We have an entire category dedicated to birds on our website so its obvious I love them!

Owls are my absolute favorite but peacocks are a very close second.

The pictures dont do justice to its vibrant and gorgeous colors.

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Make peacock head

Start by trimming around your small paper plate to make your peacock head.

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Paint your plates

Paint the bottom of both of your paper plates with your turquoise paint.

Set them aside to dry completely.

Cut needed details

While your paper plates are drying youll need to cut out several things.

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First, cut out long strips of your green cardstock paper about 1-1/2 inches wide.

To give you an idea, we used 8 strips.

You will also need to cut out a triangle beak and feet from your tan cardstock paper.

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Lastly, cut out a handful of gold circles to decorate your peacock feathers.

We used a 1-inch circle punch to make this simple.

Glue on all face shapes

Glue your beak, googly eyes and feet onto your peacock.

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Also, glue your blue feather onto the top and back of your peacock head.

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