Owl Babies - stART project

Since we're learning about owls this week I decided to do the book Owl Babies by Mark Waddell for our stART project. Bekah has really enjoyed this book since we got it at the library last week. It's an adorable book about three baby owls who are waiting for their mommy owl to come home.

First, we took a piece of black construction paper and glued on a strip of brown construction paper for the tree branch. Then I drizzled on the glue while Bekah added the cotton balls for the owls body. Bekah would tell me which owl she was making from the book. The three owls are Sarah, Percy, and Bill. We also got to talk about how the baby owls were white and fluffy while the mommy owl was brown.

Then we added the baby owls feet. These basically looked like upside down orange hearts.

We then added orange beaks and googly eyes to our owl babies.

I used colored pencils to add a moon and stars and our owl babies were finished.

Owl Cookies

Bekah and I have had so much fun learning about owls. After our owl mask craft we got to make owl cookies. I found this recipe here, but there were many other recipes and ideas when you google owl cookies. We also changed the recipe a bit since I didn't have any cashews. Some of the almond owl ears fell off after baking, but they still were yummy!

Bekah used to run away and cry whenever I used the mixer. Now, she's starting to want to use it....it's great!

This was a fun cooking project for us to do together. She loved helping out with putting the m&m's on for eyes. She kept trying to eat them and when I told her not to she said, "Oh, but I just can't help myself when mommy's baking!" How funny!

I Spy Owl Mask and Owl Song

This week we've been learning all about owls. Today we made an owl mask. This was a very simple project that even younger kids can make.
We had a template from a Mailbox magazine that I had copied, but it would be simple to draw out one of your own.
Bekah colored the owl mask. You could also add feathers if you would like.

I cut it out and glued it to the back of a cereal box (to make it more sturdy).

Then I let it dry a bit and cut it out from the cereal box. Next I taped on two popcicle sticks for the handle. Here's Pooh Bear playing with the owl mask. He liked it!

We played I spy with this mask. Whoever was holding the mask would be the one to spy things. We had a lot of fun with this.

We also sang a really fun song to the tune of Are You Sleeping.

Are you sleeping? (put hand out the side like asking a question)
Are you sleeping?
Mr. Owl, Mr. Owl,(put your thumb and index finger together and up to eyes-like an owl)
You sleep in the daytime, (pretend to be sleeping)
And fly in the nighttime, (pretend to fly)
When you see, perfectly. (make owl eyes again with index finger and thumb together)