How to make owls from natural materials. How to make an owl out of paper with diagrams and videos. Owl from an egg shell

The owl is a symbol of knowledge and wisdom. And so it has been accepted for a long time. In addition, these birds attract with their mystery. But the most important thing is that an owl allows you to achieve success in your studies. It follows that an owl can be given to a teacher on such a wonderful holiday as Teacher’s Day. Therefore, in this article we will present for you owl crafts that would be appropriate for Teacher’s Day.

Craft ideas

Owl postcard.

In our country, paper crafts are often made. An owl, which is also made from this material, looks very attractive. However, in this case we will try to make a beautiful card. So, you will need the following materials:

Thick tracing paper, cardboard and colored paper.
Pencil, glue and scissors.

Progress:

Another cute card.

Every teacher looks forward to the day - October 5th. And this is all because it is customary to give gifts on this day. If you also decide to please your teacher, then take a closer look at the following idea. To create a craft you will need:

White cardboard and paper,
Double-sided colored paper.
Green corrugated paper.
Double-sided tape, glue and wire.

Progress:

To make eyebrows for an owl, you need to take a strip of light brown color. Glue the eyes together and glue a strip on top. Now you should tighten them with a toothpick.
The time has come to form an owl from all the elements. Attach the eyes to the body, then the beak. Put on your hat. A twisted black circle is glued to the owl's head.
Glue the wings and place papyrus under one of them.
Strips are cut out of beige paper and are 2-3 mm thick. Twist and press them to form ovals. Make 6 such ovals. After which they are glued together in 3 pieces in the form of paws. Then the paws are glued to the owl.
That's it, the owl is ready. Now it’s time to make the other elements of the postcard. We take raspberry-colored paper, also cut it into strips and roll them into circles. As a result, you need to make 15 circles. Moreover, 5 should be large, and 10 should be several times smaller. Each circle should first be turned into an oval. After which the oval should be compressed so that corners are formed at the bottom and top.
Each petal is formed from one large part and two small ones. The parts are glued together and covered with a strip of crimson paper. Thus, you need to make 5 such petals.
In this way, 3 small mugs are prepared in order to form buds from them.
A small rectangle is cut out of beige paper. Make the middle of the flower out of it. A fringe is cut a little further than the middle of the rectangle and twisted with a toothpick. The end of the rectangle is glued.
Form a flower. For this purpose, 3 petals are glued together. The middle is glued inside. Then the remaining pair of petals are glued on. The fringe is scrolled with a toothpick.
A maple leaf is drawn on beige paper. Then it should be cut out.
At the next stage, we will start creating the book.
A voluminous owl craft will not be considered complete without a book. It's easy to do. Cut a strip of light brown paper. This is the cover of a book. Fold it in half, and then fold the edges towards the center. Book pages are made from white paper. They are glued or stitched together.
Take light brown paper and cut strips 6-7 mm wide. Roll them into a stump for an owl.
Assemble and secure the postcard details. A stump is glued to a maple leaf. We sit the owl on a stump. Then we attach the book, and the gladiolus is attached to the book.
Prepare the inscription “Happy Teacher's Day” and stick it to the book. On the strip with the inscription you need to twist the edges with a toothpick.
We take a beautiful glossy cardboard and cut out a rectangle from it, which will be the base of the postcard.
Make 6 leaves from green strips 3 mm wide. They should be made using the principle by which the buds were made.
Each bud has 2 green leaves attached.
Now take the wire and wrap it with green paper. Then glue the buds to it one by one. After which the bottom of each bud is wrapped with corrugated paper.
Now glue the maple leaf to the base and secure the branch with buds to the base. As a result, your postcard will be ready.

Owl made from natural materials.

It is worth saying that you can also make an owl craft from natural materials, of which there are a lot in our world. It's easy enough to make a mini owl out of pine cones. And every teacher will be pleased to receive such a gift. In order to do this, you should prepare:

A couple of acorn caps.
A couple of yellow and dried leaves.
Glue gun.
Beads or buttons for eyes.
For the paws, a piece of felt or cardboard.
A pine cone and a circle of good density cardboard.

Progress:

First, a couple of petals are removed from the cone. This is done so that the eyes can stick well.
Using thick glue, place the pine cone on the cardboard.
The acorn is separated from the cap. The hat is glued into the space that was vacated after the petals were removed.
Now the parts for the legs and beak are cut out.
At the next stage, leaves are glued to the owl, which will imitate wings.

