Paper Plate Crafts

"Beautiful Bird"

Supplies You Need:

Three 9" paper plates (body and 2 wings)
One 7" paper plate (head)
One 7" paper bowl (chest)
Two black pipe cleaners
Piece of yellow construction paper for the beak
Stapler or glue
Brown and red paint
Googly eyes or 2 pom poms


Directions:

1. Paint 3 large plates and small plate brown

2. Paint the bowl red

3. Fold 2 of the large paper plates in half

4. Staple or glue 2 folded plates, folded edge up, to either side of the body

5. Staple or glue the small brown-painted plate to the top of the body for the head

6. Glue the red bowl to the center of the body as the chest (rounded end out)

7. Staple the 2 pipe cleaners to the bottom of the body for the legs

8. Glue on the googly eyes or pom poms to the head for eyes

9. Cut a diamond out of the yellow construction paper, fold in half for the beak

10. Glue on the beak

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