Baby owls are pretty much the most adorable thing ever, don’t you agree? So today I am showing how to make this cute craft.

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How to Make an Owl Babies Craft

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Supplies needed:

black cardstock paper
brown craft paper or a brown lunch sack
brown, black, white and orange cardstock or construction paper
black marker
glue stick
white acrylic paint
large pom-pom
clothespin
small paper plate
gold glitter glue
circular foam brush

Tutorial:

1. Make a branch

Tear off a piece of brown paper to use as our branch for the owls to sit on. I happened to have a piece of brown packaging paper on hand so we used that, but any piece of brown paper would do. You can use brown craft paper or even a brown paper lunch sack. Crinkle the paper up into a ball and then unfold it to give it more of a tree branch texture.

2. Glue branch to the card

Add some glue on the back of your tree branch and glue it at the bottom of your black cardstock paper.

3. Decorate the branch

Use a black marker to create lines and knots on your tree branch. I was super impressed by how well my boys did this step. There tree branches looked awesome!

4. Paint your owls

Now it’s time to paint your baby owls at the top of the tree branch. Start by attaching a pom-pom to a clothespin to use it for a dabber paintbrush. Pour some white paint onto a small paper plate. Dab the pom-pom brush into the white paint and then onto your black paper at the top of the tree branch. Dab several time onto the paper with the pom-pom to start making the shape of a fluffy baby owl.

Continue dabbing the pom-pom brush into the white paint and back onto your paper to create three owl babies on top of your tree branch. We tried to make our owls small, medium and large, just like in the story. My youngest son got a little carried away with his largest owl, but I can’t blame him really because it was so fun painting with the pom-pom.

5. Make eyes & beak

Before we started the project I pre-cut circles for the eyes and triangles for the beak to glue on. The brown circles were 1″ diameter, black circles were 1/2″ diameter, and the white circle is just a hole punch. You could also easily have the kids cut out their own circles. Glue all of the pieces for the eyes and the beaks onto each of the owl babies.

6. Make a stars

To create a nighttime background that looks like twinkling stars, pour some gold glitter glue on a small paper plate. Use a circle foam brush to dab the glitter glue all over your black cardstock, around your baby owls, to create stars.