Make a bird out of a toilet roll
You can easily have a creative workshop at home at the kitchen table - see here how.
![Birds made of toilet rolls and paper](https://www.kb.dk/sites/default/files/styles/630_415/public/2021-10/img_2787.jpg?h=e9ca342e&itok=fJ-57ZfB)
Photo: Det Kgl. Bibliotek
Let's take a closer look at the beautiful birds from the giant work Birds of America. Did you know that this book is almost a meter high? Inspired by the beautiful birds, you can build your own bird from a toilet roll. Try to take a closer look at the pictures. Maybe you can be inspired as to what colours or feathers your own bird should have.
Birds
![Drawn birds](https://www.kb.dk/sites/default/files/styles/rdl_custom/public/2021-10/fugle1.jpg?h=00e8b9b9&itok=CbfMCXKZ)
Photo: John James Audubon
![Drawn birds](https://www.kb.dk/sites/default/files/styles/rdl_custom/public/2021-10/fugle2.jpg?h=00e8b9b9&itok=V_3X_QOo)
Photo: John James Audubon
You need
- A toilet roll
- Paper, a newspaper, gift wrap, napkins or anything else you can paste around the toilet roll
- Glue stick or other glue
- Markers, crayons and other drawing tools
How to do it
Cut paper so that it can be rolled around the toilet roll. Glue the paper to the toilet roll.
![A hand rolls a toilet roll over paper](https://www.kb.dk/sites/default/files/styles/rdl_custom/public/2021-10/img_2779.jpg?h=ab0d4e51&itok=idR3IZ7F)
Photo: Det Kgl. Bibliotek
Draw the eyes and beak of the bird. You can put the glue stick on the paper and draw around it, then you get a pair of round eyes.
Then cut out two squares and fold them like wings.
![Paper and a pair of scissors and a hand folding paper](https://www.kb.dk/sites/default/files/styles/rdl_custom/public/2021-10/img_2783.jpg?h=ab0d4e51&itok=i4fuG4IS)
Photo: Det Kgl. Bibliotek
Glue eyes, beak and wings to the toilet roll.
![A bird made of a toilet roll and green paper](https://www.kb.dk/sites/default/files/styles/rdl_custom/public/2021-10/img_2785.jpg?h=ab0d4e51&itok=pu7fl5HQ)
Photo: Det Kgl. Bibliotek
Share your artwork
We would very much like to see your works of art. If you want to share them with us and others, take a picture of them and post them on Instagram with #detkreativebibliotek and #detkglbibliotek.