside the brown ones. Glue the orange diamond just below the eyes.
STEP 3: Add the Wings
You will need at least two white feathers for the wings – one for each side; however, you can also add more to make the owl look fuller. If the feathers are the height of the can, glue them in place on the sides. If they’re slightly larger (like ours), you can fold them over into the can or simply cut them.
STEP 4: (Optionally) fill the can!
Fill the can with more white feathers for a decorative tin OR place on your desk or craft area to hold some utensils. If you’re using this for a party, you can fill it with some white plastic ware 🙂
If you’d like to make the owl look more like a female, you could also draw some black or dark brown markings on the body to give it a darker look.
THANK YOU
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Happy Crafting!
