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Thursday, June 29, 2023
The Screech Owl
Sunday, June 4, 2023
The Turkey
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We see old Mr. Turkey Cock;
He dresses up in colors array,
as his wife wears quiet tones of gray.
- Turkeys On The Farm
- Craft a Funny Gobbler from Paper Plates
- The wild turkey, a vanishing game bird
- Doodle a candy corn turkey, landscape, birds, butterflies etc...
- Sculpt a Holiday Turkey Using Paper Pulp
- Print thanksgiving themed place cards for your dinner table...
- Print, cut, color and assemble a turkey paper doll
Wednesday, May 24, 2023
The Green Jay
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Assemble a mini doll sized book: Right, is the Green Jay'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.
A member of a robber band;
He's very beautiful, but oh!
We wish he wouldn't plunder so!
Imagine the Robin is perched on a flowering branch, just outside the window! Learn more about the Robin and download an additional template here. |
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.
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The brooklet sings its happy song,
Phoebe Bird builds her nest of clay
To which she comes each year to stay.
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. |
- Measure the length and height of your template in order to determine how much paper you will need before folding it.
- Use and accordion fold to prepare the paper before cutting.
- Trace the design so that two sides touch opposite each other along the folds of the paper.
- Cut away the negative spaces around your design.
What the phoebe bird paper chain could look like when it's cut. |
The Flicker Woodpecker
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Assemble a mini doll sized book: Left, is the Flicker'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.
Eating the ants upon the ground;
He builds in any hollow tree
Where he's as snug as snug can be.
A template of a Flicker Woodpecker |
The Ibis
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Assemble a mini doll sized book: Left, is the Ibis'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.
Stands and thinks without a word;
She can't forget that long ago
She was a sort of queen, you know.
The Kingbird
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Assemble a mini doll sized book: Right, is the Kingbird'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.
Likes to make a lot of noise;
He's a bit boisterous in play
And sometimes quarrelsome, they say.
Sample paper-cut of a parent bird feeding it's babies inside of a nest. |
Download and print out the pattern below. The dotted lines
indicate where the image will be folded to continue the primrose silhouette
seamlessly after it is unfolded. The number of images "linked" together
in one continuous chain is determined by the length of the paper being
cut. Use a very thin paper to make your cutting easier. Cut away the
areas indicated by the design. (see image above and read text on the
pattern below. This paper-cut may be used as a border around an Spring
bulletin board in a classroom or as a paper chain for a shelf if you like.
Template of a bird parent feeding hungry baby birds at worn. |
Tuesday, May 23, 2023
The Loon
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Assemble a mini doll sized book: Left, is the Loon'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.
He doesn't mind the heat or cold;
He dives and swims - oh, very far,
And then bobs up and laughs "Ha-Ha!"
The Indigo Bunting
Bird and pussy willow templates. See more about pussy willow here. |
The Eagle
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Assemble a mini doll sized book: Left, is the Eagle'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.
He's very strong and very wise;
He's king and master over all
The other birds, both great and small.
The Eave Swallow
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Assemble a mini doll sized book: Left, is the Eave Swallow'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.
Always has lots of things to say;
He and his brothers, often race,
Catching the insects 'round the place.
Birds in flight and a birdhouse template. See birdhouse clip art here. |
The Ivory-Billed Woodpecker
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Assemble a mini doll sized book: Below, is the Woodpecker'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.
"Dear me!"
They're cutting down my family tree;
Where can I live, I'd like to know,
If men will spoil the forest so?"
- Color and write about red-headed woodpeckers...
- Feeding The Birds of The Forest
- "W is for woodpecker" alphabet coloring page
Draw a Woodpecker Step-by-Step: Begin with simple ovals and circles, attach lines for feet and branches and then fill in the tiny details!
Learn how to draw a woodpecker. |
Mourning Dove
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Assemble a mini doll sized book: Right, is the Mourning Dove'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.
She likes nice grains and seeds to eat;
In her soft voice she calls: "Coo, coo,"
Which means in Dove talk, "I love you."
- Visit our National Parks to read and compare the two.
- The difference between a dove vs a pigeon by Pigeonpedia
The Night Hawk
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Assemble a mini doll sized book: Right, is the Night Hawk'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.
And then comes out at night to play;
He always wears his evening clothes
And when it's daylight, home he goes.
The Partridge
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Assemble a mini doll sized book: Below, is the Rook'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.
You'll hear him drum when days are cold,
He says the nicest things to eat
Are red thorn apples, ripe and sweet.
The Oriole
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Assemble a mini doll sized book: Left, is the Oriole'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.
In the spring like sunshine came,
Hung his nest away up high
So his babes could see the sky.
Designs for easy bird stick puppets. Read more about: Blue Birds, Cardinals and Gold-Finches. |
More About Orioles:
The Curlew
Assemble a mini doll sized book: Below, is the Curlew'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.
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To him, perhaps, it's like a floor;
Whistle, and he will answer you
Something like this: "Kerloo, Kerloo."
The Laughing Gull
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Assemble a mini doll sized book: Left, is the Laughing Gull'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.
He's always laughing everywhere;
He never tells what it's about
Bird scrap restored for students to make their own paper dolls with. Now you add the arms/legs! |
The Lyre Bird
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Assemble a mini doll sized book: Left, is the Lyre 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.
She lives in lonely places wild,
And builds upon the rocky ground
The queerest nest which can be found.
Monday, May 22, 2023
The Cockatoo
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"I always find enough to do;
I'm such a busy, useful dame,
I know these folks are glad I came."
The prince afterwards observed that although the Parrot spoke in a language he did not understand, yet he could not be deceived, for he had in the room both a Dutchman who spoke Brazilian, and a Brazilian who spoke Dutch; that he asked them separately and privately, and both agreed exactly in their account of the Parrot's discourse. Henry Altemus Company.
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. |
- Measure the length and height of your template in order to determine how much paper you will need before folding it.
- Use and accordion fold to prepare the paper before cutting.
- Trace the design so that two sides touch opposite each other along the folds of the paper.
- Cut away the negative spaces around your design.
What the parrot paper chain might look like when cut. |
Parrot paper template. |