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Home / Uncategorized / Book-Inspired Preschool Owl Craft

Book-Inspired Preschool Owl Craft

Shared by Mary Catherine 11 Comments

It’s Wednesday, which means it’s time for another #PLAYfulpreschool theme! Thus far, we’ve delved into apples, family, farm, harvest, and fall colors. This week the focus is on nighttime, which led to my nocturnal preschool owl craft.

Preschool owl craft for kids to make using shapes

It started, as it often does, with a book! In this case, it was Little Owl’s Night by Divya Srinivasan. The book has beautiful illustrations and tells the story of a baby owl’s nighttime forays. Little Owl passes other nocturnal owls, like bats and hedgehogs. The owl also flies over diurnal animals (those that sleep at night and are awake during the day). The book lends itself to a great discussion of nocturnal versus diurnal animals, as well as day versus night.

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Based on this book, I came up with two different owls for the kiddos to create. I couldn’t decide which preschool owl craft to share today, so I’m going to explain both!

Table of Contents

  • Feathery preschool owl craft
  • Shape preschool owl craft
  • Done-for-You Preschool Resources

Feathery preschool owl craft

This owl was inspired by the chick art we made for a previous farm theme.

feathery preschool owl craft

Materials
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Brown tempera paint
Neutral craft feathers
Googly eyes
Orange construction paper

Directions
1. Using a sponge paintbrush, create a brown owl’s body. I just pressed the brush down twice, but some of the preschoolers did a lot more!
2. Once the paint’s dried, add some googly eyes, and a beak made from construction paper.
3. Add feathers! I went with 2 on each side, but my students varied greatly in their feather usage!

Shape preschool owl craft

This owl was inspired by Little Owl from the book, with a focus on learning shapes. It can be done as a guided craft, talking the kiddos through the differently shaped materials. To focus more on the process, give the child all the elements to create the owl and then step back.

Materials
Construction paper – black, green, white, brown, orange
Oil pastels – brown, green, yellow

Directions

steps to create a preschool owl craft

1. Cut out the following shapes – 1 brown oval, 1 brown half circle, 6 brown triangles, 2 white circles, 2 green circles, 2 black circles, and 1 orange diamond. I did this free-hand, but children can cut their own out (depending on their scissor skills).
2. Glue the half circle down, then add the oval on top.
3. Glue three of the triangles to the upper right-hand side of the oval. Do the same on the left-hand side.

preschool owl craft using shapes

4. Create the owl’s eyes by gluing the green circles on top of the white circles. Then glue the black circles on top of the green. Affix the eyes to the brown oval.
5. Next up is the orange diamond for the owl’s beak.
6. Add a tree branch and leaves with the oil pastels. Add feet for the owl.

book inspired preschool owl craft

Which preschool owl craft did you like the best? If you’re looking for more owl-y fun, be sure to check out my collection of 24 more! Even better, share some of your favorites in the comments below.

For MORE Playful Preschool Nighttime Activities:

Nighttime Alphabet Treasure Hunt at Growing Book by Book
Glow in the Dark Letters Sensory Bin at Mom Inspired Life
Shoe Box Constellations at Rainy Day Mum
Find the Big Dipper at Tiny Tots Adventures
Nocturnal Animals KWL Chart at Still Playing School
Night Time Musical and Dance at Learning 2 Walk
Create a Cricket Habitat and Do a Fun Science Experiment at Capri + 3
The Starry Night by Vincent Van Gogh for #PlayfulPreschool at The Preschool Toolbox Blog
Studying Bats with a Hide and Sonar-Seek Activity at Raising Lifelong Learners
Night Time Sky with Playful Preschool at Powerful Mothering
Book-Inspired Preschool Owl Craft at Fun-A-Day!
 
Join us tonight for a live Google + Hangout at 9:00 PM EST. We will discuss Night Activities for Preschoolers. NO worries if the time doesn’t work for you, it will be recorded and available to watch afterwards.
preschool owl craft for kids to create

Done-for-You Preschool Resources

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  1. Amanda says

    October 8, 2014 at 7:46 am

    What fun! I haven’t read the book yet,but it looks like a perfect one for preschool nighttime theme!

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  2. Danielle says

    October 8, 2014 at 4:37 pm

    I wrote a post about our favorite nighttime books and Little Owl’s Night was our top pick! I really like the simplicity of the crafts because my son would actually have the patience to do them. 🙂

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  3. Theresa says

    October 8, 2014 at 7:37 pm

    We will have to read Little Owl’s Night. You have me feeling inspired. I cannot choose between the two Owl crafts. I love the texture of the feathers in the first craft and I love the utilization of shapes in the second. It’s a tie! We will have to try your owl crafts and read the story. Thanks for the inspiration.

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  4. Jodie @ Growing Book by Book says

    October 9, 2014 at 9:05 am

    This is one of our favorite books! We will be trying these crafts out this week! Thanks for the ideas.

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  5. Natasha says

    October 9, 2014 at 10:29 pm

    What a cute little owl. I think I’m a fan of the one with feathers

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  6. The Preschool Toolbox says

    October 9, 2014 at 10:58 pm

    We have not read this book! I always love when we find new titles to explore.:) The owl crafts are adorable – so much fun!

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  7. Nicolette Roux says

    October 11, 2014 at 8:06 pm

    o my! these came out super duper cute!

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  8. Kim says

    October 12, 2014 at 10:26 pm

    I love both of the crafts! One has such fun textures to explore and the other is a great opportunity to talk about shapes!

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  9. Cerys from Rainy Day Mum says

    October 13, 2014 at 4:30 pm

    Ohhh fabulous owls – our favourite owls are our pinecone owls although we did a cutting activity and bottle tops for the big owls eyes that kids loved.

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  10. Barb Enright says

    October 7, 2018 at 7:35 pm

    This is just what I was looking for! I’m preparing to read Little Owl’s Night at my preschool story circle next week.

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    • Mary Catherine says

      October 7, 2018 at 7:55 pm

      So glad I could help, Barb! 🙂

      Reply
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