And some more options for owl crafts for teachers.

Finally

Undoubtedly, any craft created as a gift for a teacher is a real joy. And this is all because warm emotions were invested in such a product during its creation, which can give pleasant impressions and warm memories.

Today we want to tell and show in a master class how to make a soft toy “Owl” from socks with your own hands for a child, or you can do it together with your child. In addition, our soft owl will serve as a good mood generator - we will fill it with anti-stress filler.

Tools and materials Time: 1.5 hours Difficulty: 4/10

two socks: one bright color, the second - no difference;
padding polyester;
pieces of fleece or felt in white and black for eyes;
white and black floss threads;
ordinary threads;
anti-stress filler - polystyrene granules (or beads, rice and similar material);
felt-tip pen;
scissors;
sewing needle.

Such handmade soft toys will become an exclusive gift for both a baby and an older child.

Step-by-step instructions with photos

So let's get started. How to sew such a wonderful owl from socks with your own hands?

Step 1: material selection

When choosing material for making a soft toy (any material, not just owls), follow these tips:

It is better to use women's or children's socks, because... Few men's socks match the color and texture;
socks should be made of a well-stretchable material (not 100% cotton) - this will make it more convenient to form the desired shape of the toy;
use bright colors with different patterns (striped, polka dots, flowers, etc.), with a colored heel - then you can model a more interesting toy.

Step 2: cut out the details

First sock: cut the colored sock into two parts, as shown in the photo below.

Second sock: we will need about 10 cm of its length - the part up to the heel.
For eyes: two circles of white felt (4 cm in diameter) and two circles of black felt (2.5 cm in diameter).
For the beak: one triangular piece of orange felt or sock.

Step 3: anti-stress filler

sew a “forward needle” seam along the edge of the sock - photo 1(the thinner the material of the sock, the farther from the edge you need to lay the seam - thin fabric frays more easily);
fill 2/3 with polystyrene granules or beads, rice or other similar material - photo 2;
we tighten the seam to close the hole, tie it with a knot - photo 3;
we sew several times in the center from top to bottom to form a flattened ball, fasten the thread - photo 4.

Step 4: padding polyester filler

Use only synthetic padding or holofiber to stuff the toy - cotton wool and batting make the toy heavier, it does not hold its shape, and when wet, it crumples

evenly fill a quarter of a colored sock with padding polyester (photo 1), we try to do this not too tightly, evenly, consistently with small pieces of filler;
insert an anti-stress pillow (make sure that the pillow is in the center of the base so that the toe is level) - photo 2;
fill the remaining space with padding polyester;
sew a “forward needle” seam along the edge of the sock, tighten the seam - photos 3 and 4.

This is the body of the owl we should get:

Step 5: Shaping the Head

The photo shows the lines along which we will form the head of the toy owl. We draw lines with a felt-tip pen on our blank.

The lines are located symmetrically on the sides of the workpiece - front and back, left and right.
The greater the distance between the lines, the wider the eyebrows and ears. If you want to give them a thinner shape, reduce the distance between the top and bottom lines.

Photo 1- the lines along which we will lay the seam.

Photos 2 and 3- direction of needle movement. While sewing, do not tighten the thread, leave it as free as possible. Only when the entire seam has been laid, begin to tighten the seam and model the shape of the eyebrows. At the end, secure the thread with a knot.

Photo 4- eyebrows are ready.

The result of this stage of work:

Step 6: Eyes and Beak

We cut out two round pieces with a diameter of 4 cm from white felt and two round pieces with a diameter of 1.5 cm from black felt (can be replaced with black buttons on the leg).

We sew the white parts to the owl’s body using floss threads using a buttonhole stitch - photo 1;
We place a piece of fabric for the beak below the eyes - photo 2, put padding polyester under it (enough so that the beak is convex), bend the edges of the part inward and sew it with a hidden seam - photos 3 and 4;

Autumn simultaneously pleases us with bright colors and makes us sad when it rains. But it is absolutely certain that it is impossible to remain indifferent when you see how many gifts Autumn brings us. These include fruits, vegetables, and all kinds of seeds. This time our sons and I were inspired to create a craft maple parachutes.

