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.
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!
More Cork Crafts for Kids:
Apple Tree Craft For Preschoolers with Foil, Corks and Sandpaper
Wine Cork Reindeer Ornament Craft
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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. 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
October 27, 2013 at 6:44 amLove them. They will make a great addition to my gnome tables, but without the stick. 🙂
elhadadepapel
October 27, 2013 at 7:43 pmLovely!!
Jill
October 28, 2013 at 7:59 pmThis 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
October 28, 2013 at 8:06 pmToo adorable!! I love how you stick it to a stick. It will make a great decoration 🙂
MollyMoo | Michelle
October 29, 2013 at 7:01 amawww – 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
October 30, 2013 at 9:57 pmSo cute Jackie! My kids would love these!
Rebecca English
November 2, 2013 at 5:39 amThey are super cute. I’ve loved all your owl crafts. So sweet.
I’ve featured it on The Sunday Showcase
Debs
November 3, 2013 at 8:40 pmToo adorable! I’m featuring this on Tuesday Tots this week. 🙂
Amanda
November 5, 2013 at 9:05 pmI love these, they are so cute! I shared them on my Facebook page and my fans love them too!
happyhooligans
November 5, 2013 at 10:39 pmThank you so much for sharing them with your followers, Amanda! x
Cindy deRosier
November 7, 2013 at 9:06 amI’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
November 7, 2013 at 1:23 pmYou’re welcome, Cindy! Thank you so much for sharing!
Thaleia Maher (@Something2Offer)
November 13, 2013 at 9:19 amI featured your cute cork owls on the Thoughtful Spot Weekly Blog Hop #10! Thanks for sharing this great craft with us.
happyhooligans
November 13, 2013 at 9:54 amThank you so much, Thaleia!
Amanda
January 8, 2014 at 9:39 amCongrats! 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
March 25, 2014 at 11:59 pmThese are so cute! I just made mine. Thanks so much for inspiration!
Sofie Vandersmissen
July 18, 2014 at 1:00 pmThese owls look great thanks for the idea! I made 2 cork owls too!
Greetings, Sofie