The Phoebe Bird

Assemble a mini doll sized book: Below, is the Phoebe Bird'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

 

Under a bridge, where all day long
The brooklet sings its happy song,
Phoebe Bird builds her nest of clay
To which she comes each year to stay.

 

Make a Paper Chain of the Phoebe Bird

 

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.

 

What the phoebe bird paper chain could look like when it's cut.

The phoebe bird template is in Creative Commons.

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