Mixed Media Peacock
Do your kids like birds? Mine do! In addition to other bird nature study activities such as bird watching, there are other great ways to incorporate winged creatures into your homeschool lessons, such as with this mixed media peacock craft.
Not only does this mixed media peacock encourage learning about birds, but it also inspires creativity, as your kids get to use a variety of materials to craft the bird.
Interesting Information about Peacocks
Before jumping into the mixed media peacock, here are some fun facts about these clever birds.
- Colorful Feathers: Peacocks are famous for their beautiful, colorful tail feathers, which they can fan out like a giant, shimmering umbrella. These feathers are called “train feathers,” and they have lots of bright colors like blue, green, and gold.
- Eye Spots: The train feathers have special spots that look like eyes. These eye spots are called “ocelli,” and they help peacocks show off to attract mates. It’s like they’re wearing a flashy, eye-catching outfit!
- Dancing Show: When peacocks want to impress others, they do a special dance by spreading out their train feathers and shaking them. It’s like they’re putting on a spectacular, feathered dance performance!
- Not Just for Males: Only male peacocks have the long, colorful train feathers. Female peacocks, called peahens, are mostly brown and green, which helps them blend in with their surroundings and stay safe from predators.
- Peacock’s Call: Peacocks make a loud, distinctive call that sounds like “meow” or “kee-kee-kee.” This call can be heard from a long distance and is used to communicate with other peacocks.
- Tail Feathers Regrowth: Peacocks shed their train feathers every year, but don’t worry—they grow back even more beautiful and colorful!
- Ancient Symbols: In some cultures, peacocks are seen as symbols of beauty, pride, and even immortality. They’ve been featured in art and stories for thousands of years.
- Peacock’s Diet: Peacocks eat a variety of foods, including seeds, insects, and small animals. They’re like little garden helpers because they eat bugs that might harm plants.
- Fast Runners: Even though they have those big, fancy feathers, peacocks can run pretty fast if they need to escape danger. They can sprint up to 10 miles per hour!
- Super Family: Peafowls are a family of birds that include peacocks (males), peahens (females), and peachicks (babies). They all stick together and take care of each other.
List of Supplies for Mixed Media Peacock
- Sold as 100/Pack.
- For report covers, flyers, postcards and art projects. Use in printers, copiers or typewriters.
- Acid-free for archival quality.
- Acid-free for archival quality. Contains 10-25% recycled content.
- For use with copiers, inkjet printers, laser printers, typewriters. Includes 100 sheets.
Instructions for Mixed Media Peacock
Step 1
For this craft, you can use different kinds of materials of your choice. For the tail feather of the peacock, we’re using a paper plate. Take a paper plate and trace the tail feather pattern on the paper plate. Use scissors to cut out the traced tail feather pattern from the paper plate.
Step 2
Select different kinds of materials and trace the peacock patterns on them. Cut out the traced patterns nicely using scissors.
Step 3
Attach the wing cutouts on both sides of the body cutout and attach the eye and beak cutouts on the head cutout.
Step 4
Attach the head pattern on the top side of the body pattern and attach the leg cutouts on the bottom side of the body pattern.
Step 5
Attach the small teardrop shape cutouts on the big teardrop shape cutouts.
Step 6
Apply a coat of green paint on the prepared paper plate tail pattern. Allow the paint to dry. Meanwhile, let’s prepare the body base of the mixed media peacock.
Step 7
Cut out a piece of foam sheet or attach 2 or 3 layers of cardstock pieces.
Step 8
Attach the foam sheet or cardstock layers on the backside of the peacock body base. This will keep the body part of the peacock figure lifted up from the tail feather part.
Step 9
Check if the paint has dried completely. Apply another layer of paint if required.
Step 10
Attach the body pattern of the peacock on the bottom, middle part of the paper plate tail feather pattern.
Step 11
Now, attach the teardrop shapes on the open side of the tail feather.
Step 12
Fill the outer edge of the tail feather with teardrop shapes to complete the craft.
Related Crafts and Projects
We hope you enjoyed the mixed media peacock craft. If you’re in search of other projects that go well with this one, we’ve got you covered! These are all fun projects and crafts you can do with your kids. They’re ideal for homeschool craft time, as part of a unit study, or to go along with story time as you read more about birds!
