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Good afternoon, today we will make an owl with our own hands - in a variety of techniques. This article is the largest piggy bank, where owl crafts are arranged according to themes and materials from which they are made. You will see simple crafts for children in kindergarten or junior schoolchildren. You will also find ideas for adult crafts on the theme of an owl, worthy of decorating the interior of a house or apartment.

  • DIY owls made from natural materials.
  • Owl leaf appliques.
  • Owl crafts made from felt and fabric.
  • Owls from kitchen utensils.
  • Owls using quilling technique
  • Owls - crafts made from paper and cardboard.
  • Mosaic owls made from buttons and tiles.

Let's start making an owl with our own hands.

Craft owl FROM WOOD.

Very beautiful owls can be made using thin cuts of logs. Ordinary firewood and a hacksaw in the determined hands of a designer can create a charming owl craft. As we can see in the photo below, we will need one large cut (here you will need to work hard with a hacksaw) and several smaller cuts (this work is already quick).

The large saw cut will be the basis of the owl's body, and the smaller cuts will serve as the eyes and plumage on the owl's chest. They can also become wings. Or the wing can be made from a cone or a piece of bark, birch bark from the same firewood (trim the bark with scissors, giving it oval shape wing).

If you don't have large cuts, you can use small cuts and make a beautiful little owl with your own hands. Eyes can be made from buttons (as in the photo below). Draw the wing pattern with a felt-tip pen or regular pharmaceutical iodine. Or the design of the wings can be made with a burning device - the legs are molded from plasticine, fluffy wire, birch branches or cut from cardboard.

Wood logs can be used to make tall owls. With large eyes and a bumpy nose. Such owl crafts will decorate your country cottage area. Or they can become part of a festive autumn composition to decorate a celebration - a wedding in the yard, for example.

Owl craft

from tree bark.

Even ordinary pieces of bark can become an owl craft. You just need to give a piece of bark the outline of an oval with two pointed corners at the top (to create the contours of the ears). And then we make the eyes and nose. The eyes are large and the nose is small, pointed downwards. Eyes can be made from acorn caps, from cuts of a thick branch, from buttons, or from round slices of apples dried in the sun. From two large flowers (for example, asters). From any natural material that has a round shape or a round cut.

The wings for this bark owl craft can be made from ordinary leaves or paper (fabric) cut in the shape autumn leaf. As we can see in the photo of the craft below.

Crafts-wreaths with owls

with your own hands.

We have already said what beautiful autumn compositions in the form of wreaths you can make with your own hands as a craft for a school competition. In the same way, we can design our autumn wreath in the form of a large owl. And do all this from autumn natural material.

All we need is a large sheet of cardboard (from pizza or from a packaging box from household appliances). And we will also need a glue gun (sold in very cheap craft and construction departments of the store - it costs a couple of dollars).

Cut out a donut ring from a cardboard box. This will be the basis for the future owl. And now we attach pieces of natural material to this cardboard ring with a glue gun. In the woodshed there are always a lot of logs, chips, bark and birch bark - all lying around idle. And we will put everything into a craft. We attach this natural debris to our cardboard ring. Add bright circles of eyes from colored cardboard, a beak, elements of wings (optional) and legs.

Eyes can be cut out in the shape of flowers. You will find how to cut beautiful paper flowers and many templates for them in the article “Paper Flowers”. The wings can be oak leaves - real or also cut out of cardboard.

A variety of dry leaves, herbs and flowers can become a source of owl crafts. You can cut out a solid circle of cardboard (without a hole in the center) and fill the entire circular space with natural material. You'll turn out rich autumn craft DIY owl - which will decorate any exhibition in a school or kindergarten.

Crafts-owls from cones

with your own hands.

Beautiful pine cones - large and small - can become the source of a beautiful owl craft. We take a large fir cone (or even better, a cedar one, but it’s not so easy to get in the city) and a small pine one. The fir cone will be the body, the pine head.

Using a glue gun (or plasticine) we attach a small bump to a large one - at an angle. Don't worry if the gluing area is sloppy - it will be covered with the owl's large eyes. Next you need to put the craft on the paws - we make them from dried bean pods(we also attach it with glue from a gun or plasticine). Next, we cut the sides of the cone-body with a knife, take out a row of ingots on the left and right, or move the scales apart, and into this gap We insert bunches of thin birch branches onto the glue gun.

