{"id":70085,"date":"2012-10-12T13:21:46","date_gmt":"2012-10-12T12:21:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.paneamoreecreativita.it\/halloween-crafts-the-foam-owl\/"},"modified":"2012-10-12T13:21:46","modified_gmt":"2012-10-12T12:21:46","slug":"halloween-crafts-the-foam-owl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.paneamoreecreativita.it\/en\/halloween-crafts-the-foam-owl\/","title":{"rendered":"Halloween Crafts: The Foam Owl"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-27572\" title=\"owl-puppet\" src=\"http:\/\/www.paneamoreecreativita.it\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/civetta-marionetta-e1350040826139.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"578\" height=\"603\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.paneamoreecreativita.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/civetta-marionetta-e1350040826139.jpg 578w, https:\/\/www.paneamoreecreativita.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/civetta-marionetta-e1350040826139-288x300.jpg 288w, https:\/\/www.paneamoreecreativita.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/civetta-marionetta-e1350040826139-480x501.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 578px) 100vw, 578px\" \/> Do the kids enjoy playing with puppets?\u00a0<\/p>\n<h3>Materials Needed:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>1 sheet of black foam sheet (for the owl&#8217;s body)<\/li>\n<li>1 sheet of yellow foam sheet (for the beak and feet)<\/li>\n<li>1 sheet of white foam sheet (for the owl&#8217;s eyes)<\/li>\n<li>2 wiggly eyes (the bigger, the better!)<\/li>\n<li>1 wooden stick (like a craft stick or chopstick)<\/li>\n<li>Glue (foam glue or hot glue gun)<\/li>\n<li>Scissors<\/li>\n<li>Pencil or marker (for tracing)<\/li>\n<li>Optional: Small pieces of orange foam (for the owl\u2019s beak and feet details)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Instructions:<\/h3>\n<h4>1. <strong>Prepare the Owl&#8217;s Body:<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Take the black foam sheet and use your pencil to draw an oval shape for the owl&#8217;s body.<\/li>\n<li>Cut out the oval shape. This will be the main part of your owl puppet.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>2. <strong>Create the Owl&#8217;s Wings:<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>On the black foam, draw two smaller oval shapes for the owl\u2019s wings. These should be slightly smaller than the body.<\/li>\n<li>Cut them out.<\/li>\n<li>Attach the wings to the sides of the body with glue, slightly overlapping the edges for a more realistic look.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>3. <strong>Cut the Eyes:<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>From the white foam sheet, cut out two large circles for the owl\u2019s eyes.<\/li>\n<li>For each eye, cut a smaller circle from the black foam to create the pupils.<\/li>\n<li>Glue the black circles in the center of the white circles.<\/li>\n<li>Once your eyes are glued together, attach the wiggly eyes to the center of each foam eye.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>4. <strong>Make the Beak and Feet:<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Cut out a small triangle from the yellow foam sheet for the beak.<\/li>\n<li>Cut out two small oval shapes from the yellow foam for the owl\u2019s feet. Optionally, you can add little &#8220;claws&#8221; at the bottom of the feet for a fun effect.<\/li>\n<li>Attach the beak to the center of the owl\u2019s face, just below the eyes.<\/li>\n<li>Attach the feet to the bottom of the owl&#8217;s body.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>5. <strong>Attach the Puppet to a Stick:<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Once the owl body and its parts are assembled and the glue is dry, it\u2019s time to attach the puppet to the stick.<\/li>\n<li>Take the wooden stick (like a craft stick or chopstick) and apply a good amount of glue to the back of the owl\u2019s body.<\/li>\n<li>Stick the wooden stick in place at the bottom of the owl\u2019s body, allowing the glue to set and hold the puppet securely.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Do the kids enjoy playing with puppets?\u00a0 Materials Needed: 1 sheet of black foam sheet (for the owl&#8217;s body) 1 sheet of yellow foam sheet (for the beak and feet) 1 sheet of white foam sheet (for the owl&#8217;s eyes) 2 wiggly eyes (the bigger, the better!) 1 wooden stick (like a craft stick or [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[434],"tags":[435],"class_list":["post-70085","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-halloween-crafts","tag-halloween-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.paneamoreecreativita.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70085","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.paneamoreecreativita.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.paneamoreecreativita.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.paneamoreecreativita.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.paneamoreecreativita.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=70085"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.paneamoreecreativita.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70085\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.paneamoreecreativita.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70085"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.paneamoreecreativita.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=70085"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.paneamoreecreativita.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=70085"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}