Here are over 20 cute and easy bird crafts kids will love! From paper crafts to upcycling projects to printables and DIY toys, there’s something for everyone.
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Birds live on every continent and are some of the most diverse and adaptable species on earth. They can be surprisingly intelligent, have long lives and come in a full rainbow of colours.
Not all of them can fly, but the birds who are grounded make up for it in other ways. For example, the emu can run really fast.
I thought is was about time I brought you a bird craft round-up, celebrating our gorgeous feathered friends.
20 Bird crafts kids will love.
Printable bird crafts
These printables are based on realistic-looking species and are a fun way to support kids’ learning.
- Make a paper plate cassowary, just like the ones found in the tropical Daintree Rainforest
- This 3D paper Macaw looks like he’s just flown straight in from the Amazon
- Our printable turkey basket is perfect to fill with sweets as a DIY gift or treat
- These pom pom chicks are super cute and fluffy! The template is free
- You can find these mini paper peace doves in our printable Christmas papercraft collection
- This handprint peace dove is one of three templates in our Christmas Handprint silhouette art set
Australian birds
Aussie birds are wonderfully unique thanks to our continent being so isolated. Here are some you can make.
- The paper plate cockatoo, paper plate emu and paper plate kookaburra are all found in our paper plate Australian Animals collection.
- Learn how to make the cockatoo pencil tins here
Bird puppet crafts
Puppets are so fun to make because you get the benefit of a DIY toy as well as a fun activity.
- These craft stick birds are easy enough for preschoolers, and so cute!
- Older kids will love making a dancing flamingo marionette from fluffy yarn. It’s easier than it looks and the template is free
- I adore this arty bird puppet made from recycled kids’ arworks—a guest post by Oh Creative Day
Penguin crafts
Aren’t penguins the cutest? Here are some easy penguin crafts kids will love
- Create a freestanding 3D paper penguin using our printable template
- Make a penguin pom pom popper from a balloon and a paper cup
- These penguin cards make adorable Seasons Greetings
Paper roll bird crafts
You know it wouldn’t be a Craft Train round up if I couldn’t get some recycled paper roll crafts in there!
- These paper roll owls are super adorable and easy to make
- Gotta love a love bird with love-heart feet and a love-heart tail!
- Paper roll swans are super simple and a fun craft to make with preschoolers (they will need some help folding and cutting the shape out but can do all the painting themselves)
Chicks and chickens
Chicks are so fluffy and cute! Here are some chick craft ideas.
- These chicks in a nest are made from recycled newspaper and tissue paper. Cheep cheep!
- This geometric paper hen has three little babies tucked under her wing
- Potato stamp chicks are a fun way to creat art, cards or gift wrap for Easter
- This paper plate chick craft with printable template is great for practicing scissor skills
Kid-made bird crafts
Here are some kids’ crafts actually made by kids. They’re no less adorable than my adult-made examples.
- Our easy-peasy rock chicks are made from rocks and feathers gathered from the natural environment at a farm stay (but you could easily use craft store feathers too!)
- How cute is this kid-made paper plate chick?
- My daughter designed this recycled cardboard bird ornament as a preschooler when we were making some printable Christmas shape ornaments. I still hang it on the tree every year because it’s so cute.
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