With cold winter weather upon us, my kids and I have been hard at work making crafts to pass the time away stuck indoors. One of our recent winter-themed crafts was a sparkly snowy owl made from plain paper plates.
Materials
- Three white paper plates
- Orange paper
- Wiggle eyes
- White or silver glitter
- Glue
- Scissors
Instructions
- Cut a notch from the top of one of the paper plates. Discard the notch.
- Cut a second paper plate in half.
- Mix the glitter with the glue.
- Cover the fronts of the paper plates with the glitter glue.
- Allow the glue to dry thoroughly.
- Glue the notched plate to the top of the whole plate with the notch side up.
- Glue the plate halves to the sides of the whole plate with the flat sides up and out.
- Cut a square and two legs from the orange paper.
- Fold the orange square in half.
- Glue two large wiggle eyes to the top center of the notched plate.
- Glue the folded square under the eyes with the open side pointing down.
- Glue the two orange legs to the bottom of the whole plate.
- Display the paper plate snowy owl.
For more fun owl crafts, try my O Is for Owl Handprint Craft and Autumn Halloween Owl Footprint Craft.
Image Credits
Snowy Owl Paper Plate Craft © 2015 Heather Johnson
Three White Paper Plates © 2015 Heather Johnson
Cutting the Paper Plates for the Snowy Owl Craft © 2015 Heather Johnson
Making Silver Glitter Glue © 2015 Heather Johnson
Paper Plates Covered with Glitter Glue © 2015 Heather Johnson
Wiggle Eyes, Orange Owl Beak, and Two Orange Owl Legs © 2015 Heather Johnson
Gluing Together the Glittered Paper Plates © 2015 Heather Johnson
Gluing the Owl Pieces on the Paper Plates © 2015 Heather Johnson
Snowy Owl Paper Plate Craft © 2015 Heather Johnson
