Today we will make funny birds - flamingos, storks, crows, parrots and yellow chicks. One of the current topics for creativity in kindergarten or holding a homework competition is bird crafts.

Before you start creating this craft, you can first conduct a thematic lesson with your children, talk about the life of birds in the summer, and why it is at this time that we most often hear bird voices around us.

If the goal is an interesting DIY bird craft for a kindergarten or early development center for a competition, then you need to use the most beautiful and original materials to create it.

Undoubtedly, real feathers will decorate such a craft. From them you can lay out a whole image of a bird, based on the color of the feather. For example, white feathers can turn into a charming stork. To create the beak and legs, use three-dimensional materials, and for greater naturalism, place the bird in a nest made of real straw or dry grass.

A very original postcard with a stork will be made using voluminous paper elements.

You can use feathers to decorate the finished image - create a crest, wings or a tail from them. Here, for example, is what kind of parrot can be made from feathers and ice cream sticks.

You can make a bird out of paper, but place it in a large basket made from two disposable plates.

A wonderful chicken can be made from folded paper or a cardboard roll.

Eggshells dyed with food coloring make adorable chicks. If we plant them in halves of unpainted shells, we will get a touching “hatched chickens” composition!

And here is a lovely couple - a cockerel and an eggshell hen.

Another option for making chicken and chicken is made from felt.

This craft would make a wonderful Easter basket.

Easter basket "chicken"

You can make a wonderful souvenir in the form of a chicken with a flower from felt and satin ribbons.

Another adorable chick in a shell can be made using the quilling technique.

Watch the video “how to make a bird in a cage:”

You can add a twist to the applique by extending the bird’s paws and head beyond the cardboard base.

If you have multi-colored wings, you can make a fantastic flamingo. Its body will be an old CD, its paws will be made of chenille wire, and its head and neck will be made of felt or velvet cardboard.

You can do without feathers.

A beautiful three-dimensional stork will be made from cotton wool and thick knitting yarn.

Or from round, folded in half, white and black paper blanks. An application made from such modules looks very strict and impressive.

Instead of paper, it is convenient to use disposable plates to create semicircular modules. One plate becomes the body of one bird.

And this is a funny applique “flying birds with a feather”.

Very impressive bright birds are made from plain paper. Thin sticks are glued to two opposite sides of the paper circle. The circle is folded in half - the sticks are connected together to form the legs of the bird. They can be fixed with plasticine - then the bird will stand. The beak, wings, tail and comb are made from bright colored strips of paper.

A variety of birds can be made from natural materials. For example, a cockerel made from apples can become a real table decoration.

A smart penguin with glasses can be made from eggplant and carrots.

The penguin can be made using the appliqué technique from paper and cotton wool.

Penguin applique made of paper and cotton wool

A stunning penguin figurine can be made from painted walnut shells.

A funny turkey can be made from maple leaves.

And wings made from a variety of prints of different colors will be useful for a chic, bright parrot.

You can do the opposite - draw the body of a bird, and make the wings from a different material. For example, a disposable plate.

A spectacular lark is made from cardboard and paper folded like an accordion.

Using the same technique you can make a variety of colored birds. Look at the video on how to do this:

A paper lark can also be made using the popular origami technique:

You can decorate the finished applique with touches of paint, which will look much more interesting if you use wood glued together from wood-colored decorative film and colored paper as the main background.

The application “birds in a nest” can turn out to be very touching and spring-like. An application in which a combination of materials will be used in the nest looks interesting. For example, to make this application we used paper, napkins and plasticine.

Application “birds build a nest”

Using various creative materials, you can make a three-dimensional applique with birds and insects.

See how to make a beautiful spring applique with birds and birch trees:

Very interesting birds can be made using the trimming technique. The base of the craft is smeared plasticine. Using a small stick or toothpick, insert pieces of paper into it. We made a graceful swan using the cutting technique.

But such a charming swan can be made from a pine cone, a CD and plasticine.

The pine cones can be used to make extremely charming owls.

Another awesome way to make a swan is to glue it together from beautiful white shells.

A very beautiful bird is made from smooth pebbles.

Perhaps the most original idea for making birds is to make them in the form of soap.

Another wonderful bird is made from nuts.

A wonderful fluffy winter bullfinch can be made from thread.

Look at the video “how to make a beautiful bird from threads”:

A painted bullfinch will be a wonderful decoration for a winter picture or postcard.

Drawing "Bullfinch"

The smallest artists can draw birds using their palms and fingers.