The eyes are bunches of small straws(or dried corn stigmas, or hairs from ears of corn) which were collected in a bundle - then this bundle tied with thread in the middle. And from this mid-bandaging fluffed the bun in a circle. And this circular fluffy spread was fixed with glue - pressing the eye-button on top.

Your children can also make a little owlet from one pine cone. The eyes are made of cardboard, the beak is made from dried orange peel. Wings can also be made from peels. Ears made from leaves, a forelock on the head made from a piece of moss. Moss can be brought from the forest. And plant an owl craft on this moss hummock - you’ll get a wonderful autumn composition.

Even from the most moss hummock you can make an owl. And the scales from the cone will be the feathering of the wings. The eyes are caps from acorns, the nose is cut out of birch bark, and the paws are too.

And if you have pieces of felt at home, you can make these beautiful owl crafts.

You can also gut the cone - pull out all the scales with tongs. And from these scales, lay out the outline of an owl like a mosaic puzzle. Place all this on a tinted canvas made from a piece of plywood - attach it with glue from a gun. Complete the composition with a branch with dry leaves.

You can also throw small cones, acorns, chestnuts, nuts and Christmas tree branches into a transparent glass jar(let the child himself collect whatever his heart desires into the jar). And together with it, it remains to decorate the surface of the jar in the shape of an owl. You will also get an owl craft made from natural materials.

From the leftover caps of acorns and chestnuts you can make little owlets with your children. Attach all parts to plasticine or sharp toothpicks.

Crafts-owls from LEAVES

with your own hands.

Leaf applique is another technique that is very suitable for creating any birds, including owls. The rows of leaves resemble plumage, so owl leaf appliques look very realistic and artistically beautiful.

First, you can cut out a large owl from packaging cardboard - the outline of the future craft. And then cover it with feather leaves on a glue gun.

You can make an owl applique from the foliage of coniferous plants - fir, spruce, pine. The base for the application can be a sheet of cardboard, plywood or a cut of a thick log. Line the edges of the applique with branches. And then in each sector of the craft - on a layer of glue - put pine needles and fir legs.

It is very interesting when an owl applique made from natural materials uses not only dry leaves and flowers, but also a more uniform filling: poplar fluff, dry grass, pieces of moss.

You can also do PHOTO CRAFTS, this is when you work with fresh material that cannot be glued and sealed for long. Perishable crafts can only be recorded using PHOTO SHOOTING. That is, we lay out our craft on a table on a white background - without glue, just like that - and then take a photo in good quality and print it out, put it in a frame and it serves as an interior decoration. Such photo crafts with owls can be used as gift pictures or greeting cards.

Household items

in making owl crafts.

Ordinary bottle caps can be turned into cute owls. Very cute mini owl crafts that your kids will love. They will be happy to play with them, place them in dollhouse, ride in a Barbie Cadillac.

And if the cork is cut into round saw cuts, then you can use them to make an owl like a geometric mosaic. A good and interesting owl craft for children.

Any household items that have already served their kitchen life faithfully can turn into pets - cute and cozy owls. Can and beer lids will be given to the owl craft expressive eyes eyes straight with eyelashes. The wire wrapped around the perch will become the tenacious paws of such an original owl.

A chipped saucer that you were going to throw away, cups with broken handles, old can openers - anything can become the basis for an owl craft. Bright, beautiful and non-standard.

You can also twist a beautiful owl craft from household twine (as in the photo below). Inflate two balloon– more for the body and less for the head. We throw a roll of twine into a bowl where glue (silicate or pva) has already been poured - we wind the threads smeared in glue onto Balloons. We dry it by hanging it on the chandelier. We burst the ball and separate it from the thread web. We get two cobweb balls - we put them on top of each other and form the remaining elements of the owl - ear ties, cotton eyes with cardboard pupils, a nose and an elegant tie on the neck with a pine cone or a sprig of acorns.