Maple has unusually bright, beautiful leaves in the fall, but it also has interesting fruits. They look like pinwheels, flower petals, and bird feathers. We decided to focus on the birds this time, making owl.

Materials:

maple fruits,
ash fruits,
newspapers,
threads,
skewer,
non-woven material,
threads for paws or wool for felting,
universal glue,
wire for frame,
base with a branch.

Progress:
Roll a ball and an oval out of an old newspaper and secure them with thread. In order to connect them, it is most convenient to use a skewer, onto which, using glue, attach the body and head.

Measure the wire for the wings. The length should be such that it is enough for two wings and the width of the body. Insert the wire through the body. Cut out the base for the wing from non-woven material.

Fold the material and secure with a stapler.

You should start pasting the wing at the edges, moving gradually towards the middle. Here the work can already be done with the child. It will cope quite well with gluing feathers.

Cover the wings on both sides. It is important to let the first side dry thoroughly before you start covering the back side. Make the second wing in the same way.
For the tail, prepare 4 wires, staple triangles of non-woven material onto them with a stapler.

Cover blanks for the tail with maple fruits from bottom to top on both sides.

Glue the tail to the body by making a hole in the newspaper with an awl and inserting a wire coated with glue.
For the paws, prepare wire and wool (threads). Bend the wire as shown in the photo. Wrap them with thread or wool and glue them to the body.

For convenience, turn the owl upside down and continue pasting the body from the back.

Gradually tape the entire owl. The main thing is not to rush and let each side dry thoroughly. Cover the bird's head in the same way.

Make a nose from a walnut shell, you can tint it with paint. Make eyes in a circle from ash seeds, and you can glue anything into the middle: halves of peppercorns, beans, and any large seeds. In our case, these are the seeds of honey locust. Glue eyebrows above the eyes. If you wish, you can twist glasses out of wire, but we didn’t want to.

Attach the finished owl to a branch pre-glued to a plywood base.

"Owl" is ready.

More interesting:

Craft owl FROM WOOD.

Very beautiful owls can be made using thin cuts of logs. Ordinary firewood and a hacksaw in the determined hands of a designer can create a charming owl craft. As we can see in the photo below, we will need one large cut (here you will need to work hard with a hacksaw) and several smaller cuts (this work is already quick).

The large saw cut will be the basis of the owl's body, and the smaller cuts will serve as the eyes and plumage on the owl's chest. They can also become wings. Or the wing can be made from a pine cone or a piece of bark, birch bark from the same firewood (trim the bark with scissors, giving it an oval wing shape).

If you don't have large cuts, you can use small cuts and make a beautiful little owl with your own hands. Eyes can be made from buttons (as in the photo below). Draw the wing pattern with a felt-tip pen or regular pharmaceutical iodine. Or the design of the wings can be made with a burning device - the legs are molded from plasticine, fluffy wire, birch branches or cut out of cardboard.

Wood logs can be used to make tall owls. With large eyes and a bumpy nose. Such owl crafts will decorate your summer cottage. Or they can become part of a festive autumn composition to decorate a celebration - a wedding in the yard, for example.

Owl craft

from tree bark.

Even ordinary pieces of bark can become an owl craft. You just need to give a piece of bark the outline of an oval with two pointed corners at the top (to create the contours of the ears). And then we make the eyes and nose. The eyes are large and the nose is small, pointed downwards. Eyes can be made from acorn caps, from cuts of a thick branch, from buttons, or from round slices of apples dried in the sun. From two large flowers (for example, asters). From any natural material that has a round shape or a round cut.

The wings for this bark owl craft can be made from ordinary leaves or paper (fabric) cut in the shape of an autumn leaf. As we can see in the photo of the craft below.

Crafts-wreaths with owls

with your own hands.

We have already said what beautiful autumn compositions in the form of wreaths you can make with your own hands as a craft for a school competition. In the same way, we can design our autumn wreath in the form of a large owl. And do all this from autumn natural material.

All we need is a large sheet of cardboard (from pizza or from a packaging box from household appliances). And we will also need a glue gun (sold in very cheap craft and construction departments of the store - it costs a couple of dollars).

