This is a clever little craft by Yarn Miracle on natural-kids.blogspot.com, "specializes in comfortable, conscious companion animals" . These simple to make tube owls are the perfect little project for the littlest of hands. These are the instructions from her site:
You know you want to make your own. You'll need:
cardboard tubes - if you don't have the toilet paper size, cut up a paper towel tube
paint and brushes
glue
google eyes
fabric or paper scraps - for wings and beaks
Ready? GO! First thing is to paint your cardboard tubes. The results of this will vary based on the age of your child. Ellie is two. I think we did pretty well!
Now you have to wait for them to dry. Wait. Wait. Wait. This is a good time to cut out triangles for beaks and petal shapes for wings. We used origami paper, but fabric scraps or felt would work well too. Once the tubes are dry, place your thumb along the top edge of the tube, and smush it in...
...then do the same thing on the opposite edge.
You've made pointy owl ears! Now glue on some eyes.
Add the wings and tah DAH! Owls!
Why, yes, that is a life jacket she is wearing. If you want to fancy this project up a bit for the older set, give them the tubes with the tops already folded down and see where imagination takes them. There are lots of creatures out there with pointy ears.
Thanks to Katie at Matsutake for the images.
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