You can make an owl with your own hands from an ordinary plastic bottle. You need to cut it off from the bottle bottom part(this will be the top of the head) and top part, cutting off its neck (this will be the lower half of the owl). We put two parts on top of each other and paint them with paints. If you are using gouache rather than acrylic, then after painting and drying you need to fix the paint with hairspray.

Regular corrugated packaging ( carton boxes from TV, etc.) can become a source of material for a DIY owl craft. The easiest way for kids is to cut out silhouettes of owls and stick bottle caps on them. Vibrant colors plastic caps will be even more elegant than metal beer halls.

Crafts made from corrugated cardboard can be supplemented with inserts made of colored paper.

And the technique for making such an owl craft can be different - either on a flat cardboard base or using twisted rolls of corrugated cardboard, as in the photo below.

We simply cut the cardboard into strips, roll them into rolls, fix them with glue, and use these rolls to make a craft. And you can make owl legs from wire.

You can buy a real children's craft corrugated cardboard and make more neat owl crafts out of it, like in the photo below. Children will love this DIY owl – it’s beautiful, quite simple and elegant. And in New Year it can be hung as a toy on the Christmas tree.

DIY owls

using quilling technique.

Quilling is a technique for making crafts from thin strips of paper that are rolled into roll-up modules. The modules are given different sizes and shapes, and crafts - flat or three-dimensional - are assembled from them like puzzles.

Below we see a very small owl made with our own hands using this technique. We wrap strips of black paper around a thin rod. Then we wrap these round black jackets with white paper stripes, then with blue ones - we get three-color eyes.

The body is the largest roll of white paper.

Eyebrows are round twists - first twisted tightly around a shaft, then allowed to unwind to relax, and then rolled into the shape of long, wavy modules.

The wings and nose are also round twists, which were slightly loosened and unwound and then shaped into a teardrop shape with your fingers.

You can twist an owl from oval narrow long twists as in the photo below. The ears are the same round twists that were shaped into a triangular shape with your fingers.

We can lay the quilling owl with our own hands on a cardboard base - arrange it in the form of a regular appliqué painting.

DIY paper owls.

Crafts-appliques.

The simplest children's craft - an owl - is an applique made of paper and maple leaves. For kindergarten junior group This craft is the most suitable. It’s simple and quick and the kids really like it.

Silhouettes of owls can be completely undefined - in the form of a cloud with uneven edges, made of paper, unevenly torn, from fluffy scraps of cotton wool or padding polyester.

Owl crafts can be painted using paint applied using the poking method with a piece of foam rubber (photo below).

Children in the middle group love to make cut-out appliqués. First you need to tear a sheet of paper into thin strips - and then each strip into paper scraps. Having made a bunch of such blank scraps, you can start making an owl with your own hands. The color can be brown, black or white if against the night sky.

Senior kindergarten groups or junior schoolchildren can make this autumn owl craft. A tree trunk is a sheet of paper that is folded in half lengthwise and in half again - only 2 times. Then they unfolded it and got a sheet of paper divided by fold lines into 4 parts. We glue the two outer parts together overlapping each other - and the two central parts end up rearing at this angle - forming a convex log. We cut out a hollow hole in it with scissors. We glue a paper spring to the bottom of the hollow (I already told you how two paper strips fold crosswise into a spring). And on this spring, which rises above the bottom of the hollow, we glue an owl made of paper or cardboard.

From the usual paper bags You can make an owl very quickly. We put a lump of crumpled newspaper in a bag and tie the bag with twine. We glue the nose, eyes and paws on it and get a simple and quick DIY owl craft.

Also from regular cardboard you can make an elegant owl craft. Roll the cardboard into a tube– we attach it to a stapler (staples), because the glue will not hold. Next, we press the cardboard tube in the upper part with our finger - front and back - and we get owl ears.

All that's left is to figure out how to decorate it. The beak, eyes and paws are understandable. But you can also add wings from paper fans or from paper cupcake tins. From the same molds you can make fluffy owl breasts - as in the photo below.

DIY owls

MADE OF FABRIC AND FELT.

Any fabric is suitable for making an owl. Your linen trousers. Remains of upholstery fabric. Torn floral chintz blouse. Any scraps can quickly become beautiful DIY owls.

