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Make your own bird spotting Blue Tit buddy with these instructions!
Ages
5+ (Adult supervision required!)
Difficulty level
Beginner/intermediate
Recommended for
Everyone!
Duration
30 minute build
1. To make the bird's body, cover the toilet roll with coloured paper or paint it.
3. Draw lines with a pencil between the two circles as shown. These should be about 1.5cm apart.
5. Place the paper circle over the top of the toilet roll. Fold down the "petals" and secure with masking tape. Paint the "head" or cover it with coloured tissue paper
7. Cut two feet out of card. Paint them and glue them to the bottom of the bird.
2. Next, make the bird's head. On the white paper, draw around the circumference of the toilet roll. Then, using the compasses, draw another circle 2sm wider than the first one.
4. Cut down each of the pencil lines. Your paper circle should now look a bit like a flower with petals.
6. Cut the wings out of card. Paint them or cover them with coloured tissue paper then glue them to the bird's back.
Decorate your bird! Make a face from some scrap paper, stick or draw on some eyes and a beak - you could even glue on a few real feathers!
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