Looking for an easy spring craft for kids? How about a bird craft?
This Cardboard Roll Bluebird is simple, adorable, and fun for kids of all ages. Best of all, it requires minimal supplies and adult help! It’s a great way to celebrate spring.
Bird Craft For Kids
My favorite thing about spring is watching birds flit about, nesting, feeding, and singing. I especially love bluebirds, and they are exactly what inspired this easy cardboard roll craft!
Not to mention, the blue bird is kind of an iconic bird when it comes to spring!
This easy bird craft is great fine motor skills practice which is great. The fun thing is, you can use this fun bird craft to make any bird! You could make a bald eagle, an owl craft, any beautiful birds you love!
This is a great craft idea for older kids, younger kids, really any group of children.
Supplies Needed To Make This Blue Bird Craft:
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How To Make This Cardboard Bird Craft:
Step 1
After gathering supplies, invite kids to paint a red belly on their cardboard tube.
Step 2
Next, cut out wings for their bird from the blue paper.
Step 3
Then cut a beak from the yellow paper.
Step 4
Last, glue the beak and wings to the cardboard tube.
Step 5
Then press wiggly eyes above the beak.
Isn’t this craft cute? It’s the perfect spring craft for kids!
Materials
- cardboard tube
- wiggly eyes
- Glue Dots or white school glue
- blue and yellow construction paper
- scissors
- red paint
- paintbrush
Instructions
- After gathering supplies, invite kids to paint a red belly on their cardboard tube.
- Next cut out wings for their bird from the blue paper.
- Then cut out a beak from the yellow paper.
- Last, glue the beak and wings to the cardboard tube.
- Then press wiggly eyes above the beak.
Notes:
As much as I love blue birds, you could turn this into any color bird you wanted. Use different shades of reds for cardinals or you can use yellow and black for American Goldfinches. Make it your own!
Our Experience With This Amazing Little Bird Craft
I have older children, kids in elementary school. They are in kindergarten and first grade, but they still love this fun paper bird craft. We made so many colorful birds, which was a great way to celebrate the spring season.
I also reminded them what letter bird starts with, a little letter recognition practice isn’t a bad things.
This simple projects didn’t require a lot. I just had to buy googly eyes, I had the toilet paper rolls, the paper, and glue on hand.
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How did your easy bird craft turn out? Comment below, we’d love to hear from you!