Even ordinary socks can turn into cute owls. The toe part is cut off. And the top is cut in the shape of a triangle. This triangular protrusion extends forward and forms the ears and the tip of the beak. We sew on eyes and wings from felt or pieces of the same sock.

Flat crafts-appliques made of felt in the shape of an owl Same interesting topic for children. Here you need to carefully cut out all the details and sew them onto thick fabric stretched over an embroidery hoop.

You can make felt owls with your own hands in the most different styles. It could be a charming young lady owl - a pure organ charm - or a craft in the form of a hooligan owl.

Felt owls can complement elegant autumn wreaths for interior decoration.

Your children will also be happy to do whole tree with little felt owls.

In the shape of an owl, you can make a keychain from felt and a fragrant pendant for your car (if you fill it with the contents of a laundry sachet - dried lavender, etc.).

You can also sew a case for your phone or notebook in the shape of a cute owl with your own hands.

And even the table setting can be decorated in the theme of owls - sew covers for cutlery with owl wing pockets.

Owl drawings

Children's crafts.

You can also do it yourself craft stickers made from stained glass rubber paints. On a piece of paper, draw a rough sketch of an owl. We insert a sheet of paper into a transparent office file and trace the outlines of the picture with stained glass children's paints. Dry on the closet for one night. And we peel off the frozen dense owl pattern from the cellophane and glue it to the window or mirror. Beautiful DIY owl craft.

You can paint with ordinary paints - gouache or acrylic bright cartoon owls u. It’s very simple here - the owl can have any shape - the main thing is that it has ears, eyes and a beak. Everything else is up to your taste and imagination.

The main thing (pay attention to the photo) is each painted element of the owl outline with a separate color. Then the drawing will be expressive and not blurry.

You can draw a whole owl tree. First draw with a pencil. And then ask the children to decorate with all the colors. They will really love this DIY coloring activity.

DIY owls

Mosaic crafts.

Children love it very much play mosaic. What if this mosaic is made from colored buttons and beads. And offer them the outlines of an owl drawn on paper. Children will be happy to put together these owls. If the applique is successful, you can photograph it, then remove all the buttons and repeat the craft from the photo using hot glue from a gun.

Buttons are an expensive pleasure these days. So that the craft requires less money You can order cheap sets of buttons on Ali Express (Chinese website). You can also use buttons only in some elements of the owl - and fill the rest of the space with beads(it’s cheaper this way) – as it’s done in the photo below.

You can add the outlines of such a mosaic from long bugle sticks- as in the photo of the craft below.

You can make an owl mosaic with your own hands from broken ceramic tiles. We break the usual facing tiles with a hammer (wrapped in a towel so that the fragments do not fly away).

Prepare a flat tray. Place cement or gypsum mortar on it - a mixture for laying tiles is suitable. Using this wet solution, draw the outline of an owl with a sharp stick and lay the mosaic.

Very good to use in such applications old CDs– they are simply cut into fragments with scissors. It turns out very beautiful (photo below).

You can also use large beads, rhinestones and glass decorative stones from a decor store in this mosaic appliqué.

For such a mosaic craft, you can make a backing from a kitchen board. And then this DIY painting can decorate your kitchen.

And you don’t have to throw away the broken set, but use it to make your own owl craft.

Here is a collection of ideas for those who want to make a real beautiful owl with their own hands.

Happy crafting this season.

Olga Klishevskaya, especially for the site

The owl is not only a smart and beautiful bird, but also a popular symbol today. It is believed that such a toy gives children calmness, perseverance and patience, and increases their learning abilities; gives young girls mystery and femininity; for young men - strength; and for people experiencing financial difficulties - financial well-being. And if you make an owl with your own hands quickly and simply from fabric or other materials, then the power of such a talisman will increase many times over.

If it seems that sewing a forest beauty is difficult and for this you need to have tailoring skills, then this is a mistake. Even children can cope with the creation of the product, and they will gladly take part in the birth of a new family friend.

We sew an owl with our own hands from fabric in a step-by-step tutorial

To sew a simple owl from fabric, you do not need to purchase any special materials. Everything you need can be found at home. So, for this you will need:

  • Pattern or templates (download and print on a printer, or redraw by hand);
  • Pieces of fabric;
  • Threads;
  • Scissors, needle;
  • Buttons and other decor;
  • Glue (if an applique will be made);
  • Filling (holofiber, fabric, ordinary cotton wool, etc. for a voluminous toy).

