Easy Bird Crafts for Kids: Owls, Penguins, Cardinals and More
Planning a bird theme? Here are easy bird crafts for kids: owls, penguins, cardinals, chicks, ducks, flamingos, peacocks and more, sorted by paper plate, paper roll, popsicle stick and handprint. Every one links to the full step-by-step post, and many have a printable template.
Paper Plate Bird Crafts
1Paper Plate Owl Craft
Painted lavender, with purple and lavender cardstock wings and a yellow beak and feet.
2Snowy Owl Paper Plate Craft
A white plate owl with yellow and black cardstock details from a printable pattern.
3Cardinal Paper Plate Craft
A red painted plate with a black cardstock mask, a yellow beak and wiggle eyes.
4Penguin Paper Plate Craft
A plate painted black on top with a white belly, plus orange cardstock feet and beak.
5Puffin Paper Plate Craft
A black painted puffin with a bright yellow and orange cardstock beak.
6Paper Plate Crow Craft
Black paint, a golden yellow cardstock beak and skinny yellow legs.
7Paper Plate Chicken Craft
No paint needed. Kids trim the plate, then layer cardstock tail feathers and a wing.
8Paper Plate Chick Craft
A yellow painted plate with cardstock wings and feet, finished with a few orange feathers.
9Paper Plate Chicks in a Nest Craft
A brown painted plate becomes a nest lined with paper shred, with cardstock chicks peeking out.
10Paper Plate Easter Egg and Chick Craft
Two plates and a brad fastener make an egg that swings open to show a chick inside.
11Paper Plate Duck Craft
A sunny yellow duck with an orange beak and feet cut from construction paper.
12Parrot Paper Plate Craft
Layered green, yellow and red paper feathers and one big googly eye.
13Peacock Paper Plate Craft
A plate painted blue, green and yellow for the tail, with a paper peacock body.
14Flamingo Paper Plate Craft
A half plate painted pink, with a pink and white paper neck and head.
15Paper Plate Ostrich Craft
A black painted plate body with a pink paper neck and a yellow beak.
16Folded Paper Plate Owl Craft
A paper plate folded into an owl and covered in accordion-folded orange paper feathers.
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17Penguin Paper Roll Craft
A black painted roll with a white belly, orange paper feet and googly eyes.
18Peacock Paper Roll Craft
A painted roll body with a paper plate tail, finished with blue pom-poms.
19Chicken Popsicle Stick Craft
White painted sticks with felt pieces for the comb, beak and wattle, plus rosy cheeks.
20Chick Popsicle Stick Craft
Five yellow craft sticks with cardstock wings, feet and a beak.
21Duck Popsicle Stick Craft
Yellow painted sticks with paper wings, a beak and feet.
22Owl Craft Stick Project
A winter owl made from four painted sticks, big googly eyes, a yellow paper beak and a piece of paper plate.
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Handprint Bird Crafts
23Blue Bird Handprint Craft
A blue cardstock handprint bird with a yellow beak and googly eyes.
24Cardinal Handprint Craft
A red paper handprint cardinal with a black mask and an orange beak.
26Eagle Handprint Craft
Four brown paper handprints make the wings, with a white head and a yellow beak.
27Owl Handprint Craft
A brown paper handprint makes the body, with pointy ears and big eyes.
28Penguin Handprint Craft
A black paper handprint makes the body and flippers, with a white belly and yellow feet.
31Handprint Peacock Craft
Green and blue handprints fan out as the peacock’s feathers.
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32Paper Chick Craft
Loops of yellow paper strips make a round chick, finished with paper wings, a beak and feet.
37Cut and Paste Bird Activity
Kids cut out and glue together colorful paper birds.
38Valentines Bird Craft
Light pink and red paper hearts make a little bird with a yellow beak.
42Valentine’s Day Ostrich Craft
A red heart ostrich with a light pink neck and a yellow beak.
