Paper Bag Owl Craft with hand-print wings
A sweet back-to-school or fall craft for the kids to make.
Yield: 1 owl craft
Cost: $5
Equipment
- glue - like tacky craft glue
- Scissors
Materials
- paper lunch bag
- scrapbook paper
- filler - like cotton, newspaper crumpled up, or pillow filler
- foam paper - orange for the beak, another color for eyes
- large googly eyes - about 1&1/2 inches wide
Instructions
Prepare the bag
- Start with a plain brown paper lunch bag as your owl’s body. Fold the top of the paper bag into a point. The folded flap at the top will be the face.Stuff the paper bag with cotton fill or newspaper.Fold the pointed part of the paper bag over to create the head of the owl.
Make the wings
- Trace your child’s hands on construction paper and cut them out. These will become the owl’s wings. You can use colorful scrapbook paper or fall colors like orange, red, or yellow.
Add the face
- Use a round object to trace 2 (2-inch wide) circles onto foam paper. Cut those out. - These will be used for the eyes. Glue the round foam circles onto the owl's face.Glue on two big googly eyes.Cut out a small triangle for the beak and glue it just below the eyes.
Create the belly
- Cut an oblong shape from paper (a contrasting scrapbook paper works great) and glue it to the center of the bag for the owl’s belly. Kids can decorate it with lines, dots, or feather-like shapes if they’d like.
Attach the Wings
- Make a crease in the paper hands and glue those facing down on the edges of the bag.
Final Touches - Ears
- Cut out triangles from scrapbook paper and attach them to the back of the bag as ears