The list is small, but the scope for imagination is huge. You can choose any fabric, but it should not crumble around the edges or be see-through. Suitable for crafts old clothes, for example, jeans, bright sundresses, a jacket and even terry towel. Each time, even with the same pattern, the result will be different, but always excellent.

The first thing you can make from fabric is applique. The simplest and fastest option, which both children and beginners in the handicraft world can easily cope with. To do this, you can take this diagram or those presented below.

  1. We draw by hand or print the template we like. To begin with, you should choose a simple one, from 6-8 elements. It is best if it is made of dense material, such as cardboard or an old box;
  2. We distribute the available pieces of fabric among the parts of the owl’s body. For appliqué, it is best to use felt - its edges are quite dense and do not require processing. The base can be made colored, the belly - plain (or vice versa). The main thing is to avoid large quantities colorful details, but this is also acceptable if you are planning a funny comic toy;
  3. Using a pencil, thin chalk or a piece of dried soap, trace the outline of the template and transfer it to the fabric;
  4. We cut out the parts along the contour and assemble the future owl. If you are satisfied with the result, we take up the glue and carefully glue all the parts. You can choose any sequence (either start with small elements, or, on the contrary, from the abdomen);
  5. The finished toy must be allowed to dry in a ventilated place for at least 6-8 hours so that the glue dries and bad smell faded away from him.

Below are patterns that you can print out and use to create a variety of colorful owl appliqué designs.

You can use felt or regular fabric.

The appliqué technique is also suitable for decorating children's clothing, bags and bedding. For example, owls will look very beautiful on a pillow.

We create an owl from fabric quickly and easily with a detailed description

If you have mastered the appliqué technique, you can move on to mastering the sewing technique. Best to work with soft felt, however, almost any fabric that is available will work. Since to make an owl in in this case You will need to work with scissors and a needle, you must be careful. If children are involved in creating a toy, they must be supervised by adults. The process itself is quite simple. There are two differences from the previous technique: to attach the elements we will use a needle and thread, and to make the owl voluminous we will use filler.

  1. As in the previous technique, we find a template or pattern we like, or we come up with it ourselves. We transfer it to the fabric and cut out the details of the future owl.
  2. In order to sew one part to another (wings, eyes, belly), it is best to use hand stitch called “forward the needle.” The technique of doing it is that one stitch is made from the face, the other from the outside. The length of the stitch and the skip on the front part of the product is equal.
  3. Sewing the front and back parts together reverse side owls, let's get down to the main thing - sewing together the two halves of the owl. To do this, you need to combine the parts, fasten them with sewing pins and sew them “forward with the needle” in the same way, leaving about 2-3 cm unsewn.
  4. We fill the toy with filler through the remaining hole.
  5. We complete the seam and hide the end of the thread inside the toy.
  6. The resulting product can be decorated by gluing plastic eyes, bows, buttons, pockets, bow ties, etc. to it.

Depending on the pattern used, a wide variety of owlets can be obtained.

By sewing a loop to the resulting toy, you can use it as an interior decoration (crib, Christmas tree, fireplace, bookshelves) or a key ring.

Video on the topic of the article

You will learn a few more ways to sew an owl from fabric by watching the video master classes.

For those who like to do crafts, we can offer current idea making an owl from scrap materials. Such a thing can decorate any interior, and for children junior classes it will be a good craft for a craft lesson.

Materials and manufacturing techniques

Every child should know what an owl can be made from. We will list some materials, but with enough imagination this list can be expanded:

  • Natural materials;
  • 2D owl made from leaves;
  • Fabric and felt;
  • Paper and cardboard applications;
  • Tile and buttons.


Owl made of wooden parts

A beautiful owl craft can be obtained by using cuts of thin and large branches. With the help of a saw and the required amount of firewood, you can make many cuts. A thin cut of a large log is used for the base, and small cuts of twigs are used as feathers.

Larger wood cuts are made for the eyes and wings. Another element of the wings can be cones or bark. The workpieces are brought to required sizes using scissors.

