Paint Chip Birds
"You will never find a rainbow if you are looking down."
- Charlie Chaplin
grab the complete RAINBOW BIRD project PDF + Printable pack here:
Have you ever seen a black swan at night?
the answer is most certainly no
because as soon as the moon hangs in the sky
the rainbow bird is the star of the show...
Materials:
we used paint chips in bright colors and metallics. You can also re-purpose older art work for the feathers
craft bond glue stick
colorful double sided scrapbook paper
white and pink gel pen
black Sharpie marker
1. Sketch out your bird shapes on colored card stock. We chose a bright fuchsia base for our rainbow bird and a black base for our swan. 2. Cut out your bird shapes. 3. Start cutting out your feather shapes from your paint chips. 4. Glue down your first row of wing feather. 5. Move on to your second row and then your third. 6. Add feathers as needed to fill in gaps. 7. When you are finished layering your feathers you will add details with your gel pens; eyes, beak, cheek. 8. If you are doing a swan queen, don't forget your golden crown!
I wanted to share how we modified this project for one of our pop-up workshops. We used the same bird templates as the “canvas” but swapped the cutting and gluing for stickers and paint pens. This modification worked really well for a large group of eager young artists (60 2-6 year olds)
