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Supplies needed: - Left over pieces of wood 8-10 mm thick for the bird   left over pieces of 4 mm plywood for the wing - 2 wooden disks 30 mm and 40 mm and each 1 mm thick - 4mm wooden dowel- 8 cm long - drill with 4 mm bit - acrylic paint in orange, red, yellow, light brown and dark    brown - natural raffia in dark orange - wood glue Summer Crafts - Wood Crafts - Scroll Saw Projects - Bird on a Perch Do you have lots of small leftover pieces of wood from your cutting? Before you throw the pieces out, you can create small wooden decorations for your home. This is a quick to make project that will surely find a space to fill on a shelf or a window sill. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Instructions: 1. Print out the pattern to a desired size and transfer the bird pattern on the thicker piece of wood. The wing pattern gets transferred on the 4 mm plywood. 2. Paint the bird and wing each orange and let the colors dry. 3. Dry brush the edges of the bird and wing first with red and then with brown. 4. Paint the beak yellow. Once dry, drybrush the beak with orange. 5. Dot the eye with brown color. 6. Paint the 2 disks and the stick each light brown. Once dry, dry brush the edges with dark brown. 7. Drill a hole in the center of both disks. 8. Drill a hole in the bottom of the bird towards the back. 9. Place the smaller of the disks onto the wooden dowel and let a part of the dowel stick out. Attach all of the pieces together to make sure that the bird stands up straight. When it is ok, apply glue to this end and glue into the hole of the bird. When not, you may have to drill another hole to adjust. 10. Now glue the other end of the dowel into the larger disk. Press through until the dowel reaches the bottom of the disk without coming out. Free Craft Patterns or Templates:  Bird (Use the Bird and Wing on this pattern) Basic wood cutting with a scroll saw tutorial Drybrushing tutorial How to make patterns tutorial Sailor Boy   All patterns, pictures and text found on Craftideas.info are property of the owners of this website and may be only printed out and used for private or non-commercial purposes. It is not permitted to use them on the internet or in any other publication. More wood craft projects for Valentine’s Day, spring and Easter Find more wood crafts for all occasions Find fall and Halloween wood crafts More wood craft projects for Christmas and winter Craft Patterns and Templates Craft Tutorials Drybrushing tutorial Basic wood cutting with a scroll saw tutorial Tips and tricks for paper crafts, card making, etc... Subscribe to Our Free Newsletter       Enter your search terms Submit search form Web www.craftideas.info