Crafting with Angry Birds

by Marie on February 22, 2011

We’ve joined the Angry Birds craze. These little birds are everywhere, but we can’t seem to get enough. Today we’re crafting little angry bird yarn poms, crashing down our tower of greedy little pigs.

Supplies for Angry Bird Poms:

yarn
craft glue
googley eyes
craft paper
stacking cups

1. Create your mini pom poms with your yarn. There are a lot of ways to make these, but to make them a super small and the perfect size, I used the pom pom tutorial from Meyamo. I printed out her template for winding the yarn around, cutting, and tying. I used the small pattern for the red angry bird and the medium pattern for the pigs.

2. Once you’ve got your pom puff balls, add the faces. Glue on googley eyes, cut out paper noses for each and glue those on too. Even little black yarn pieces for the angry bird’s eyebrows. Let these dry. *For the bird, you can leave a little of the “tying” string longer at the top to act as the feathers that stick out on top or just glue an extra piece of yarn on top.

3. Build a tower for the pigs. We used small paper drinking cups stacked in a tower shape. We also used a popsicle stick to leave a little space for the pigs to fit inside.

Now sling shot your angry bird poms right into that tower. Those pigs never stood a chance!

Tagged as: toys, yarn

Written by Marie LeBaron

Marie LeBaron is the founder and managing editor of Make and Takes. Always having a love of crafts, she enjoys getting messy with glue and glitter. There’s always some sort of project going on, her kitchen counter is often cluttered with crafts. When she’s not crafting and creating with her kids, she loves to run, read, and blog! Read other posts by Marie

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1 Joy February 22, 2011 at 10:36 am

What an awesome idea!

2 Tabitha February 22, 2011 at 10:40 am

My husband would adore this. He spends more time flinging birds at pigs than doing anything else. lol Thanks for sharing. BTW, I Stumbled it for you. :-)

3 Marie February 22, 2011 at 10:50 am

Yes, I have one of those husbands too! Thanks for the stumble.

4 Sommer March 2, 2011 at 11:29 am: So do I! What is it with these guys and this game? :P

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5 Jamie M. February 22, 2011 at 10:53 am

My son would love this, I think I am going to have to make him a set. Thanks for sharing!!

6 Sarah Craig February 22, 2011 at 10:58 am

My hubby would so love something physical he could fling at those pigs!! And don’t get him started about helmets……

7 @ColoradoMom February 22, 2011 at 11:23 am

Love this!!!!

8 Tonya February 22, 2011 at 11:32 am

I am definitely going to try this with my therapy kids.

9 Kara February 22, 2011 at 12:35 pm

Cute! My kids would love this, they love to play Angry Birds (or Mad Birds as my 6yr old calls it lol).

10 Amy Kirchhoff February 22, 2011 at 1:00 pm

These make me laugh. My husband is an Angry Birds fanatic: They just frustrate me. I’m Pinterest-marking this for a Father’s Day gift.

11 Stella Pearl February 22, 2011 at 1:32 pm

I shared this on my FB! So clever! I love it.

12 Petit Elefant February 22, 2011 at 1:32 pm

Stop it. Just stop it.

13 Megan February 22, 2011 at 1:43 pm

Oh my gosh – i LOVE this! I am going to try it tonight! Thank you!!!

14 April February 22, 2011 at 2:11 pm

What a great idea! I will be sharing it with my daughter to put in her babysitting bag.

15 Alison @ Ingredients, Inc. February 22, 2011 at 7:30 pm

Great idea!! Kids are going to love this!

16 Alma February 22, 2011 at 7:31 pm

Sooooooooo funny!! Oliver LOVES Angry Birds. Maybe this would tear him away from the iPhone for a few minutes…

17 Cherie February 22, 2011 at 8:23 pm

OMWord! My 5yo loves this game. I now have our next craft! Thank you for sharing!

18 Julie {Angry Julie Monday} February 22, 2011 at 8:51 pm

We love Angry Birds in our house. This is awesome!!!

19 emma February 22, 2011 at 8:52 pm

aaahhh!!!!! i’m in love!!! i <3 angry birds!

20 Amanda February 22, 2011 at 8:53 pm

Ohh!! These are epic cute, as my kids would say! :)

21 Timmi February 22, 2011 at 9:19 pm

Buahahaha!!! I died when I saw these little guys and knew exactly what they were!! I LOVE this game….however it makes me a tad angry….darn those birds not going where I want them to go…

I will have to make some of these for sure; my hubby liked your little guys too :o)

22 Kitty February 22, 2011 at 11:32 pm

This is amazing! I shared it on facebook, and even made an angry bird tonight :) Thanks for the great idea! I’ve been feeling left out since I dont have a smart phone, but now I can play all I want!

23 Julia Whitson February 23, 2011 at 11:34 am

My husband loves this! We are so addicted to this game, between the two of us we play for hours every night on our phone! Such a great idea.

24 Ally February 24, 2011 at 11:18 am

Awesome!!!!!

25 Alix February 24, 2011 at 2:22 pm

This is GENIUS mama!!!!!! Wolfie is obsessed with Angry Birds!

http://www.makeandtakes.com/crafting-with-angry-birds

26 Alix February 24, 2011 at 2:23 pm

oops, didn’t mean to send you your own linkie…i was sending to a friend! haha

27 Marie February 24, 2011 at 2:34 pm: You can send my own linkie to me anytime!! ;) And thanks for passing it on to a friend!

