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Sometimes, bigger is better. The girls had SO
much fun making these larger than life crafts. There's something
wonderful about creating a project that requires daddy's help to
hold...
Tasha (6) and Kaitlyn (2) both enjoyed this
project (especially trying to hold it up for the camera... )!
MATERIALS:
You have to have the newspaper and some brown, white
or grey paint. The rest is easily substituted (I've put OPTIONS
in red text throughout the instructions).
BODY
 | newspaper
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| brown, white or grey paint (we used washable
tempra paints -- about $1.00 Canadian worth of paint was used on the
owl)
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| something to sew up the sides... either:
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BEAK:
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See FANART
from Papua, New Guinea!
WINGS/FEATHERS:
| black paint or black marker
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EYES:
| Either use our template pieces (bottom of page) or
make your own eyes with:
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INSTRUCTIONS:
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| Take eight full sheets of newspaper and lay them
on top of each other (it's best if the top and bottom sheets are just
black and white as it's harder to paint over the colored newspaper).
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| Staple all the way around 3 sides
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stapling, punch holes with the hole punch all the way
around. Use string or wool and sew up three of the sides.
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| Open up your pouch, so there are four sheets of
newspaper on either side. Stuff with crumpled up
newspaper.
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| Staple or sew the fourth side shut.
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This is actually Tasha
stuffing Frankenstein...
I forgot to snap a photo of Kaitlyn stuffing her Owl *blush* |
| Paint the owl brown, grey or white (depending on
what kind of owl you are making... white may take more than one
coat... but it's ok if a little of the newsprint shows through... it
just ends up looking like feathers)
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| You can see in the photo that I just poured paint
all over the owl and Kaitlyn spread it around with the biggest
paintbrush we had. You could also use a
sponge or a rag to spread it around.
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| Let dry (you can work on the eyes, while the body
is drying).
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| If you're hanging your owl from
the wall, you only have to do the front. If you're hanging it
from the ceiling, you may wish to paint the back at this point
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| Make your eyes however you want (you can use the
template pieces we provided). This may be a good time to set out a
variety of materials and let your kids choose how they want to make their
eyes (let them show off their creativity)
Here's how we made ours:
| cut a styrofoam ball in half (OPTION:
you could use two egg carton cups instead or two circles of black
construction paper)
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| Paint them black (or color
with black marker)
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| cut two circles out of white paper and paint or
color them yellow (or cut them out of yellow
construction paper)
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| Assemble the eyes:
| Glue the black eyeballs to the yellow circles
and the yellow circles to two small paper plates
(or pieces of white paper, cut in circles)
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| Glue these eyes to the brown body (it will
likely be dry enough at this point)
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| Cut a triangle beak out of orange construction
paper
or out of white paper and color it orange
or use the template piece provided.
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| Glue the beak under the eyes (see photo)
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| Use a black marker or black paint to draw wing
shapes on the side of the bag... adults may need to help with this.
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| Use a black marker or black paint to draw lines
(feathers) on the wing shapes and on the tummy (easy for the kids to
do!)
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