What comes to your mind when you think about bluebirds? I always think of the Disney song Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah – “Mr. Bluebird’s on my shoulder. It’s the truth. It’s actual. Everything is satisfactual.” I know that the movie it is from, Song of the South, is problematic, but that song is so happy and upbeat. I will now be singing it for at least a week, and I’m not even upset.
I think this week’s craft is just as upbeat as that song. Cute little bow-tie pasta bluebirds sitting on a telephone line – or maybe a fence or rooftop – are so cute. I dare you to make them and try not to smile. The featured product this week is a fun one – little bluebirds that you blast as you say their BL words. I think both activities will put a pep in your step and a song in your head.
Supply List
- White paper
- Orange paper
- Blue paint
- Paint brush, water cup, apron, and table covering
- Bow tie pasta
- Blue feathers
- 3 Blue feathers
- 6 small google eyes
- Markers
- Scissors
- Glue
- Hot glue gun
Step-by-Step Directions
The first thing you should do is paint your bow tie pasta blue. You only need to paint one side as the back will be covered by a feather and glued to the paper.
While the paint dries, you can do some prep of the other materials. I like to color my background picture first. I have made this with a fence or telephone lines – you could also do a rooftop. I am including photos of my drawing steps and then a couple of finished products with different backgrounds.
Now you need to do some cutting. You need to cut small feathers. I usually just cut the tip off a few full sized feathers. You will also need 3 tiny triangle beaks cut from the orange paper.
If your blue pasta pieces are dry, you can start assembing your bluebirds. (If they are still wet, I recommend playing a couple rounds of Bluebird Blast to give extra drying time.) Hot glue a pasta piece to the back of the pom pom with the blue side towards the pom pom. Then hot glue a feather piece to the back of the pasta piece so it sticks up like a tail.
Now you just need to add the google eyes and orange triangle beaks. Then repeat two more times until you have 3 bluebirds.
All that you have left at this point is attaching the bluebirds to your picture. You can use the hot glue gun here or just regular glue – I have done it both ways.
As I have said each week, my goal with this blog is to make sure that people leave each of my posts feeling equipped to practice articulation or phonics with their learner. So, I always have a game from my Teachers Pay Teachers store (Autumn Emigh Creative Communication Solutions) on special sale for you. This week’s game is a straightforward game board with bluebirds that disappear. Bluebird Blast has 8 Initial BL Blend target words. Take turns rolling a dice to move to the next bluebird and blast it! Very motivating for kids and perfect to fill little bits of time, you will turn to this game over and over. You receive a link to a Google Slide version as well as a color game board and a black and white homework version. On sale for half off (just $1) until May 24th!
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That’s it for this week. I hope you have a wonderful day with plenty of sunshine. I’ll be back next week with a really cute Paper Plate Badger craft and Feed the Badger game to work on the initial B sound.
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