Cut out a donut ring from a cardboard box. This will be the basis for the future owl. And now we attach pieces of natural material to this cardboard ring with a glue gun. In the woodshed there are always a lot of logs, chips, bark and birch bark - all lying around idle. And we will put everything into a craft. We attach this natural debris to our cardboard ring. Add bright circles of eyes from colored cardboard, a beak, elements of wings (optional) and legs.

Eyes can be cut out in the shape of flowers. You will find how to cut beautiful paper flowers and many templates for them in the article “Paper Flowers”. The wings can be oak leaves - real or also cut out of cardboard.

A variety of dry leaves, herbs and flowers can become a source of owl crafts. You can cut out a solid circle of cardboard (without a hole in the center) and fill the entire circular space with natural material. You will get a rich autumn craft with your own hands, which will decorate any exhibition in a school or kindergarten.

Crafts-owls from cones

with your own hands.

Beautiful pine cones - large and small - can become the source of a beautiful owl craft. We take a large fir cone (or even better, a cedar one, but it’s not so easy to get in the city) and a small pine one. The fir cone will be the body, the pine head.

Using a glue gun (or plasticine) we attach a small bump to a large one - at an angle. Don't worry if the gluing area is sloppy - it will be covered with the owl's large eyes. Next you need to put the craft on the paws - we make them from dried bean pods(we also attach it with glue from a gun or plasticine). Next, we cut the sides of the cone-body with a knife, take out a row of ingots on the left and right, or move the scales apart, and into this gap We insert bunches of thin birch branches onto the glue gun.

The eyes are bunches of small straws(or dried corn stigmas, or hairs from ears of corn) which were collected in a bundle - then this bundle tied with thread in the middle. And from this mid-bandaging fluffed the bun in a circle. And this circular fluffy spread was fixed with glue - pressing the eye-button on top.

Your children can also make a little owlet from one pine cone. The eyes are made of cardboard, the beak is made from dried orange peel. Wings can also be made from peels. Ears made from leaves, a forelock on the head made from a piece of moss. Moss can be brought from the forest. And plant an owl craft on this moss hummock - you’ll get a wonderful autumn composition.

Even from the most moss hummock you can make an owl. And the scales from the cone will be the feathering of the wings. The eyes are caps from acorns, the nose is cut out of birch bark, and the paws are too.

And if you have pieces of felt at home, you can make these beautiful owl crafts.

You can also gut the cone - pull out all the scales with tongs. And from these scales, lay out the outline of an owl like a mosaic puzzle. Place all this on a tinted canvas made from a piece of plywood - attach it with glue from a gun. Complete the composition with a branch with dry leaves.

You can also throw small cones, acorns, chestnuts, nuts and Christmas tree branches into a transparent glass jar (let the child himself collect whatever his heart desires into the jar). And together with it, it remains to decorate the surface of the jar in the shape of an owl. You will also get an owl craft made from natural materials.

From the leftover caps of acorns and chestnuts you can make little owlets with your children. Attach all parts to plasticine or sharp toothpicks.

Crafts-owls from LEAVES

with your own hands.

Leaf applique is another technique that is very suitable for creating any birds, including owls. The rows of leaves resemble plumage, so owl leaf appliques look very realistic and artistically beautiful.

First, you can cut out a large owl from packaging cardboard - the outline of the future craft. And then cover it with feather leaves on a glue gun.

You can make an owl applique from the foliage of coniferous plants - fir, spruce, pine. The base for the application can be a sheet of cardboard, plywood or a cut of a thick log. Line the edges of the applique with branches. And then in each sector of the craft - on a layer of glue - put pine needles and fir legs.

It is very interesting when an owl applique made from natural materials uses not only dry leaves and flowers, but also a more uniform filling: poplar fluff, dry grass, pieces of moss.

You can also do PHOTO CRAFTS, this is when you work with fresh material that cannot be glued and sealed for long. Perishable crafts can only be recorded using PHOTO SHOOTING. That is, on a table on a white background we lay out our craft - without glue, just like that - and then we take a photo in good quality and print it, put it in a frame and it serves as an interior decoration. Such photo crafts with owls can be used as gift pictures or greeting cards.

Household items

in making owl crafts.

Ordinary bottle caps can be turned into cute owls. Very cute mini owl crafts that your kids will love. They will be happy to play with them, put them in a dollhouse, and ride them in a Barbie Cadillac.

And if you cut the cork into round pieces, you can use them to make an owl like a geometric mosaic. A good and interesting owl craft for children.

