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Cork Owls

Last updated on October 21, 2016

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These adorable cork owls are easy to make with a few buttons and fabric scraps.

Here’s another cute fall craft idea for you!  In case you hadn’t noticed we kinda like owls around here.  Actually, we kinda love them.  One little hooligan in particular is crazy about owls at the moment, so we’re doing lots of cute and easy owl crafts here these days.

The hooligans weren’t actually involved in  hooligans in making these cork owls though.  They were just a little somethin’ I whipped up one weekend as a surprise for Monday morning.

Cork Owl Craft - happy hooligans

 They were super-easy to make with a glue gun and a few craft scraps:

To make our cork owls, you’ll need:

  • glue gun
  • corks
  • buttons
  • flannel scraps
  • felt
  • stick

How to:

For the wings, I cut narrow, pointy ovals from a piece of felt, and then cut a smaller version from a scrap of flannel. I layered those and hot-glued them to the sides of the owls.

For the eyes of one owl, I glued small black buttons onto a couple of larger white buttons and glued them in place.  For the other owl, I found a couple of large white buttons that had a small metal centre.  They looked perfect as they were, so I didn’t bother adding a black button to them.

Then I added a small felt beak.

cork owls with fabric scraps and buttons

To finish the craft off, just for fun, I hot-glued both owls to a sturdy stick.  What do you think?  Cute or what?

The girls think so!

Child carrying cork owl on a stick.

 

And if you think these are sweet, you have to pop over and check out Molly Moo’s Wine Cork Animals!  You’ll love those too!

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Jackie Currie

Jackie is a mom, wife, home daycare provider, and the creative spirit behind Happy Hooligans. She specializes in kids’ crafts and activities, easy recipes, and parenting. She began blogging in 2011, and today, Happy Hooligans inspires more than 2 million parents, caregivers and Early Years Professionals all over the globe.

 

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  1. Jessica

    October 27, 2013 at 6:44 am

    Love them. They will make a great addition to my gnome tables, but without the stick. 🙂

    Reply
  2. elhadadepapel

    October 27, 2013 at 7:43 pm

    Lovely!!

    Reply
  3. Jill

    October 28, 2013 at 7:59 pm

    This is a very cute and fun craft. They look so fun to make too. Thank you for sharing and for linking up this week to the Thoughtful Spot Weekly Blog Hop.

    Reply
  4. onel

    October 28, 2013 at 8:06 pm

    Too adorable!! I love how you stick it to a stick. It will make a great decoration 🙂

    Reply
  5. MollyMoo | Michelle

    October 29, 2013 at 7:01 am

    awww – such cuteness, and I love them perched on the branch 🙂
    thank you so so much Jackie for the MollyMoo mention *elevenntybillion hugs*

    Michelle xx

    Reply
  6. Meredith @ Homegrown Friends

    October 30, 2013 at 9:57 pm

    So cute Jackie! My kids would love these!

    Reply
  7. Rebecca English

    November 2, 2013 at 5:39 am

    They are super cute. I’ve loved all your owl crafts. So sweet.

    I’ve featured it on The Sunday Showcase

    Reply
  8. Debs

    November 3, 2013 at 8:40 pm

    Too adorable! I’m featuring this on Tuesday Tots this week. 🙂

    Reply
  9. Amanda

    November 5, 2013 at 9:05 pm

    I love these, they are so cute! I shared them on my Facebook page and my fans love them too!

    Reply
    • happyhooligans

      November 5, 2013 at 10:39 pm

      Thank you so much for sharing them with your followers, Amanda! x

      Reply
  10. Cindy deRosier

    November 7, 2013 at 9:06 am

    I’m the Editorial Assistant for Fun Family Crafts and I wanted to let you know that we have featured your owl project!

    Thanks for a great project idea!

    Reply
    • happyhooligans

      November 7, 2013 at 1:23 pm

      You’re welcome, Cindy! Thank you so much for sharing!

      Reply
  11. Thaleia Maher (@Something2Offer)

    November 13, 2013 at 9:19 am

    I featured your cute cork owls on the Thoughtful Spot Weekly Blog Hop #10! Thanks for sharing this great craft with us.

    Reply
    • happyhooligans

      November 13, 2013 at 9:54 am

      Thank you so much, Thaleia!

      Reply
  12. Amanda

    January 8, 2014 at 9:39 am

    Congrats! I’m just stopping by to let you know that this post was selected as an Editor’s Pick for November (yes, we’re a bit behind from the holidays!) over at Fun Family Crafts.

    Reply
  13. Maria

    March 25, 2014 at 11:59 pm

    These are so cute! I just made mine. Thanks so much for inspiration!

    Reply
  14. Sofie Vandersmissen

    July 18, 2014 at 1:00 pm

    These owls look great thanks for the idea! I made 2 cork owls too!
    Greetings, Sofie

    Reply

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