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.
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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.
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!
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 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. In 1997, Jackie stepped out of the corporate world to start a family and to open her own home daycare. She began blogging in 2011, and today, Happy Hooligans inspires more than 2 million parents, caregivers and Early Years Professionals all over the globe.
Jessica
Love them. They will make a great addition to my gnome tables, but without the stick. 🙂
elhadadepapel
Lovely!!
Jill
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.
onel
Too adorable!! I love how you stick it to a stick. It will make a great decoration 🙂
MollyMoo | Michelle
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
Meredith @ Homegrown Friends
So cute Jackie! My kids would love these!
Rebecca English
They are super cute. I’ve loved all your owl crafts. So sweet.
I’ve featured it on The Sunday Showcase
Debs
Too adorable! I’m featuring this on Tuesday Tots this week. 🙂
Amanda
I love these, they are so cute! I shared them on my Facebook page and my fans love them too!
happyhooligans
Thank you so much for sharing them with your followers, Amanda! x
Cindy deRosier
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!
happyhooligans
You’re welcome, Cindy! Thank you so much for sharing!
Thaleia Maher (@Something2Offer)
I featured your cute cork owls on the Thoughtful Spot Weekly Blog Hop #10! Thanks for sharing this great craft with us.
happyhooligans
Thank you so much, Thaleia!
Amanda
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.
Maria
These are so cute! I just made mine. Thanks so much for inspiration!
Sofie Vandersmissen
These owls look great thanks for the idea! I made 2 cork owls too!
Greetings, Sofie