Your kids will love making these adorable paper plate birds! Paper plate crafts are one of our favorite kids crafts because I always have a stack of paper plates in my craft cupboard because they’re inexpensive and just so versatile. Make a paper plate bird craft with kids of all ages at home or in the classroom.

Easy Paper Plate Bird Craft

Kids will love all the painting, color-mixing, cutting and gluing that this craft involves. Gotta love a craft that looks this cute, and is packed with skill-development too!

Related: More kids’ crafts with paper plates & Easy Paper Plate Bird Craft with Movable Wings

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Supplies Needed To Make This Easy Painted Paper Plate Bird

• paper plates
• paint
• paintbrushes
• scissors
• glue
• craft feathers
• googly eyes
• yellow craft foam or construction paper – for the beak (not pictured)

Video: How To Make Paper Plate Bird Craft

How to Make Paper Plate Bird Craft

Step 1

Start by having your child paint her paper plate with the colors she’s chosen.  

Note: This is a great opportunity for kids to explore color and color-mixing. Older children may apply their paints quite deliberately, while younger children may blend them all together. Let them! It’s a wonderful way for them to see first-hand what happens when they mix certain colors together!

Step 2

When the paint has dried, snip through the outer edge of the plate, and cut out the inner circle.

Step 3

This inner circle will be the body of your paper plate bird.  Older children can do the cutting with little or no assistance, while toddlers will require help. You may even need to do this step yourself, depending on the age of your child.

Step 4

Now, take the outer ring and cut three pieces from it.

Step 5

The two longer pieces will be the wings, and the shorter piece will serve as a tail. Your child can decorate these with craft feathers. 

Step 7

Googly eyes and a foam beak are glued to the center piece to form the bird’s face.

Step 8

To assemble the bird, your child will simply glue their feathered pieces behind the center piece just slightly in from the edge. One wing on each side, and the tail feather up at the top.

Finished Paper Plate Bird Craft

Isn’t your finished paper plate bird adorable?

Adorable! Enjoy! 

{Adorable} Paper Plate Bird Craft

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Your kids will love making these adorable paper plate birds! They will love all the painting, coloring mixing, cutting, and gluing this craft involves.

Materials

• paper plates
• paint
• paintbrushes
• scissors
• glue
• craft feathers
• googly eyes
• yellow craft foam or construction paper - for the beak (not pictured)

Instructions

1. Start by having your child paint her paper plate with the colors she's chosen.
2. This is a great opportunity for kids to explore color and color-mixing. Older children may apply their paints quite deliberately, while younger children may blend them all together. Let them! It's a wonderful way for them to see first-hand what happens when they mix certain colors together!
3. When the paint has dried, snip through the outer edge of the plate, and cut out the inner circle.
4. This inner circle will be the body of your paper plate bird.  Older children can do the cutting with little or no assistance, while toddlers will require help. You may even need to do this step yourself, depending on the age of your child.
5. Now, take the outer ring and cut three pieces from it.
6. The two longer pieces will be the wings, and the shorter piece will serve as a tail. Your child can decorate these with craft feathers. 
7. Googly eyes and a foam beak are glued to the center piece to form the bird's face.
8. To assemble the bird, your child will simply glue their feathered pieces behind the center piece just slightly in from the edge. One wing on each side, and the tail feather up at the top.

More Paper Plate Crafts From Kids Activities Blog

Wondering what to do with those leftover paper plates? Grab some and make a bunch of these fun kids craft activities! 

• {Glowing} Dream Catcher Paper Plate Craft
• Paper Plate Watermelon Suncatchers
• Paper Plate Goldfish Craft
• Easy to Make Paper Plate Spider-Man Mask

More Bird Crafts and Activities From Kids Activities Blog

• Here is a fun cardboard blue bird craft!
• Watch as this man starts hatching quail eggs from the grocery store! The little chicks are so cute!

We hope you enjoy making this paper plate bird! What are some other fun crafts you’ve made out of paper plates? Leave us a comment!