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28 Amber G February 25, 2011 at 12:49 am

Did you see the dad that made an angry bird cake for his sons birthday? I can see a kid party with lots of bird flinging fun activities.

29 Miss Stovetop February 26, 2011 at 2:47 am

Love it! :)

30 Tammy February 26, 2011 at 11:17 am

Really cute – what a fun idea!

31 Marty February 26, 2011 at 12:00 pm

This quite possibly might be the simplest, easiest and quickest project I can do and make my husband AND my daughter happy. What a wonderful idea. Thank you for sharing this!!!!

32 Stephanie February 27, 2011 at 7:03 am

Brilliant! My son loves this. Thank you for sharing the idea.

33 Kami February 27, 2011 at 11:58 pm

Love it Marie!

Miss you! My travel buddy.

34 WhatMom February 28, 2011 at 4:14 pm

We had so much fun with this over mid-winter break last week – thanks for a boredom buster! http://whatarewedoingtodaymom.blogspot.com/2011/02/anger-management-with-angry-birds.html

35 Louise February 28, 2011 at 7:35 pm

The angry birds are great!! I like anything to do with birds, and these look easy and doable for the younger set. Please check out mu craft octupi and my handmade birds on Http://sunnyhilldairy.blogspot.com. Thank you!

36 kimber February 28, 2011 at 9:49 pm

We had a GREAT time making and playing with these! Thanks so much for a fabulous idea. (I was lazier than you though, and we just used pom poms and self stick foam and eyeballs.)

My kids played for hours! (And loved setting up levels for dad too!)

37 Marie March 1, 2011 at 11:21 am: Kimber – That’s a perfect solution. Those poms and self stick foam and eyes are a great way to craft these!! Thanks for sharing.

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38 Lindsey Grenet March 3, 2011 at 4:40 pm

These are so adorable! I can’t wait to try them. thank you for sharing!
I recently made 3 Angry birds costumes for friends going to a festival. Have a look if you like!

http://elegantpaws.blogspot.com/2011/03/angry-birds-are-go-part-4-finale.html

39 Chantel W March 6, 2011 at 8:52 am

Thanks so much for this craft suggestion! My sons are really enjoying it (show me a little boy who doesn’t love building and crashing towers!) – however, I have a new appreciation for the time consumed by making pom-poms! I’d never done it before and I think I will do the store-bought for future projects! :)

40 Amy @ Marvelous Mommy March 8, 2011 at 9:37 am

Haha I love those! Especially the pigs!

41 martha brown March 17, 2011 at 7:33 am

I love these! I’m embarrassed to admit that I’ve been stuck on the same level in Angry Birds for at least 10 hours. What a waste of time :) I’m going to make these pompoms today. They’ll make me laugh every day.

42 Christy March 28, 2011 at 3:48 pm

I think I might have to make the ninja and yellow birds as well! What a great idea!!!

43 Mimzy Wimzy April 5, 2011 at 10:39 am

These are sooo cute! My Hubby & I both play Angry Birds all the time!!

44 Karisa April 12, 2011 at 2:29 pm

What a cute and simple project! I’ve included it in my link round-up on the FaveCrafts Blog: http://www.favecraftsblog.com/link-love-angry-birds-crafts/

Would you like to publish your tutorial on FaveCrafts? Email me if you’re interested :)

45 Ashleigh April 18, 2011 at 11:33 am

OMG! I Super Duper Love This So Do My 2yr Old Son, Almost 4yr Old Son, And My Hubby! We Are A House Full Of Angry Birds Fanatic And My Oldest Son Even Has A Stuffed Angry Bird That Makes Noise That His Grandma Bought Him And He Throws It At Us Pretending To Hit Pigs, But With This He Will Just Go CRAZY Over It! Thanks For The Awesome Idea!

46 Cindy June 16, 2011 at 7:59 am

Love your great ideas! Having a 7 year olds birthday party next week and will have to do these!

47 shreena parikh July 23, 2011 at 4:07 am

i love ur website…its just amazin….i have an elger brother and he s a big fan of angry birds….yhnk u sooo much…. :)

48 Amy July 23, 2011 at 10:07 am

This is so great. I’m planning an Angry Birds birthday party and these will fit right in!

49 Gayle July 26, 2011 at 8:11 am

Awesome! Just finished making this for my kids! They love it! I used the biggest template to make the pigs, the middle one to make red birds & the smallest to make baby birds. Thanks so much!

50 Amanda August 18, 2011 at 12:40 pm

These are beyond cute Marie! I’ve featured them on Fun Family Crafts :) http://funfamilycrafts.com/pom-pom-angry-birds/

51 sofie September 3, 2011 at 2:25 pm

Thanks a lot for this great idea, just what I was looking for, for my sons birthday.

52 crafty_cristy September 5, 2011 at 5:35 am

Thanks for the idea! I changed it up a little and my kids and I had a great time making this. I posted a link to your craft tutorial on my blog at http://craftycristy.blogspot.com/2011/08/angry-birds-craft.html

53 Linds October 6, 2011 at 11:34 am

I wanted to tell you that I’m making this as a white elephant gift! I LOVE IT! I also think that some Popsicle sticks are great for the pig contruction as well! (it looks like you used them in your first picture) Thanks for the idea!

54 Kathryn October 28, 2011 at 8:23 am

I am making a set to bring for Thanksgiving. We have a big family reunion with lots of kids. This will be a good activity for them. Maybe they can make some too.

55 Jed December 7, 2011 at 12:06 pm