Any household items that have already served their kitchen life faithfully can turn into pets - cute and cozy owls. Can and beer lids will give the owl craft expressive eyes with eyelashes. The wire wrapped around the perch will become the tenacious paws of such an original owl.

A chipped saucer that you were going to throw away, cups with broken handles, old can openers - anything can become the basis for an owl craft. Bright, beautiful and non-standard.

You can also twist a beautiful owl craft from household twine (as in the photo below). We inflate two balloons - a larger one for the body and a smaller one for the head. We throw the roll of twine into a bowl where glue (silicate or pva) has already been poured - we wrap the threads smeared in glue onto the balloons. We dry it by hanging it on the chandelier. We burst the ball and separate it from the thread web. We get two cobweb balls - we put them on top of each other and form the remaining elements of the owl - ear ties, cotton eyes with cardboard pupils, a nose and an elegant tie on the neck with a pine cone or a sprig of acorns.

You can make an owl with your own hands from an ordinary plastic bottle. You need to cut off the lower part of the bottle (this will be the top of the head) and the upper part by cutting off the neck from it (this will be the lower half of the owl). We put two parts on top of each other and paint them with paints. If you are using gouache rather than acrylic, then after painting and drying you need to fix the paint with hairspray.

Regular corrugated packaging (cardboard TV boxes, etc.) can become a source of material for a DIY owl craft. The easiest way for kids is to cut out silhouettes of owls and stick bottle caps on them. Bright colored plastic lids will be even more elegant than metal beer lids.

Crafts made from corrugated cardboard can be supplemented with inserts made of colored paper.

And the technique for making such an owl craft can be different - either on a flat cardboard base or using twisted rolls of corrugated cardboard, as in the photo below.

We simply cut the cardboard into strips, roll them into rolls, fix them with glue, and use these rolls to make a craft. And you can make owl legs from wire.

You can buy real children's craft corrugated cardboard and make more neat owl crafts out of it, as in the photo below. Children will love this DIY owl – it’s beautiful, quite simple and elegant. And on New Year’s Day you can hang it like a toy on the Christmas tree.

DIY owls

using quilling technique.

Quilling is a technique for making crafts from thin strips of paper that are rolled into roll-up modules. The modules are given different sizes and shapes, and crafts - flat or three-dimensional - are assembled from them like puzzles.

Below we see a very small owl made with our own hands using this technique. We wrap strips of black paper around a thin rod. Then we wrap these round black jackets with white paper stripes, then with blue ones - we get three-color eyes.

The body is the largest roll of white paper.

Eyebrows are round twists - first twisted tightly around a shaft, then allowed to unwind to relax, and then rolled into the shape of long, wavy modules.

The wings and nose are also round twists, which were slightly loosened and unwound and then shaped into a teardrop shape with your fingers.

You can twist an owl from oval narrow long twists as in the photo below. The ears are the same round twists that were shaped into a triangular shape with your fingers.

We can lay the quilling owl with our own hands on a cardboard base - arrange it in the form of a regular appliqué painting.

DIY paper owls.

Crafts-appliques.

The simplest children's owl craft is an applique made of paper and maple leaves. This craft is the most suitable for a kindergarten of the younger group. It’s simple and quick and the kids really like it.

Silhouettes of owls can be completely undefined - in the form of a cloud with uneven edges, made of paper, unevenly torn, from fluffy scraps of cotton wool or padding polyester.

Owl crafts can be painted using paint applied using the poking method with a piece of foam rubber (photo below).

Children in the middle group love to make cut-out appliqués. First you need to tear a sheet of paper into thin strips - and then each strip into paper scraps. Having made a bunch of such blank scraps, you can start making an owl with your own hands. The color can be brown, black or white if against the night sky.

Senior kindergarten groups or junior schoolchildren can make this autumn owl craft. A tree trunk is a sheet of paper that is folded in half lengthwise and in half again - only 2 times. Then they unfolded it and got a sheet of paper divided by fold lines into 4 parts. We glue the two outer parts together overlapping each other - and the two central parts end up rearing at this angle - forming a convex log. We cut out a hollow hole in it with scissors. We glue a paper spring to the bottom of the hollow (I have already told you how to fold two paper strips crosswise into a spring). And on this spring, which rises above the bottom of the hollow, we glue an owl made of paper or cardboard.

