Get creative with your kids and create a unique mixed-media winter craft! Your little ones will love creating their own snowy birdhouse that showcases their imagination and artistic skills.
Get your creative juices flowing! Your kids will love this fun and easy mixed media snowy birdhouse craft idea!
Get ready to let your little ones unleash their creativity with this cool and colorful popsicle stick snowy birdhouse craft idea for kids!
Who said winter has to be boring? Let their imaginations take flight as they transform a simple birdhouse into a whimsical winter wonderland.
Get ready for a flurry of fun and precious memories as they paint, glue, and sprinkle snow-like magic in this super fun DIY project.
This snowy birdhouse craft is perfect for kids! It’s easy to make and the finished product looks beautiful.
Craft Supplies:
- Cardstock Paper
- JUMBO Popsicle Sticks – 4 per craft
- School Glue
- Scissors
- Paper Scraps
- Pipe Cleaners
- White Craft Paint
- Small Paper Plate
- Q-Tips
- Small Wiggle Eyes
Directions:
- First take your FOUR jumbo popsicle sticks and glue them down in the center of a single sheet of cardstock, to look like a birdhouse {a basic triangle shape with a stick underneath}
- Now it’s time for the bird’s nesting materials. Cut up two-three pipe cleaners up and glue them inside the newly made bird house.
- Once the nesting is down, it’s time to add the bird. Cut out a simple bird shape from another piece of cardstock {making sure to add the wiggle eye for him to see} and glue him inside the birdhouse as well..
- Ready for the final step? Squirt some white paint on a paper plate.
- Have children dip their q-tip in the paint, then on the mixed media piece to create snow and snowflakes.
- Once they are done, set aside their snowy birdhouse paper masterpiece to let it dry completely!
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Mixed Media Snowy Birdhouse Craft
Get creative with your kids and create a unique mixed-media winter craft! Your little ones will love creating their own snowy birdhouse that showcases their imagination and artistic skills.
Here’s your checklist of supplies to bring this craft to life:
Prepare your creative haven by laying down a protective cover before the crafting magic begins!
Directions:
- First take your FOUR jumbo popsicle sticks and glue them down in the center of a single sheet of cardstock, to look like a birdhouse {a basic triangle shape with a stick underneath}
- Now it's time for the bird's nesting materials. Cut up two-three pipe cleaners up and glue them inside the newly made bird house.
- Once the nesting is down, it's time to add the bird. Cut out a simple bird shape from another piece of cardstock {making sure to add the wiggle eye for him to see} and glue him inside the birdhouse as well..
- Ready for the final step? Squirt some white paint on a paper plate.
- Have children dip their q-tip in the paint, then on the mixed media piece to create snow and snowflakes.
- Once they are done, set aside their snowy birdhouse paper masterpiece to let it dry completely!
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