Crafting with kids: Create an owl with an acorn

It’s officially spring and that means more time outdoors. Children love to play in the garden and collect items from Mother Nature. It is a treasure hunt, as they discover beautiful leaves, pinecones and acorns. This acorn owl craft is a real “hoot”, easy to make, and, best of all, thrifty.

What you need

• Acorns
• Felt scraps (or colored paper)
• Small googly eyes
• Glue (craft glue or glue gun)
• Scissors

How to make it

1. Help your child collect a handful of large acorns.
2. Using child-friendly scissors, help your child cut out the beak and wings from the felt scraps.
3. Glue the body parts onto acorn.
4. Using a glue gun or craft glue, stick on two googly eyes.
5. Make a little hat (from the acorn capule).
6. Find a few small twigs and some real leaves and stick them along with your acorn owl on a piece of felt.