Yarn Wrapped Blue Jay Craft

I am a bonafide bird nerd.

One of them is a blue jay.

Thisyarn wrapped blue jay craftis not only stunning but its a great fine motor activity for kids.

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Supplies Needed:

Tutorial:

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Cut out & paint your body parts

Start by printing out ourcardinal craft pattern.

Use the pattern to trace and cut out the body for your blue jay.

Youll also need to cut out a beak and legs from your cardboard.

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Paint your bird body blue and your beak and legs black.

Set them aside for the paint to dry.

Tape the end on the back of the bird body.

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We made the face similar to our cardinal craft.

The belly is just half of an oval.

Assemble bird parts together

Heat up your hot glue gun.

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Next glue your white felt pieces onto your bird.

Lastly glue your beak, legs and googly eye onto your blue jay.

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