Drawing with palms and fingers “birds”

Spring birds on a branch, gouache drawing:

This is how different do-it-yourself bird crafts can be, photos of which you could now see.

DIY bird craft reviews:

“How many different options) do it, you can’t change it”) (Ksyu)

I really liked the bullfinch made of threads) (Sasha)

For preschoolers, in addition, this is also an excellent way to develop fine motor skills and speech. Let your child work with plasticine more, even if it leads to a little chaos in the house - such a pastime is extremely useful for the development of the baby.

Prepare a simple pine cone, a modeling mat, a few pieces of bright plasticine and a glass stack. Make a head ball (you will need bright yellow plasticine), as well as orange wings and a stand, a red beak and blue eye balls. Secure all the prepared pieces onto the pine cone, and then place the pine cone itself on a plasticine stand. So the wonderful bird is ready - an excellent “tinkerer” for 3-year-old children!

Plastic bottle

You will need to prepare for work a large bottle made of white thick plastic with a handle, scissors, and a marker. First, wash the container thoroughly so that no traces of its contents remain. Be sure to remove all labels. Draw lines on the plastic surface with a marker - measure a couple of centimeters from the bottom to remove the bottom. Next, on the side opposite the handle, draw a line along the seam. Draw an arch near the neckline.

Please note that when cutting out a bottle, you should place it on a stable surface, such as a table or floor. Cut off the bottom first and then follow the seam line. To cut out the beak, you should move from the cut seam to the neck along a curve. Stop when you reach the thread line.

To make a beak, the cut piece should be turned into the neck of the bottle. Step back 2 cm from the handle and cut out two arches on the sides for the wings.

Place the workpiece with the handle down. Hold it and gradually turn the side inside, now you just need to work a little on giving the shape and the wonderful bird is ready!

Thread craft

This craft is also quite simple and can be done together with a three-year-old child. First, cut out a cardboard rectangle with sides 20 and 14 cm. Wind about 60 turns of black yarn around it along the long side, it should be voluminous and dense. Cut in half and set the threads aside.

Now wind about 40 turns of red yarn along the short side of the rectangle, and do the same with the gray yarn.

Now start shaping the body of the bullfinch. Place the red piece across the black one and cross it. Just tie the gray threads in half.

Form a ball with a diameter of 5 cm from cotton wool or padding polyester and wrap it with gray threads. Lay black threads on top, which will play the role of the head and back of the bird, and form the sides from red threads. Secure everything from below with thread.

Release the threads and form a head, but do not tighten it too tightly. The beak can be made from a seed, and beads can be used for the eyes. Your child will probably really enjoy doing this

We haven't done any crafts for a long time, friends. It can also be boring in the summer, although much less often than in the winter. We decided to pass the time by making bird crafts.

We have already stocked such a bird in Remember?

Origami owl - simple and realistic

As always, we start all crafts with interesting facts, and at the same time we broaden the horizons of the little ones. Since ancient times, the owl has inspired superstitious fear in people and at the same time was a symbol of wisdom. The fear was caused by the owl's nocturnal lifestyle and the fact that it sees more in the dark than people should know. This owl was called wise because it was an attribute of the ancient Greek goddess of wisdom - Athena. Another possible reason is huge, unblinking eyes with a gaze.

In fact, the owl requires keen vision and hearing for night hunting. These birds destroy rodents, thereby bringing great benefits to the protection of grain crops. You can start introducing your child to these mysterious birds with paper crafts. You can make a funny owl using the origami technique and the proposed master class.

To make an owl, take:

• square sheet of brown paper (single-sided);
• black felt-tip pen.

At the first stage, you need to fold the square in half in different transverse directions.

Fold the workpiece in the following way so that the colored side is on the inside.

Now fold our sheet in half lengthwise again.

Unfold the brown square.

We bend the upper side of the workpiece towards the middle line.

We bend the fold we just made, after which we need to bend the upper side corners.

Let's turn the blank of the future owl over to the other side.

Let's fold the top edge again, but this time we'll make it narrower (fold it to the nearest line).

We bend the sides symmetrically.

From the front side, the blank of the future owl looks like this.

We bend the bottom edge up.

Now you need to make diagonal bends on the top layer. First we do it on the right side.

Then we repeat a similar fold on the left.

The triangular folds made should be slightly straightened.

After that, we fold them in a different way, straightening the lower part outward.

We do the same with the left side.

Now, at the resulting folds, you need to bend the edges to the sides so that the white side of the paper is at the top.

We form the beak of our owl. To do this, bend the top corner a little down.

