Day 75: Birds

You might be asking yourself, what exactly do birds have to with St. Patrick's day???  Well, the answer is this: Absolutely nothing!  But, Iris wanted to make "circle birds" for craft today, so that is what we did!

First, we went to the back room, found some styrofoam balls (smallish ones), paint, glue, and foam.  As the girls painted their birds- Iris painted hers all red, Penny painted hers red and purple- I figured out how to make wings, tails, and beaks.

I discovered that by making slices in the styrofoam balls with a butter knife, you can basically embed the foam into the balls and just used a dab of glue to hold everything in place.  Very convenient with little kids!  I also discovered that paint takes FOREVER to dry on styrofoam!

So, like 4 hours after we painted them, I helped the girls glue their pieces onto their birds.  Their beaks, we just used a butter knife and stuffed the foam into the styrofoam balls and no glue was needed at all... and, my hands were STILL getting paint on them even after drying for so long!

After the girls went to bed, i applied googly eyes and then made little pipe cleaner feet.  I have to say, these are absolutely adorable!  They are so easy to make with little ones too.  Always a plus!