https://www.cutoutandkeep.net/projects/parrot-pal • Posted by panda of doom <3
hii :) this is my first project, a parrot i made for my cousin. i hope you like it :D you can also make other animals using this technique, or go bigger if you want. to make something else, just sketch out a picture and simplify it to make a wire skeleton. it's a pretty fun project, a little time consuming but worth it <3
hii :) this is my first project, a parrot i made for my cousin. i hope you like it :D you can also make other animals using this technique, or go bigger if you want. to make something else, just sketch out a picture and simplify it to make a wire skeleton. it's a pretty fun project, a little time consuming but worth it <3
first, you're gonna make a sphere. start off by making a circle out of the wire. but don't cut off the end yet.
pull the end of the wire around the circle in the other direction to make a sort of saturn shape.
now pull it over one more time in the middle of the two, as shown. now you can start the beak!
make a triangle and attach it to the "sphere" like so.
add "depth" to the beak but adding a line of wire from the top of the head to the end of the triangle/beak.
do the same thing on the bottom
using a long piece of wire, start making a bird's body, leaving a long end (tail) and connecting it to the head and back to the tail (hard to explain, hopefully you can tell by looking)
do the same thing again but the other way so that a body starts forming, leave the ends there so they make tail feathers.
you can add more wire to the tail if you want.
crumble up some news paper and stick it inside the body and inside the head. now you can start paper mache-ing!
i messed up on the shape, so i stuck a little bit of crumbled paper to fix it.
all better! so completely cover your birdie
i actually forgot to put the legs on from the beginning so this was my improvisation, but i actually like the way it worked out better. it lets the feet move :D basically, you just kinda poke a hole on each side on the bottom of the birdie's tummy, and tie a strand of wire onto the wire "skeleton" underneath the paper.
make two feet! make the shape shown here, and make sure to connect the ends in the middle. pull the loose end of it up to a standing position. repeat once more.
connect them to the wire thingy on the bottom of the birdie's tummy.
now cover it up, feet and all; just make sure to leave a tiny bit of space between the paper on the feet and the paper on the body, so that the feet move.
if you want, you can add a few strips of paper on each side to make wings for more of a lift when you add the feathers
now you can paint him :) i used spray paint, but you can do whatever you want. you don't have to do feathers; you can paint him and make him realistic looking or cover him in fabric or something; do whatever you like! but even if you're covering him in feathers, i suggest painting it first so that there are no spaces showing.
paint his feet and his beak!
now hot glue the feathers on cut down two white feathers for around the eyes
add some other colored feathers to the wings if you want. and finally, add the eyes! (i used a spot of hot glue and paint to make them) you're done!! feed him some crackers ;)