Fold the right side of the bottom layer towards the middle.

We will do the same with the left side. This is how we outlined the eyes of our owl.

If necessary, use glue and fix the necessary folds.

Let's turn our craft over to the other side.

Here you need to make the folds of the lower sides.
All that remains is to draw the eyes with a felt-tip pen.


Our paper owl is ready.

Angry birds made of paper

Now let's make angry or angry birds. Everything is much simpler here - we print the template, cut it out and glue it together. It is better to glue it with a glue stick. PVA makes the paper wet and makes it more difficult to assemble the cube.

Templates for printing paper birds on a separate sheet are enlarged by clicking. If you print separately, you can make larger cubes.

Orange bird

A tit bird or a sparrow, I can’t even say what breed this cute bird is. The scheme is quite simple. This bird can be used to decorate your mother or.

When a child is still small, all parents want to spend as much time as possible with him. Unfortunately, in practice this does not always work out. But if you have a free evening or day off, make the most of this time. At the same time, you can simply play toys with your baby, or you can spend time usefully. To develop a child’s creative abilities, it is very useful to conduct master classes with him on making crafts from various materials. For example, you can show him a simple way to create a bird from a square piece of paper.

To create a bird, we will prepare the following materials:

• square of one-sided colored paper;
• black felt-tip pen.

For our bird we chose terracotta colored paper. In this case, it is better to use one-sided, since you need the reverse side to be white. First, we fold our square diagonally.

After this, you need to perform another addition, but the fold will run along a different diagonal of the square.

Now let's form the head of our chick. To do this, bend the upper corner of the resulting square down, but not to the very bottom.

Fold the top layer of the corner itself up. This is how we made the beak.

Let's turn our bird's blank over to the reverse side.

Let's start forming the wings. To do this, we bend the right corner towards the center, but do not reach the center line a little.

A symmetrical fold is required on the left side.

Now let's bend the corners to the sides. First we will do this on the right side, one wing is ready.

On the other side we make the second wing.

The lower corners on the sides need to be slightly bent.

This is what our bird looks like from the other side.


All that remains is to draw her eyes. We do this with a black felt-tip pen. Our paper bird is ready.

This craft is made using the origami technique. And later it can become part of an applique or some kind of postcard made by your baby.

Bird crafts have always been very popular among lovers of home crafts. Figures of feathered creatures are especially relevant on Bird Day, which is celebrated in the spring on April 1 in kindergartens and schools. The holiday is dedicated to the return of migratory birds and marks the onset of spring and the renewal of awakened nature. On this day, children of all ages make bird crafts, and older schoolchildren make birdhouses and hang them on trees.

Bird crafts can be made from a wide variety of materials: cotton pads, colored paper, plastic bottles, salt dough, natural and any available materials. There are many options for creating birds - from simple ones for small children to complex ones that schoolchildren can easily master with the help of adults.

We bring to your attention several lessons on creating birds with your own hands with step-by-step instructions, diagrams and tips. We hope that they will help you learn all the intricacies of this fascinating process and be filled with new bright ideas.

We will need: plastic bottles of various colors, polystyrene foam, a wooden block as a stand, a metal rod, foil and thin colored plastic, a glue gun.

Step one: Cut out the peacock's body and head from foam plastic, not forgetting to make small indentations in place of the eyes. We attach it to a wooden block using a metal rod, which plays the role of legs.

Step two. We make enough peacock feathers from plastic bottles of different colors. We will need three types of feathers: long for the tail, short for the neck and a little longer for the body. To do this, cut off the bottom and neck of the bottle and cut it lengthwise into 3 parts.

We round one end of each strip with scissors and cut its edges into thin strips so that it looks like a bird’s feather. We decorate the rounded end of the feathers intended for the tail with two or three multi-colored ovals made of foil and plastic. You can attach them using a stapler.

Step three. We cut out a beak from a red plastic bottle and fasten it in place. Next, using a glue gun, we gradually glue the feathers onto the body of the bird, starting from the tail and ending with the neck. Attach the feathers slightly overlapping, as shown in the photo. Do not forget that medium-length feathers are intended for the body, and meek ones for the neck.

Step four. We cut out a tuft of any shape that our imagination dictates from colored plastic and glue it onto the head. Using acrylic paints, draw the peacock's eyes. You can glue eyelashes cut from a transparent plastic bottle to them.

Step five. Let's start making the tail using an abrasive mesh. We make holes at the base of the feathers and attach them to the mesh using thin wire.