Don't be discouraged if you don't have large cuts. You can use smaller sections, and then you may end up with a small owl. A little more of these products can be produced.

You can draw plumage on a piece of wood using felt-tip pens or iodine. And glue buttons as eyes. A burning device and plasticine from which the paws are made will also be useful.

A tall tree trunk is suitable for the body, and a wooden cut is used for the head. Large eyes from saw cuts and a small bump for the nose will do. The ears are made from thin branches (twigs). Small feathers are also glued to them.

Bark craft

Let's look at how to make a simple owl for children. In this case a large one will do piece of bark It is processed so that the workpiece acquires an oval shape. If possible, make two ear contours pointed on the top of the head.

The caps of acorns will look original as eyes. Large cuts of twigs, buttons, and large dried apples are also suitable. The wings are cut out in the form of a sheet of fabric or cardboard. Autumn leaves are better.

Owl in the form of a wreath

An owl, made in the form of a large wreath, represents good autumn composition. In the creative process they will use not only natural materials, but also parts of cardboard.

Making an owl with your own hands at home will begin with cutting out an oval ring of thick cardboard. For the craft, it will be the base on which you need to apply glue. Next, having collected the material at hand, you should glue it to the cut out oval.

Chips, small twigs, pieces of bark can be used. Eyes can be made from circles multi-colored cardboard, it is advisable to use bright colors. Paws, wings and beak are also made from it.

For the eyes, circles cut from fabric in the shape of flowers are suitable. And make the wings from autumn oak leaves. If there are no suitable leaves at hand, they are cut out of cardboard or fabric.

Dry grass, leaves, and even flowers can be used. An oval cardboard circle can be made without a slot inside. Then seal the center with any available material. Such a craft for school will be good decoration at the exhibition.

Owl from a pine cone

The variety of pine cones inspires you to create crafts. Let's look at a master class on how to make an owl craft from a pine cone. The larger it is, the better. Ideally, take cedar, but it is extremely rare. Therefore, let’s take spruce and pine cone large size.

Glue or plasticine is suitable as a fastening material. Because fir cone longer, it will become the body, and the pine one will be glued for the head.

The two elements are fastened together at an angle. Dry bean pods will become paws; they are fixed with glue or plasticine. To make the wings you need to make side slits with a knife in the spruce body. Pull out a few scales and place a small bunch of thin twigs in this place. This element is attached with glue.

We will make eyes from a small bundle of hay. It is bandaged in the middle and fluffed on one side. The result should be an even fluffy circle. You can also use fine straw, dry corn silk, or barley hairs for the eyes. Ready elements are glued together, and buttons are fixed in their center.

For the eyes, slits are made in the bump. They are inserted along with several thin branches to serve as eyelashes, and glued. The same is done for the paws, but they are made only from dry branches. The composition is ready, in the photo of the owl craft it turned out to be a very attractive product.

Craft for children

Homemade product from a pine cone has different complexity designs, but the process is fascinating, so even children will find it interesting. There are crafts for them that are a little easier to make. For example, only one cone is used as the body and head.


The eyes are made from cardboard and the beak is made from dried orange peel. It can be glued to the wings. The owl's ears are made of leaves, and a piece of moss is placed on its head. The product is almost ready, all that remains is to plant it in a clearing of moss. The little owlet is ready!

It’s impossible to find detailed instructions on how to make an owl. The creative process is always unique, and there are many types of crafts. You need to have good imagination and creative qualities, and then you will be able to make a variety of products.

Photos of owls

Today, in any store in the country you can buy absolutely everything your heart desires.

But not a single purchased item retains the warmth of the hands of the master who made it.

And, of course, special warmth is stored in a toy made by yourself.

Today's master class invites you to create a magnificent and unique craft - an owl.

Making an owl with your own hands is very simple.

You can sew such a toy for a child and put it in a crib, hang an ensemble of several owls from the ceiling above this crib, or place it in the kitchen as an interior decoration. You can make an owl with your own hands in any style: realistic, like in nature, fairy-tale, funny, knitted, wooden, fragrant with a filling of herbs, from cardboard, from stone or even from plastic bottles.

