Ostrich
Homemade crafts offer a way for parents and children to share a fulfilling experience that strengthens their imagination. With more than one imagination at work, the end result is a pleasant surprise. Ostrich crafts delight your children, and you'll be pleasantly surprised by the results.
Stuffed Ostrich
Turn your child's interest in ostriches into a homemade stuffed animal she'll love even more for the fact that she made it herself. Start with a small rubber football to create the ostrich's body, and cover it with a soft, furry fabric. Use a cardboard paper towel tube or 1-inch foam insulation from the hardware store to form the neck. Cover the neck with furry fabric or soft fleece; glue the inside of the fabric to the cardboard tube and sew the outer edges of the fabric together around the tube. Leave a 1/2 inch of fabric at the end so you can sew the neck to the cloth body and to the head. Form the head by covering a rubber ball with soft fabric. Add a beak and eyes by gluing on felt, and sew all of the pieces together.
Ostrich Feather Duster
Make chores fun by creating a feather duster your child can use to clean her room. Use a wooden dowel to create the ostrich's neck (the handle). Make the head from a small foam ball; for the beak, cut a triangle from foam and press it into the head. Use a larger foam ball for the body. Attach the pieces by pressing the wooden neck into the head and body. Cover the head with fabric or small feathers, depending on the supplies you have on hand and the look you want to create. Cover the ostrich's beak with tan fabric. Cover the body with large feathers available from dollar stores or craft stores. Make the ostrich's legs from baby socks stuffed with bits of rags. Attach the socks to the foam body with straight pins. Hang the feather duster on a hook in the closet by attaching a loop of rope to the top of the head.
Ostrich Pocketbook
Your daughter will love carrying around this unique ostrich pocketbook. Make the ostrich's body with quilted fabric in a pretty print. Cut the fabric so the bottom of the bag is wider than the top. Get some wooden or braid handles from the craft store, or use a leather strap from an old handbag. Make the ostrich's head from plain fabric that matches the quilted material. Wrap the fabric around a tennis ball, securing it with glue. Sew the handles to the top of the cloth bag. Give the ostrich floppy legs from braided rope, or braid your own. Attach feet and a beak by cutting triangles from balsa wood. Run a threaded needle through the feet to attach them to the rope and through the beak to attach it to the fabric head. Sew the head to the side of one handle.
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