Eagle Craft For Kids (FRESH)

"Yeah," Maya chimed in, swinging her legs. "Something big ."

"Freedom needs talons," Leo said. He cut the bottom out of two egg cups from an egg carton, painted them yellow, and glued them onto the bottom of the wings where hands would go. "These can be the handles so I can flap the wings." eagle craft for kids

"I want to do something exciting ," Leo groaned, spinning a pencil on the tabletop. "Yeah," Maya chimed in, swinging her legs

"Exactly," Sarah said, smiling at Leo. "Which means we need a head." "These can be the handles so I can flap the wings

They made the high-pitched, piercing call of the eagle (which, they had learned from a documentary, sounds more like a squeaky toy than the majestic hawk scream often used in movies). They leaped off the couch cushions, soaring across the carpet rug, swooping down to catch invisible prey.

Later that evening, the kitchen was a mess of dried paint and newspaper scraps, but the "Eagles" were hanging proudly on the bedroom doors. Leo looked at his craft, admiring the layered newspaper feathers that caught the evening light.

Leo smiled, looking at his paint-stained hands. "I guess I am."