Owls Outing

On Wednesday it was a cold frosty morning with frost covering the ground like a light snow fall. There were frosted cobwebs on the traffic lights on Eden bridge. I travelled to Kirkoswald school to work with the children in the top class on making recycled owls which I had designed. I had made four owls using different materials which were featured on last week's blog. 

A parliament of owls

Ter whit ter whoo, how are you?

I had prepared starter kits for each pair of children and gave them an instruction sheet and templates. We worked step by step as this was the best method. The children were all very enthusiastic and the owls had interesting body shapes even though the plastic bags we used were of similar sizes. The masking tape was applied in great quantities in some cases, as was glue! Choosing materials and colour choice varied for each group and at this stage some children had already named there owl so the personality of the owl matched how it was decorated.

Ozzy and friends

Look into my eyes

The head was made from coloured tissue with a different colour for the lower body, or sometimes Christmas streamer strips and foil biscuit wrappers were chosen.

Feeling sleepy

A variety of material for the wings included, artificial flower petals, bath sponges, pan scrubs and card.

Girls, girls gather round I've something exciting to tell you

The eyes carried all the expression. Coloured paper was put behind the eye and the eye shape was made from a milk bottle or beer bottle top and for the large owls the plastic lids from a Bisto granular carton. Expression was created by where they placed the black pupil in the eye. These varied in size and shape.

Flower owl power

Love the Alice band

The beak was made from a pan scrub and we had large and small beaks.

Hoot

Prim and proper

Then came the exciting part the decorating and personalising of the owls. Great enthusiasm was shown when I produced a piece of tinsel which was used in many ways and hats appeared on several owls.

Razzle dazzle

I don't understand?

I really enjoyed the session. It was great fun working with the children and seeing how their imagination went into the detail of their individual owls.

The owls will be flying to Kirkoswald shop in the new year and they may even migrate to the Artful Garden who knows. It is also rumoured that there might be a rare Christmas owl to be seem in the Artful Garden as part of the Christmas display. 


A stunning sunset.

Pink hues fading blues

Darkness descends