Want to get your pupils into the holiday spirit as the final lessons of term approach? Get them to make these simple paper robin baubles – they can take them home or create a festive flock in your classroom.
You will need:
Brown, yellow and red paper
Glue stick
Scissors
Pencil
Black felt-tip pen
String or thread
Ruler
Compass (optional)
There’s no need to buy new packs of paper, try recycling old Christmas cards or scrap pieces of wrapping paper instead.
Step 1
Use a compass or find something round that you can use as a template (a roll of sticky tape etc) to make eight circles from the brown paper, all identical in size. Fold all eight circles in half.
Step 2
Spread glue on to one side of a folded circle and stick another one on top. Continue until you have glued all of the halves on top of each other, creating a stack.
Step 3
Cut a 25cm length of string or thread and tie the ends together to make a loop.
Step 4
Stick the loop to the spine of the stack.
Step 5
Fan out the pages of the stack and glue the two sides together to make a sphere.
Step 6
Decorate the sphere with wings cut from more brown paper, a beak and feet from yellow paper, and the red breast from the red paper.
Step 7
Add details to the wings with the black felt-tip pen, then use it to draw on two small eyes.
Tip: Make your bauble glisten by adding some sparkle – use glitter glue to make the beak, wings and red breast stand out! Remember to leave to dry for at least 24 hours before hanging up on your tree.
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