Textile owls (made of fabric)

The easiest way to make owlets is from fabric. The fabric is publicly available, so making owls with your own hands will not be difficult. To complete this task you will need a pattern, fabric and simple sewing skills. The fabric chosen is thick, cotton based, not very stretchy. It is recommended to use textiles with interesting funny drawing, not just plain. Future owlets are 40/40 cm in size. Additional consumables: a piece of felt and leather (black), padding polyester, secret zipper, fabric glue, pattern paper, pencil, scissors.

Manufacturing technique:

Paper is placed on the table and the shape of an owlet is drawn in free form, as in the picture. The form is free and very simple;

Finished pattern cut to shape and placed on the fabric, the first part is cut out. It must be cut taking into account allowances (1 - 2 cm). When the first part (front) is cut out, the second part (back) is cut;

Next, cut out the eyes and nose from felt. They are sewn to the “front piece” immediately. Sewing machine is adjusted for embroidery: the supply of fabric through the upper conveyor is turned off, the sewing mode is changed to embroidery sewing. A zigzag stitch is used;

Eyelashes are carefully cut out and glued on by hand. They are made of black leather;

Both parts - front and back - are sewn together from below using hidden zipper. The wrong side of the fabric is taken into account. First, the lower edges are folded 1 cm and processed with an overlock stitch. After which one side of the zipper is sewn, and then the other;

Both parts are sewn along the edge from the wrong side into one piece. The owl you made with your own hands can now be turned inside out. front side;

Paws are being made. They are drawn in free form on paper, and then cut on fabric, taking into account allowances (0.5-1 cm).

Paws are sewn together simple seam from the wrong side. At this stage, you can glue the interlining if you need to add rigidity, and if the legs will not be filled with padding polyester in the future. Bottom edge parts are left unstitched for later turning right side out. After which the parts can be turned out and sewn to the owl’s body, as shown in the figure. If desired, they are stuffed with padding polyester, which gives additional volume. Next, the legs are turned down and the seam is laid again;

The second owlet is made exactly according to the above scheme, but with a wide with open eyes. The breast is made of felt. A leather bow is sewn on;

Both owlets are filled with padding polyester. All your handmade owls are ready!

Owls made of cardboard

A unique toy can be made from corrugated cardboard. You can also decorate it home interior. It will turn out very stylish!

Manufacturing technique:

Regular corrugated cardboard is used, from which simple boxes are made. Take a sheet of cardboard and remove (“tear off”) the top smooth layer;

Strips are cut out (across the corrugated lines) for the body and, during the twisting process, the layers are smeared with glue;

To make an owl with your own hands, use the same pattern to make two big eyes. Buttons are inserted into the pupils using glue;

On a flat piece of cardboard, draw a shape for the wings, tail and wide eyebrows. Then the resulting “patterns” are cut out and glued one by one to the owl figurine;

A beak is carved out of any wooden stick, or any stick that resembles a bird’s beak in shape is simply selected. The beak is inserted into the appropriate place and glued;

A second owl figurine is made in pair;

Now it’s the turn of the homemade swing. To assemble them you will need simple steel wire and a thick jute thread. The thread is wrapped around the wire in several layers. After which it can be bent into the shape of a swing for owls;

Finally, the owl figurines can be placed in their permanent place of residence.

Owls using origami technique

You can make an owl with your own hands from ordinary office paper. It would be better if it was colored.

Making such a composition is also simple. If you look closely, it is multi-level. The main thing is to choose the right color scheme. First of all, the shape of the tree is cut out. A simple one is glued to it behind round form tree crowns. Owls are cut out of paper. You can use anything as eyes: buttons, rhinestones, felt. The resulting birds are glued to the overall composition. Next, you can cut out flowers, leaves, a crow and a birdhouse with an owlet inside. The resulting origami needs to be placed on the base with glue to give it vertical position. You can also glue it to a postcard and make it a gift. This will be a great gift - owls made by yourself!

Examples of various techniques

Original owls from polymer clay. Skills in working with polymer and modeling experience are required.

Amazing owlets made using the technique of superimposing a pattern on a regular one river stone. A simple “fabric paint” is used. The drawing is applied artistic brush. Drawing skills are required, since the drawing is done quickly due to the quick-drying properties of the paint, which, moreover, is not washed off.

