The Barn Owl

Assemble a mini doll sized book: Below, is the Barn Owl's illustration and verse. Visitors can collect all the bird illustrations and verse from "Bird Children" to print and construct a small book of verse for their dolls. Simply drag each png. into a Word Document, print, cut out all of the images the same size and staple the pages together at the left edge. Squeeze out some white school glue along the stapled edge of the pages and attach a cardboard cover.

Collect all pages-cleaned and sized to make a miniature
book for your dolls.

"Who, Who, who, who? asks Sir Barn Owl,
When he comes out at dusk to prowl;
He has great shiny yellow eyes,
And looks so very, very wise.

 

Additional Authors:

 

CAUGHT IN AN APRIL SHOWER 

       "Oh, no; no need to take umbrellas this morning!" Dame Owl had said, forgetting all about April showers. But two miles from home the sky grew dark, and Dame Owl felt rather concerned, especially as the children were all wearing their second-Sunday-best frocks and suits.
       Then all at once the rain came pelting down. "Rain, rain, go to Spain!" the pupils said, all together, but it didn't go. "Dear, dear! it's
no use in a storm like this telling the children to walk between the drops!" thought poor Dame Owl.
       All this time I haven't said a word about the farmhouse in the background, because I wanted the picture to take you by surprise. You can easily guess now what happened. The kind lady of the farmhouse invited them in, and gave them each a scrumptious lunch, and such a jolly afternoon that at Dame Owl's School they think April showers the best fun in the world.  Henry Altemus Company.

 

Feasting at the farmhouse during an April shower.

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How to Cut a Owl Paper Chain 

 

Two important tips to remember: the longer the paper the more often the design repeats.
The thinner the paper, the easier it is to cut.

 

Directions:

1. Measure the length and height of your template in order to determine how much paper you will need before folding it.
2. Use and accordion fold to prepare the paper before cutting.
3. Trace the design so that two sides touch opposite each other along the folds of the paper.
4. Cut away the negative spaces around your design.

Your owl chain might look like this one when cut.

 

The owl paper template.