You will need:
- 1/2 of a toilet roll for each
child
- a darning needle
(adults only please)
- manila tag or old file folders
for the bird heads
- 1/2 of a pipe cleaner for
each child for the bird’s legs
- a small coloured feather for
each child
- crayons
- children’s craft scissors
What to do:
- pre-cut the toilet rolls in
half
- using the darning needle,
pre-poke two leg holes in each roll
- turn the roll over and pre-poke
one hole near one end of the roll to allow for the insertion of the feather
tail later on
- on the same side as the tail
hole but at the opposite end of the roll, cut a small slit in the toilet
roll to allow for the insertion of the bird’s head later on
- pre-draw the bird heads on
manila tag or file folder and either cut them out or encourage children
to do this for themselves
- cut a small slit at the back
of the head so that children can slip it into the matching slit in the
toilet roll later on
- cut pipe cleaner
pieces in half again (1/4 pipe cleaner = 1 leg)
- tell children they are going
to create a little bird
- pass out toilet roll bodies
and pipe cleaner legs, encourage children to find leg holes and poke the
legs in
- pass out heads and encourage
children to draw on eyes
- tell children to notice the
slit at the back of their bird’s head, encourage them to match this with
the slit with a similar one on their roll, slide the two together until
they interlock
- next the children should colour
their bird’s body
- lastly, they can be given
the feather for their bird’s tail, encourage them to find a little hole
on their roll that they can poke it into
- leave the feathers for last
or they will be so intrigued by the feathers that they will not make their
crafts!
- label work and clean up
