Paper Bag Bird’s Nest Craft | Easy Craft for Spring
I originally found this craft over at the Kangaroo Boo Blog (no longer there) and adapted it for my needs.
When I first saw this craft, I totally fell in love with how sweet it was. I love birds – in fact, I collect birds and you’ll find them tucked on shelves, in corners or on paintings all around my house!
I used this craft for one of my children ministry programs – for about 80 children – this year at campmeeting.
Baby Bird Nest Craft
Materials {per child}
- 1 brown lunch bag
- 1 blue Easter egg
- orange construction paper
- black Sharpie marker
- brown shredded paper
- glue or a glue dot
Begin by carefully rolling the edges of the brown paper bag down into a next shape. Depending on the age of the children doing this craft you may or may not want to roll the lunch bag into a nest shape for them.
Add shredded brown paper to the center of the nest. I found brown paper shreds in plastic bags at the Dollar Tree. You could also use a shredder to cut up some brown construction paper.
Use a Sharpie marker to make “eyes” on the wide end of the blue egg. Cut out a small beak from orange construction paper. I just free handed these with a pair of scissors. I used a single glue dot for each beak and that worked really well. I love glue dots!
Place your baby bird in the nest and your done!
I love working with children and finding great crafts to correlate to the lesson. This craft could be used for a number of Bible illustrations or as a homeschool craft for a story book or nature study!
