A Shape-ly Owl Craft for Kids

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This post was contributed by Felicia of Princess and The Rock.

In the spirit of child-led learning, we’ve indulged in quite a bit of owl things since my son read The Gruffalo. To know more about owls, we borrowed and read a book about owls at the library, and following that, we did a few owl crafts.  

Here is one owl craft that incorporates what we’ve learned about shapes and colors and measurement.

A Shape-ly Own Craft for Kids

Materials needed:

• A3-sized black paper

• various colored construction paper (I used scraps from previous projects.)

• gold or silver star stickers

• scissors

• glue

• pencil

Steps:

Draw and cut out the following shapes:

• 2 brown circles of diameter 8.5 cm (face)
• 1 yellow circle of diameter 8.5 cm (moon)
• 2 white circles of diameter 6 cm (facial disc)
• 2 amber/dark yellow circles of diameter 4.2 cm
• 2 white circles of 2.5 cm (eyes)
• 2 black circles of 2 cm (eyes)
• 1 longish tear-drop shape with length 2.5 cm and width (widest part) 1.3 cm (beak)
• 1 brown roundish tear-drop shape with length 15cm and width 13 cm (body)
• 2 blue (or any desired colour) tear-drop shape with length 8.5 cm and width 5 cm (wings)
• 6 3.8 cm x 0.5cm orange rectangles (claws)
• At least 7-8 green leaf shapes of various sizes
• A branch shape of at least 25 cm (I joined 2 pieces as my paper wasn’t long enough)

Stick the shapes and star stickers onto the black paper as pictured above.

Display your child’s masterpiece!

Extend your child’s learning with the following questions:

“What shapes are used in this artwork?”

“How many of stars (or other shapes) are there?”

“What are the colors used?”

A few notes:

• The difficulty of this activity can be adjusted to the child’s ability.  (e.g. precut the shapes for a toddler but not for a five-year-old)

• The colors used for the owl craft can be changed to your child’s preference. We had the tawny owl in mind when we did this craft, hence it was primarily brown, although we used blue wings as an interesting accent. Who’s to say you can’t make the owl surreal-looking?

• Have a lot of fun with the activity, perfection is completely optional.

Abut the Author:

Felicia, a stay-at-home mother of two, is aspiring to be their greatest teacher. She occasionally dreams to be a fashionista in her too big maternity T-shirt and shorts while she indulges in some jewelry designing and crafting. Her two children, the Princess and the Rock are her main inspirations for her blog. Princess and The Rock aims to detail some of her thoughts and learning on being the parent of Princess and the Rock and her homeschooling journey with them. 

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