Spanish Moss Bird Nest Craft

This Spanish Moss Bird Nest is a great project for a spring or Easter craft with the kids. It will go perfectly in an Easter Tree. It’s an easy bird nest craft for adults or the kids to try out.

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Spanish Moss Bird Nest

This spring craft is the absolute perfect craft for spring or Easter. Like this hand print bird nest for spring, spaghetti noodle bird nest, and toilet paper tube bird

Welcome spring with a nest full of eggs or a beautiful and colorful bird.

Supplies Needed

Spanish Moss – You can order Spanish moss online or buy it at most local craft stores.

A Small Bowl for the nest mold – The size can vary to fit your needs. Ten years ago, I used an ashtray that I found at the Dollar Store. This was over a decade ago, and I have no idea where it is. This time, I used an assortment of bowls from my kitchen cabinet. I wanted a mini nest for my Easter tree and larger nets for display.

Paper Mache Paste

• 1 Cup of bleached all-purpose flour
• 1-1/2 cups of water, cold or warm
• 1/2 Cup of white school glue
• Pinch of salt

Extra Equipment

• Mixing bowl
• Whisk Measuring cup
• Wax Paper

Instructions

Mix the paste ingredients until it forms a syrup-like texture

Place enough Spanish Moss in the bowl to cover the edges, and leave a cushioned bottom for the eggs

Try to push the center down to look like a bowl. Don’t worry if moss sticks up and out because you can trim that later.

Apply your Paper Mache paste to the Spanish Moss. Make sure you put enough on that it will go through the layers of moss – all the way to the bottom and sides of the bowl.

Press the paper mache paste into the Spanish moss

If it is too much, and the paste is sitting on the bottom of the bowl – gently invert the bowl to let the nest drop down onto any surface, clean out the paste, and set the moss nest back to dry.

Let dry for a day or two.

Trim any wild-looking moss off the top.

Add some cute little birds or eggs to your nest

Decorating Your Nest

Use green moss bits to add color to your bird nest

Add some small twigs to the nest

Variation

Turn your bowl upside down

Place wax paper over the mold

Brush the paste onto wax paper

Place moss over the pasted paper and mold it with your hand

Add more paste to the top of the moss and push it down to spread throughout the layers of moss

Let dry overnight

Pull the nest away from the bowl or cup, peel off the wax paper

Cut any stray moss with scissors

Different Sized Nests

You can make a mini nest by molding it over the bottom of a shot cup

A small nest can be made from a smaller bowl

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