Guest Post by Pamela of French Knots
Love is in the Air and what better way to send a “love note” than by Love Bird. My boys and I got February off to a good start by making these sweet and easy Love Birds.
Bird Necessities:
- One medium red pom pom ball
- One small red pom pom ball
- 2 googly eyes
- 1 mini clothes pin
- Red felt for wings and tail
- yellow or orange paper for bird beak
- optional: heart
Making your Birdie:
This is a perfect after school craft. Start by taking your pom poms and gluing the head and body together. Attach the eyes, wings, tail and beak to the bird with glue. (I prefer a hot glue gun, because it is easy and fast.) Attach the clothes pin and Viola! Your finished.
After your clothes pin is attached you can make your “love note”. My boys got a big kick out of all the ooey-gooey sweet nothings I was coming up with. They had better ideas: “I like you to death!”, “You’re my favorite pickle!” ”You’re as sweet as a Weed!” Remember whatever love note your birdie delivers make sure it is received with the best intentions.
I have big plans for these little birds. My boys are going to wake up to a new sweet note from their birdies each day until Valentines. With only boys running around our house, I figure it never hurts to get a little mushy now and then. If we get really ambitious, my boys classmates may get ”Love Birds” as well.
Thanks, Marie, and thanks to all her wonderful readers! Happy Valentine’s Day.
Pamela is the author of the crafty blog: Frenchknots. She lives in Utah with her husband and two sons. Her favorite holiday is Valentine’s Day (yes, more than Christmas!!) and her favorite colors are pink and red. When Pamela isn’t crafting with her sons, she is quilting, cooking, reading and or running; not in that order or all at the same time.
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Very Cute. It looks like you did feet. What did you use?
I actually had some left over felt snowflakes from Christmas and I just cut two ends off and attached them. I didn’t add that in because they were just a random add on and I couldn’t give a source.
These love birds are so cheery! Thanks for sharing, Pamela!!
And I love what your boys came up with: “I like you to death!!” So funny!
Too cute! I love it!
This is adorable! I think my Sunday School class of 1st & 2nd graders will make these for our shut-ins for Valentines.
You mentioned a “tail”. What does the tail look like? We can’t see it in any of the photos. And where did the optional little heart go?
I can’t wait to make this for my boyfriend for Valentines Day! :)
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Cute idea – and it looks like something I could even make! :) Thanks for sharing!!
Angie,
I’m sorry I don’t have a picture of the tail, it is just a simple little fan shape attached to the back of the bird. The optional heart can go on it’s tummy with a sweet message. What a wonderful gift for the shut-ins of your church!