From ordinary paper bags You can make an owl very quickly. We put a lump of crumpled newspaper in a bag and tie the bag with twine. We glue the nose, eyes and paws on it and get a simple and quick DIY owl craft.

You can also make an elegant owl craft from ordinary cardboard. Roll the cardboard into a tube– we attach it to a stapler (staples), because the glue will not hold. Next, we press the cardboard tube in the upper part with our finger - front and back - and we get owl ears.

All that's left is to figure out how to decorate it. The beak, eyes and paws are understandable. But you can also add wings from paper fans or from paper cupcake tins. From the same molds you can make fluffy owl breasts - as in the photo below.

DIY owls

MADE OF FABRIC AND FELT.

Any fabric is suitable for making an owl. Your linen trousers. Remains of upholstery fabric. Torn floral chintz blouse. Any scraps can quickly become beautiful DIY owls.

Even ordinary socks can turn into cute owls. The toe part is cut off. And the top is cut in the shape of a triangle. This triangular protrusion extends forward and forms the ears and the tip of the beak. We sew on eyes and wings from felt or pieces of the same sock.

Flat crafts-appliques made of felt in the shape of an owl also an interesting topic for children. Here you need to carefully cut out all the details and sew them onto thick fabric stretched over an embroidery hoop.

DIY felt owls can be made in a variety of styles. It could be a charming young lady owl - a pure organ charm - or a craft in the form of a hooligan owl.

Felt owls can complement elegant autumn wreaths for interior decoration.

Your children will also be happy to do whole tree with little felt owls.

In the shape of an owl, you can make a keychain from felt and a fragrant pendant for your car (if you fill it with the contents of a laundry sachet - dried lavender, etc.).

You can also sew a case for your phone or notebook in the shape of a cute owl with your own hands.

And even the table setting can be decorated in the theme of owls - sew covers for cutlery with owl wing pockets.

Owl drawings

Children's crafts.

You can also do it yourself craft stickers made from stained glass rubber paints. On a piece of paper, draw a rough sketch of an owl. We insert a sheet of paper into a transparent office file and trace the outlines of the picture with stained glass children's paints. Dry on the closet for one night. And we peel off the frozen dense owl pattern from the cellophane and glue it to the window or mirror. Beautiful DIY owl craft.

You can paint with ordinary paints - gouache or acrylic bright cartoon owls u. It’s very simple here - the owl can have any shape - the main thing is that it has ears, eyes and a beak. Everything else is up to your taste and imagination.

The main thing (pay attention to the photo) is each painted element of the owl outline with a separate color. Then the drawing will be expressive and not blurry.

You can draw a whole owl tree. First draw with a pencil. And then ask the children to decorate with all the colors. They will really love this DIY coloring activity.

DIY owls

Mosaic crafts.

Children love it very much play mosaic. What if this mosaic is made from colored buttons and beads. And offer them the outlines of an owl drawn on paper. Children will be happy to put together these owls. If the applique is successful, you can photograph it, then remove all the buttons and repeat the craft from the photo using hot glue from a gun.

Buttons are an expensive pleasure these days. To make the craft require less money, you can order cheap sets of buttons on Ali Express (Chinese website). You can also use buttons only in some elements of the owl - and fill the rest of the space with beads(it’s cheaper this way) – as it’s done in the photo below.

You can add the outlines of such a mosaic from long bugle sticks- as in the photo of the craft below.

You can make an owl mosaic with your own hands from broken ceramic tiles. We break the usual facing tiles with a hammer (wrapped in a towel so that the fragments do not fly away).

Prepare a flat tray. Place cement or gypsum mortar on it - a mixture for laying tiles is suitable. Using this wet solution, draw the outline of an owl with a sharp stick and lay the mosaic.

Very good to use in such applications old CDs– they are simply cut into fragments with scissors. It turns out very beautiful (photo below).

You can also use large beads, rhinestones and glass decorative stones from a decor store in this mosaic appliqué.

For such a mosaic craft, you can make a backing from a kitchen board. And then this DIY painting can decorate your kitchen.

And you don’t have to throw away the broken set, but use it to make your own owl craft.

Here is a collection of ideas for those who want to make a real beautiful owl with their own hands.

Happy crafting this season.

Olga Klishevskaya, especially for the site