Easy Bird's Nest Craft

  I love seeing the birds start to build their nests each spring, and it never fails to fascinate me how they manage to do such a great job. This easy craft would be one way to broach the topic of birds and where they live.

  When I got a package in the mail with this wonderful packing material, I knew we had to use it for *something*. At one point I just left it out and Kay played with it like it was spaghetti and tried to pick it up with her own version of chopsticks. But I quickly saw that this kind of play got the little crinkled paper everywhere (you'll see it in the background here and there if you look closely at pictures taken in the days following!). 

  So, it's Spring (almost), and we're thinking gardening and flowers and birds...yes! A bird nest. Perfect!

What we used: 
  Crinkle paper (could be replaced with tissue paper, construction paper squares, shredded paper, feathers...) 
  Glue 
  Brown construction paper

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  We cut out a rough bird's nest shape, slathered on the glue (key word: slathered!) and sprinkled the crinkly paper on top. (To my surprise, this stuff is actually called crinkle paper! You can also get it in craft supply stores.)

  If I may say so, these would go perfectly with this spring chick craft...or maybe our owls would like to live here? 

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