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Egg Carton Birds

2009 June 3
by 5 Orange Potatoes

These egg carton birds were inspired by the lovely Andrea (and her lovely daughter) at cider and faun. Not only can Andrea draw and paint, but the nature inspired activities she does with her daughter are unique and fun.

I gave the girls cardboard egg cartons and paint and let them go wherever their imaginations took them.



Fauna used acrylics to paint her birds and a permanent marker for the details on the owls.



And here is her King of the Chicks.


Araina made a whole flock of different types of birds; she made a robin, red-winged blackbird, bluebird, finch, cardinal and a crow. She preferred to paint with watercolors.

After the paint dried they spent the entire day playing with their new little bird friends.

8 Responses
  1. Rachel@oneprettything.com permalink
    June 4, 2009

    Easy and fun, I love it! I'll be linking. Off to check out Andrea's blog…

  2. Tammy permalink
    June 3, 2009

    LOL…look how cute those birds are! I just love 'em!!! :)

  3. andrea the pomegranates permalink
    June 3, 2009

    oh i love love love them! look how colorful they are! oh i am so happy you gals liked this idea and enjoyed doing them. it made my morning!:)

  4. Dawn permalink
    June 3, 2009

    Those are cute birds your girls made!

  5. The Magic Onions permalink
    June 3, 2009

    Super fun activity… even T will be able to make them.

  6. jumbleberryjam permalink
    June 3, 2009

    cheep, cheep! cuteness! :-)

  7. Tara permalink
    June 3, 2009

    The girls imagination took them to a lovely place!

    These birdies are adorable.

  8. kyndale permalink
    June 3, 2009

    you are just a super crafty mama! I love all your art projects!

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