I won't lie to you: this craft was a bit hit and miss. Cakey's aunt gave us some little foam birds as part of an arts and crafts kit. I knew Cakey would be capitvated by them so I put them away for a special project.
On a day trip to the country I noticed a huge ash tree was shedding loads of little twigs.... perfect to make bird nests. This was the HIT bit – Cakey loves collecting and was very excited to pile twigs into a bag to take home for the nests. We also went on a feather hunt which was great fun.
Cakey's nest without the twigs |
No amount of encouragement would get her to add twigs so I sat down and made a nest myself. A little bit of pva glue in the bottom of the container, some twigs, a bit more glue, more twigs and so on. I pressed it all down and glued in a cute birdie.
Building the nests |
Our birdies in the garden |
Linked to The Kids Co-op, Fun Stuff Fridays, It's Playtime and Family Frolics
Brilliant! I love that you have shared the bits that worked and the bits that didn't - that is what it is all about. It is funny how kids can be into things one minute and totally switched off the next, but I love your nests!
ReplyDeleteThank you for linking to family frolics. :)
Kerry
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I know, you have to strike when the iron is hot!!
DeleteMy Little miss would love this. Definitely going to add it to my project list :)
ReplyDeleteOh good, they were very easy. I like projects that involve collecting something.
DeleteI love the birds... such a fun idea! I had a "miss" last spring when I was so excited to dissect a birds nest. We had watched the birds build the nest, lay the eggs, and even saw the birds defend their home against a lizard. (Lucky nest placement outside the kitchen window). Once the baby birds left I thought we could bring the nest down and tear into it... we would learn so much! Nope, it was gross.. covered in bird poop (of course) and the whole thing blew away with a giant gust of wind. Of course it was more blew all over us than blew away. boo =(
ReplyDeleteI would have been so excited too... but it sounds disgusting, what a disappointment!! The 'misses' make for great stories for later though :)
DeleteLove your blog, great ideas!!
ReplyDeleteThanks so much. You have wonderful photos on your blog.
DeleteWe had some birds very similiar to this that my daughter just loved, I remember her foundly making nests in the backyard and also it stayed in a little birdhouse she made and painted. Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteAhh, a birdhouse - now that is a great idea.
DeleteGreat thanks I will head over
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