We start making the tail from the end, gradually layering feathers on top of each other in rows until the bird’s luxurious long tail is completely formed. After that, we attach it to the body and place the peacock, made with our own hands from plastic bottles, in an area among flowers and greenery.

DIY firebird made from salt dough - master class

For Bird Day, you and your children can make a three-dimensional firebird from salt dough. The work will take little time, require very few materials and will provide the children with a fun and festive mood.

We will need: salt dough, gouache or watercolor paints, colorless varnish.

Step one. Making salt dough. To do this, mix a glass of flour with a glass of salt and knead the dough by pouring 100 ml of brewed starch into it. We prepare it as follows: dilute a tablespoon of starch in 100 ml of cold water and pour a glass of boiling water into this mixture.

Step two. Divide the salt dough into 5 pieces and paint them in different colors. To do this, add gouache or watercolor paints to each piece and lightly knead it again. Next, we draw a sketch of the firebird and sculpt the bird’s details on it: wings and body. Dry them in the oven at low temperature.

Step three. We make the tail of a fairytale bird. We draw stencils of feathers and use them to sculpt them from pink and blue salt dough. Dry the feathers in the oven. Next, we paint all the parts of the bird with paints, cover them with colorless varnish, and connect them. We decorate a colorful festive panel with crafts. The salt dough firebird is ready!

Birds made from cotton pads - master class

Another very cute craft that is perfect for decorating a kindergarten on the wonderful holiday Bird Day. It's easy, fun and very fast. Young children can be introduced to making birds from cotton pads.

For creativity we will need: cotton pads, wooden skewers, colored paper, narrow colored ribbons, plastic eyes, glue and scissors.

Operating procedure:

1. To create one bird we take 5 cotton pads. We cut one disk into two halves, and leave four whole.
2. We fix two pairs of cotton pads on a skewer with glue so that it is inside. One pair of disks plays the role of the bird's head, and the other - the body.
3. We glue the halves of the cut cotton pad to the body on both sides - these will be our wings.
4. Glue the eyes and beak, cut out from a piece of colored paper, to the head and decorate the bird with a ribbon. A cute chick made from cotton pads for Bird Day is ready!

Owl made of colored paper - master class

You can make cute owls for celebrating Bird Day at school with your own hands from colored paper. We will need the colored paper itself, scissors, double-sided tape and glue.

Operating procedure:

1. We make a cylinder from a sheet of colored paper, glue its edges on one side, as shown in the photo, and press down the middle so that we get ears.
2. Cut out a heart from paper and glue it to the bottom of the cylinder - these are the owl's feet.
3. We cut circles of equal size and glue them onto the central part of the cylinder as feathers. In order for the circles to give volume to the craft, it is better to stick them with double-sided tape.
4. We cut out a triangle of the same color as the legs and glue it to the top of the plumage - this is the beak.
5. Lastly, glue on the eyes by cutting out circles for them from black and white paper. Your handmade owl is ready!

DIY bird of paradise made of polymer clay - master class

These adorable birds of paradise are made from air-hardening polymer clay. This modern material is also familiar to us under the names “self-hardening plasticine”, “modeling mass” and “velvet plastic”. To make charming feathered creatures, we will need aluminum wire with a diameter of 1 mm, polymer clay, foil, scissors, pliers, a stack, a glass for rolling out clay, a little patience and diligence.

Operating procedure:

1. We create three birds at once - while we are sculpting one, the rest are drying out. We cut the wire twice as long as the planned tail. We wrap half the wire with foil, crumpling it and forming the body of the bird.
2. We make legs from wire, as shown in the photo, and insert them into the body. We take a piece of clay, shape it into a sausage shape, then roll it out and flatten it. Carefully remove the wire from the bird, place it inside the clay sausage, rolling it up using a glass. We insert the finished colored tail back into the body. In the same way we prepare the remaining two birds.
3. We take a piece of blue, yellow and red clay, roll them out and gradually, smearing them with our fingers, stick them around the birds until the entire foil is covered. We will get three blanks of bright birds.
4. Starting from the center, we stick around the paws. Then we take a piece of clay of the appropriate color and make the cheeks, crown and beak. We sculpt eyes from balls of black clay, not forgetting to squeeze out the upper and lower eyelids around them.
5. Create a tail and crest. To do this, we cut off several wires of the length we need and roll them into clay. When it dries, we round off the ends using pliers and insert the tail parts into the bird’s body. We make shorter feathers from thin clay sausages by twisting the ends.
6. We create the plumage effect by placing pieces of clay rolled out in the form of droplets on the body and working with a needle in the direction of feather growth. Using a needle, we create featheriness throughout the bird’s body. To make the eyes shine, you can coat them with varnish. A wonderful hand-made bird of paradise is ready!

