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Thursday, July 29, 2010

Shape Owl Craft

Owl Babies: Candlewick Storybook AnimationsWe have borrowed the book Owl Babies from the library multiple times now.  It is such a sweet, simple book, and my daughter seems to relate to it well.

The last time we borrowed it, we also made a shape owl!  I had made an owl valentine for my husband earlier this year, and this was based on the valentine.  I have a thing for owls, and years ago I taught a class called "Who Puked" where we learned about owls and dissected owl pellets.  (The class title was geared to make middle schoolers interested!)

I choose to make the shape owl using mostly hearts, but you could use just triangles or circles or a combination of triangles, hearts,and an oval for the body.

For the details of how to create your own Shape Owl Craft or an Owl Valentine's Day Card made from hearts, visit us at This Simple Home.

16 comments:

Deborah said...

What a good idea to make the owl from shapes!

Ticia said...

How fun! I wonder if my kids would actually make an owl, or if it'd end up something else. I know they made heart monsters one time.

Christy Killoran said...

So cute! We love that book too. We made paper bag owls last fall and read a few owl books that we loved, including the one you mentioned. I am having a mind block right now but there is a super cute picture book that features different animals made out of shapes - mostly hearts I think. Grrrr, it is going to drive me crazy. I'm going to try to figure it out now.

Christy Killoran said...

What would we do without Google? The book is My Heart is Like a Zoo by Michael Hall, and here is the Amazon link:
http://www.amazon.com/Heart-Like-Zoo-Michael-Hall/dp/0061915106

It's a great book and I have always thought it would be perfect for a stArt project!

April said...

Ive seen that book reviewed many times but I still haven't read it yet. I love your craft project though.

Brimful Curiosities said...

Owl babies is a favorite here as well. I love using different voices for the baby owls when reading it aloud. Such a cute craft...I'll have to remember it for Valentines Day.

Carrie said...

CUUUUTE! And that's all I have to say about that!

Michelle said...

Oh wow this came out so cute what a fun project and a cute looking book. Emily would love it!

Thank you for linking up to stART!

Christianne @ Little Page Turners said...

Adorable! We did something similar for Valentine's Day based on the book My Heart is Like a Zoo... you'd love this book!

An Almost Unschooling Mom said...

Those are soooo cute! We might have to try making a cookie version :)

Natalie PlanetSmarty said...

Incidentally, we also have this book from the library... again. It's a cute craft, and I think that the owl look fantastic.

Charlene Juliani said...

Super Cute! My mother used to love owls too (she even once had them stenciled on her kitchen ceiling haha). I'll have to see if our library has that book.

silly eagle books said...

I love this owl! You've inspired me!

Miller Moments said...

So cute! that's one of our favorite books!!! BTW, I used the link you sent me and got myself a new look. :)

An Almost Unschooling Mom said...

Annette - I finally got around to making a cookie version of these, and I linked back to here - I hope that's okay - thanks for the inspiration!

http://almostunschoolers.blogspot.com/2010/08/heart-owl-cookies.html

RedTedArt said...

And I LOVE your little owl! Wow, the things you can make out of hearts! Lovely. We have that book to and enjoy it!

Again, thank you for linking up and sharing your cute craft with us!

Maggy

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