Simple Patriotic Bald Eagle Toilet Paper Roll Craft for Kids

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Make this bald eagle toilet paper roll craft with your preschoolers to celebrate July 4th. It’s also a fun craft to add when learning about birds.

This week has been all about patriotic activities and printables for your little ones. Today, I’ve got a super cute patriotic craft to share!

The American Bald Eagle is the national bird of the United States. We seem to give him special attention during patriotic holidays like Memorial Day and the Fourth of July.

Make this bald eagle toilet paper roll craft with your preschoolers to celebrate July 4th. It's also a fun craft to add when learning about birds.

To help kids learn more about him, here’s a fun bald eagle craft that your kids will want to display all summer long.

Bald Eagle Craft

Younger preschoolers may need some help with this eagle craft, but your older ones will have a ball creating their own bald eagle!

What You’ll Need

Brown and White Felt | Yellow Foam Sheet | Popsicle Sticks | Google Eyes

Scissors | Toilet Paper Tubes | Hot Glue

What You’ll Do

To begin, fold your yellow foam paper in half. On the fold, cut out the shape of bird feet. Use the scraps to create small triangle beaks.

Next, cut the ends of a popsicle stick off. Keep them about 1 inch long. Glue your eagle’s feet onto the popsicle stick. This will help weigh down your toilet paper tube and give it a bit of stability.

Glue your bird’s feet to your toilet paper tube.

Cut a long strip of brown felt a little more than half the height of your toilet paper tube. Wrap the felt around the bottom of your toilet paper tube and secure with glue on the back. Follow this step with your white felt. Trim off any excess felt from the top with scissors.

Cut wing shapes out of your brown felt. They don’t need to be perfect! Glue your wings onto the brown portion of your toilet paper tube.

Take your birds beak and fold it in half and pinch it on the bend tightly. You want to create a 3D beak. Glue your birds beak into place.

Glue google eyes above your bird’s beak. Your bald eagle is finished and looking mighty fearless!

Now, he’s done, and you can put him on display with the rest of your holiday decor!

Books About Bald Eagles

If this craft inspired your kids to learn more about the bald eagle, here are some books to read with them.

You should be able to find them at your local library. If not, you can purchase them on Amazon by clicking the images below.

• Eagle in the Sky – Have you ever dreamed of flying? In this interactive adventure, you experience life from an eagle’s point of view. Flap your wings. Gobble down fish. Make important life choices. This entertaining and educational story encourages movement and decision-making while taking you through an eagle’s life cycle, from hatching to having a baby bald eagle of your own!

• Soaring with the Wind – A majestic bird swoops down, snatches its prey, then soars into the clouds. It is a bald eagle, one of North America’s largest hunting birds.

• The Bald Eagle – This strong and beautiful bird is a symbol for an entire country. It is the bald eagle, and Americans made it their national emblem more than 200 years ago. Join Bill the bird keeper to see how this bird lives and how it became a symbol of the United States.

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This felt eagle mask and wings is perfect for your dress-up box and imaginative play center.

This gorgeous felt eagle toy is perfect for imaginative play. Kids can use it to act out their favorite stories or as a prop when talking about bald eagles.