Knitted owl. The technique is complex. Knitting skills and detailed knotting pattern required.

The symbol of wisdom and kindness is represented by an owl; you can create cozy things with the figure of this bird from fabric with your own hands. Owls are emotional birds, somewhat reminiscent of children, they are just as laid-back and funny. Why not bring this mischievous bird into your home? We offer you three master classes on making textile owls.

History of textiles

Magnificent fabrics, which are sold in a wide range in specialized stores, are produced in large textile factories. But in the old days everything was completely different. People did not have special equipment and still produced fabric. Since ancient times, man has grown cotton and flax, collected the finest silk threads, and cut animal hair. All these materials were only natural origin and helped protect oneself from heat or cold and give oneself attractive appearance. The ancient Greeks and Romans were famous throughout the world for their fabrics - fine linen and muslin. Due to the labor-intensive process of weaving and processing them, the price was too high. Only emperors and their entourage could afford to wear outfits made from these materials. These fabrics are so durable that even after thousands of years their fragments are found in the tombs of ancient kings.

China strictly guarded the secrets of sericulture, and there could only be one punishment for their distribution and sale. For a very long time, the Chinese had no competitors in silk production. But the eastern princess, who married an Indian prince, was so afraid that she would be left in another country without her favorite silk dresses that she secretly took silkworm cocoons to another country. Since then, India has become the second power producing silk fabrics.

The development of maritime trade routes inevitably carried fabrics around the world. Due to the high price, many countries began to refuse the product and decided to produce the materials themselves. Of course, their quality was worse than that of the original manufacturers, but the price dropped significantly. After implementation own production fabrics were no longer considered a luxury item; they entered the everyday life of every person.

Scientific and technological progress has made it possible to create fabrics from synthetic fibers. Now the light industry is thriving, but there is nothing better than time-tested cotton, linen, wool and silk.

Cozy paintings

So, back to the owls. A cozy picture with this cute bird can decorate a corner of a children's room. They say that an owl can give children perseverance and the ability to learn.

To create an applique, it is better to choose fabrics that do not fray at the edges. Felt or denim (denim) is perfect for this.

If you are planning bright craft made from beautiful scraps of cotton fabric, don’t be upset. It just needs to be prepared in the right way:

  • If the fabric is new, wash it thoroughly. This will protect your product from premature shrinkage and deformation.
  • After washing, the fabric should be starched and ironed; it will become stiff enough so that it can be cut and glued to the base without fear.

Choose a suitable drawing. You can use one of the templates provided below.



Transfer the picture to thick paper and cut out the details. Trace the pattern onto the prepared fabric and cut out the details of the future painting. Glue the details of the craft to a base made of colored cardboard or fabric stretched over a stretcher. It is best to use PVA glue; when it dries, it does not leave marks on the fabric. The owl applique is ready!

Useful decorative element

This master class will tell you how to sew a pillow in the shape of an owl. To complete the work, prepare:

  • Beautiful fabrics with various patterns;
  • Felt;
  • Scissors, thread, tailor's chalk;
  • Pins;
  • Filler (sintepon, holofiber).

To sew any product, a pattern is required. Choose an owl to your liking.

Transfer the pieces onto the fabric and cut out taking into account the seam allowance.

It is better to make the bird's eyes and beak from felt. Sew the resulting parts along the contour according to the pattern. Leave a small hole so they can be turned out and filled with stuffing. Put the pillow together and decorate it to your liking. If you sew a small pocket to the owl's belly, the pillow will turn into a convenient organizer.


soft friend

Children love soft toys. Sewn by the caring hands of a beloved mother, they will not only become best friend, but also a talisman for your baby. Manufacturing principle soft toy in the form of an owl is no different from sewing a pillow:

  • Choose a suitable fabric;
  • Decide on the pattern of the bird;
  • Transfer the pattern to the material and cut out the parts;
  • Sew the parts of the toy according to the pattern, leaving a small hole;
  • Turn each piece right side out through the hole, fill it with padding polyester and carefully sew up the hole;
  • Connect the parts of the toy together;
  • Decorate the finished owl by adding decorative elements.

We offer you several patterns of a soft toy in the shape of an owl.