Bird crafts (Attentiveness)

As part of the Attentiveness unit in Konos, we did a little intro to learning about birds by doing some crafts.

The first part of our intro to birds Matthew took on the task to do some beautiful 3D paper crafts. These crafts are suitable for someone who might have a little bit of experience doing paper crafts as there is small cut and fold pieces. It could be quite frustrating for smaller children.

Falcon

Kingfisher

You can download the templates free from the Canon Creative Park site for the Falcon and for the Kingfisher. There are a number of other birds and loads of other fun paper crafts on their site.

Our second part of our intro to birds we painted some birdies in a cage. I found the picture in a local magazine called Craftwise. 

Mom's version

Makayla's version

Matthew's version

We painted them on canvas, using various acrylic paints. What I like about using acrylics for children that you don't have to wait hours for it to dry, just simply use a hairdryer to speed up the drying process.
In my version of the bird painting, I used paper for the leaves that I stuck to the canvas.