More ideas and patterns for bird crafts made from various materials

For needlewomen familiar with the isothread technique, it will not be difficult to create paintings with beautiful white swans with their own hands and decorate with them a holiday dedicated to Bird Day. For creativity, it is better to use floss or iris. On the wrong side of the cardboard we draw a swan and draw waves. We divide the drawing into details, drawing figures of different sizes, and embroider using the isothread technique.

Woolen threads make a very charming feathered creature. You can easily create it with your own hands according to a simple and understandable scheme.

And according to this scheme, by introducing children to creativity, you can make a bird of happiness from a beautiful bright fabric.

Even small children can create such a colorful bird from circles of colored paper.

You can even make a charming bird from a strip of colored paper and a clothespin.

A bird you made yourself for Bird Day can be placed in a nest made from paper plates.

Simple clothespins in the hands of a craftswoman can turn into an extraordinary fairy-tale bird.

And finally, ideas for bird crafts made from natural and improvised materials: cedar or pine cones, painted feathers, cardboard and plasticine.

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Skillful hands

Many children try to make a paper bird to play on their own. Why shouldn't their parents help them? After all, artificial birds can become an interior decoration on their own or as an element of a panel. There are several ways, so let's figure out together how to make a bird out of paper. Choose the one that is most optimal for you in terms of time and materials.

Content:

Origami paper bird

Of course, crafts made using the origami technique are original. In order to make the following craft, you need to know some basic Japanese technology. Images of basic figures can be found on the Internet.

Option 1

Option 2

Bird of happiness: origami

They say that if you make a bird of happiness yourself, it will attract good events and positive people into your life. All you have to do is prepare the paper and stock up on 10 minutes of free time.

Work on the bird of happiness is completed. Hold it and pull the tail.

Applications

Applications are especially useful for children. To come up with a plot for work, go outside with your child, watch the birds you can: a proud swan in a pond, a starling near a birdhouse, a sparrow swimming in a puddle or sand, a swallow singing on the wires, a titmouse on rowan, etc. Noticing the structural features of the body of each of the birds, catching the main points of behavior. You can return home and start creating “on fresh footsteps”, reflecting what you have learned on the appliqué.

Option 1

An interesting idea for creating a firebird is to trace the palms of your hands. The child will take part in this important process with pleasure and pride.

Prepare:

• colored paper;
• glue in the form of a pencil;
• scissors;
• confetti of different colors.

How to do?

Option 2

Children are usually crazy about little chicks and ducklings. They will happily agree to make paper pets. And if you also read the fairy tale “The Ugly Duckling” to your child before working on the craft, then you won’t have to persuade him to make the main character.

Prepare the following materials:

• paper of yellow, orange or red, black, white colors;
• small feathers;
• glue;
• scissors.

Progress:

1. Invite your child to choose one of the sheets of multi-colored paper on which the entire applique will be applied.
2. Draw circles on yellow paper (one slightly larger, one slightly smaller) and cut them out.
3. Draw 3 triangles on orange or red paper. These will be the paws and mouth. Cut them out along with two thin rectangles (for the legs).
4. Glue a larger yellow circle onto the initially selected sheet, and combine the smaller one with it.
5. Glue one red or orange triangle (beak) onto a small circle (head).
6. At the bottom of the body, we fix the legs from rectangles with glue, and glue the remaining triangles to them.
7. Apply a little glue to the middle of the body and place the feathers there, pressing them down a little for better fixation.
8. Cut out circles for the eyes from black and white paper and glue them on. The ugly duckling is ready.

Option 3

An applique of various geometric shapes will be very useful for a child’s development.

You will need:

• colored paper;
• scissors;
• template for figures;
• glue.

We do the following:

1. Print out a template with different shapes. They are needed to create bird parts.
2. Place the template on sheets of colored paper (to match the colors of the birds), trace the shapes and cut out to match the colors.
3. Fold various geometric shapes (parts of birds) so that you get a body, head, wings, beak, legs.
4. Glue all the parts (transfer this process to the child, helping him). Glue tree branches or other related applique elements.

Volumetric bird made of paper (according to the diagram)

Prepare white or colored paper. Then you need to print the template and then cut it out. It is advisable to compare all the parts before gluing. Do this very carefully.

The scheme for making a three-dimensional bird:

Stencils