Owls are certainly trendy this year — from fashion to home decor to crafting, we're seeing these wise birds pop up everywhere. Here's an easy way to create your own parliament of owls with readily accessible supplies, and this is the perfect time of year to do it!
What You Need:
- Empty toilet paper rolls
- Paint and paintbrushes
- Scrapbook or construction paper scraps (including yellow or orange for beaks)
- Googly eyes (I love googly eyes!)
What You Do:
- Remove all of the excess toilet paper from the rolls.
- Prepare to paint! Cover the table and put on your painting smocks or old t-shirts.
- Paint your toilet paper roll. You can pour your paint colors into old egg cartons, or a similar container, and then use a brush to paint. The egg cartons are easy because they separate small amounts of different colors for each child, but don’t require any clean up after the project is done. Or you can fill a shallow container with paint and roll the toilet paper rolls in it. This is a much more effective in spreading the paint over the entire toilet paper roll quickly! You can always touch up the paint with a paint brush after rolling it.
- While the toilet paper rolls are drying have kids pick out the paper they want to use for the wings and beaks. Leftover scrapbook paper or construction paper works great! Cut out leaf-like shapes out for the owl's wings. Cut out yellow or orange triangles for the beaks. Pick a pair of googly eyes (or cut white and black circles for the eyes ... but really, you should totally use googly eyes).
- When the toilet paper rolls are dry, fold down the top of the toilet paper roll, then fold the other side on top so that it creates horn-like feathers like on a Great Horned Owl. Use a little glue to keep it down, if needed. Then glue on the eyes, beak, and wings.
- Find a perch for your new feathered friend!
