With Guest Artists: Gabriel Perez, age 10; Hadassah Perez, age 12; Amy Ibarra, age 12.
Kids Corner:“ Paper Birds and Twig Nests "
A Carol Peters original design
With Guest Artists: Gabriel Perez, age 10; Hadassah Perez, age 12; Amy Ibarra, age 12.
“ Blossom by blossom, the spring begins."- Algernon Charles Swinburne
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N othing says Spring more than baby birds and bright flowers and the awakening of nature. These construction paper birds are my design. I wanted something so easy and cute that any age can make them with simple supplies. Look at the pattern and make it larger.
It is a great project to make with your children and talk about the Spring season which embodies so much history, ancient myths of rebirth, agricultural celebrations of fertility all symbolizing renewal, growth, and new beginnings after winter ' s dormancy.
Children select colors and cut and paste and create little bright birds. Then they decorate the twig nests. These birds can decorate a table, or can be suspended from branches … use your imagination and have FUN!
Image 1: Supplies & Bird Pattern
• Construction paper
• Tooth Picks
• Markers
• Bird Pattern
• Scissors
• Glue Gun
• Glue Sticks
• Bird Nests
• Moss & Flowers
• Small Artificial Eggs
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Image 2: Using a pattern of a double bird, Amy uses a black marker to trace around the pattern on colored construction paper. She will use a contrasting color to trace around the wing pattern for two wings.
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Image 3: Hadassah, Gabriel and Amy cut around the colored construction paper traced bird the construction paper traced bird.
Image 4: Hadassah folds the construction paper bird, pushing down on section on the bottom where the toothpicks will be inserted. |
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Image 5: Gabriel uses a glue stick to glue the top sides of bird together. Then he glues wings to each side and pushes two toothpicks into the base, creating the legs. |
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