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To make this chicken door stop I used the template kindly offered by Bake and Sew. I adjusted the sizes in mine to make it a little larger by adding 4 cm on each …

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How to make an owl out of recycled objects

Submitted by on April 26, 2011 – 4:10 am2 Comments

Each holiday is always font of inspiration for our crafts, before and after. We made a lot of things on the lead to Easter and now that the day has passed we are left with a lot of chocolate wrapping paper and with the plastic container the Easter egg surprise came in. After staring at it we thought it would make a good base for an owl. So we started gathering all the material to transform this plastic egg-shaped container into a hanging owl. This is what we used: egg shaped container, newspaper, adhesive tape, tissue paper, glue, paint brushes, scissors, paint, construction paper, brown paper, a drawing pin, string.

1. Make two round shapes out of newspaper and a pointy beak; attached them to the container with tape.

2. Mix a lot of glue with a little water (¾ glue and ¼ water); cover the container and the newspaper shapes with tissue and the glue and water mix using a brush. You’ll need to apply a lot of tissue to obtain a solid frame. Leave to dry for a 3 or 4 hours, alternatively you can speed up the drying process with the help of a hairdryer.

3. Paint the eyes orange, the beak black and the body brown; leave to dry. When the paint is dry, add a few details to the eyes with a fine paint brush and black paint.

4. Cut the construction paper and the brown paper into feathers and glue them all around alternating the colours.

5. Insert a drawing pin at the top and tie a piece of string around it to hang the owl.

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  • Sorry for not stopping by for a couple of weeks! Have been hectic over our side…

    Love you owl – as I love owls and I love recycled materials.. so bringing them together is simply perfect!!!

    Hope all is well with you!

    Maggy x

  • maria says:

    Hi Maggy, thanks for stopping by. I have also been very busy lately with all these bank holidays I have enjoyed a lot of family time so I missed a few link ups and the water get crafty:( but I will be back on my toes next week!

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