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Pop Bottle Poultry

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Pop Bottle Poultry

Pop Bottle Poultry

Name of Project

Drink Bottle Poultry

Ages This Project is Suitable For

preschool and up

Approximate Time Required to Complete This Project

less than an hour

Materials Needed

Scrap paper

Drink bottle (the round ones available at Christmas time)

Construction paper

Scissors

Glue

Googly eyes

Feathers

Instructions

1. Remove lid from clean, dry pop bottle.

2. Stuff with shredded paper or allow child to practice scissor skills by snipping bits of paper and stuffing that into the bottle.

3. When bottle is full, replace lid and glue on ears, beak and feet cut from construction paper.

4. Embellish with googly eyes and feathers and you're done!

Tips and Tricks

  • Stuffing the bottle can be a big mess, so do it over the shredder bin, a trash can or even outside! (The birds can use the little bits for their nests!)

Sherri Osborn, Family Crafts Guide, says:

Such adorable chickens! I will add a link to my page full of drink bottle crafts and also my chicken crafts page!

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