3-D Spring Paper Bird Garland

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I’ve been wanting to make a garland for Easter to hang along my shelf for awhile now. Since I don’t have a true mantle I pretend my shelf is a mantle. As I was looking for different ideas I realized with Easter just a little less than 2 weeks away it would make more sense to make s spring garland so we could keep it up all through spring. I came up with this fun paper bird garland and I love how it turned out! It was so fun to make and it came together very quickly. Here is a tutorial for the yarn pom poms that Jenn made here so you can get an idea of how to make them.

Paper Bird Garland materials you will need:

patterned or plain colored paper

scissors

glue stick

string or twine

yarn

orange beads

black marker

yarn needle

I made a tutorial with pictures to show you each step but I will go over quickly as to what I did.

First pick out your paper you want to use. Cut the paper into 8 4-inch circles and then fold the paper in half with the pattern on the inside. Cut a little beak with orange paper.
Take your folded paper and glue your paper on top of each other and glue your beak between the first folded papers.
Next take your string and fold it in half and tie a knot in the middle of the string with the pieces you have hanging you will take 2 beads and tie the string around the beads to make the birds feet.
Place your string in between about the 3 or 4th fold and make sure the knot that you tied is at the top of the bird to keep it in place. Take some glue and glue the 2 papers together and that will keep the legs in place. Next make a little black dot with your marker for your eye.
I cut a little wing and glued it on the back and folded it back. This step is optional. They still look cute either way.
Next I took a large yarn needle and strung my yarn pom poms onto the string and then tied my bird onto the string.

I love their cute little feet!

Cute little birdies!

I love how whimsical they look and I can’t help but smile every time I see them. They brighten up the room so much!

This paper bird garland is also a fun project to make with kids. My kids loved helping me with this garland and with kids off for spring break this is a perfect project for them to do with very little supervision since it’s basically paper and glue. I love the 3 dimensional look the birds have. For very little money you can have a really fun spring garland that will last for years to come!!

Happy Crafting!!