Ideas on the theme of Birds

Crafts

Bird Feeder rope

Materials Needed:

Instructions:
Cut a piece of yarn to one and a half or two feet long. Tie a pencil or any other object about the same size on one end of the yarn. String the cereal onto the yarn. Remove the pencil and tie both ends of the yarn together. Hang outside!

 

Pine Cone Feeder

Materials Needed:

Instructions:
Tie or twist the yarn or wire onto the pine cone for the hanger. Mix 1 part peanut butter to one part margarine. Spread the peanut butter and margarine mixture onto the pine cone. Pour some bird seed onto a plate or shallow dish and roll the pine cone in it. Place the seed-covered pine cones in the freezer for about an hour or until it is set. Hang it outside!

 

Disappearing Feeder

Materials Needed:

Instructions:

Roll the bagel in the margarine and then cover with bird seed
Tie a piece of yarn around the bagel to hang.

 

Egg Cup Bird

 

Materials Needed:

Instructions:
Bend the egg carton cups towards each other, rim to rim (this will make an oval shape). Glue or staple them together to form the bird's body. Use the paper to make feet, beak, and other body parts you desire. You can add real feathers, beads for eyes, or use your imagination with other misc. supplies!

 

   

Plate Bird

Materials Needed:

Markers, Crayons, or Paint                     

Instructions:
Colour the paper plates. Fold one paper plate in half. Cut about a 4 inch slit in the centre-top of each side to hold wings; cut about a 1 inch slit in the top back to hold tail. Cut second plate in half. Trim one of the halves by 1 inch on the straight edge. Slip into the slit to make the wings. Trim the other half by 1 inch and then cut in half to form a triangle for the tail. Slip it into the tail slot. Cut a small triangle from paper for the beak. Make eyes.

 

Games:

Catch the bird

Place lots of card birds in a circle in the middle of  the room

The teams have to ‘catch ‘ as many as they can by picking them up one at a time and bringing them back to the team corner

 

Migration     

Played in teams. Give each person name of a bird. When leader calls out name of a bird, that person to run to end of room round obstacle and back making noise of their bird. If migrate is mentioned, whole team to run

 

Bird Target game

Cut out bird shapes which the Beaver Scouts can decorate as a craft as well if you want, Lay out a target on the floor and get the Beaver Scouts into teams.

See which bird can ‘fly’ the furthest

 

Animal change                    

All except one sit on chairs in a circle and all are given name of a bird [swallow, sparrow, sea gull, blackbird etc]. The odd one is the hunter who stands in the middle. (they must be given the name of a bird as well)

Leader calls "swallows change" and all the swallows must change places, the hunter trying to get a free chair. Repeat with another birds name. On command "Hunters coming" everyone must change seats.

 

Songs:

Happy hunting ground (it mentions crows!)

10 green budgies … like 10 green bottles

2 little dicky birds

 

Poem:

The Jackdaw of Rheims