How To Draw A Scary Bird

Black paper birds on a chandelier.

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See how easy this scary bird silhouette craft is to make. Add them all over the house for an eerie effect, using this free printable.

Scary bird silhouette on a bowl of pine cones and pumpkins.

My daughter asked me to make a scary craft for Halloween. I have finished my fall decorating, and since she's in college, I really wasn't planning on having much in the way of Halloween decorations. However, it's always nice to have a challenge to inspire your creativity so I thought, why not add some scary bird silhouettes. After all, the crow is an iconic symbol of Halloween.

Scary Bird Sihouette Printable Template

They couldn't be easier. I found a couple of public domain images on the web.

To use them simply right-click on the image and choose "save as" and copy to your computer. You can open them in Word or Paint and make them smaller or larger and print them out.

Once you print out the birds, cut them out to make a template. Then trace them onto heavy black paper.

Black paper birds on cardboard, sprayed with glitter.

After you cut out the heavy black paper birds you might consider spraying them with some glitter for an extra special effect.

Finally, use double-stick tape to place them around the house.

Halloween black crow with glowing green eye on mantel.

I also added a dot of green neon paint for the eye that glows in the dark. I think they might look better even larger.

Scary bird silhouettes on a dining room chandelier.

How fun is this group on the dining room chandelier. It reminds me of the movie The Birds.

Family mantel decorated for Halloween with dried fruit, pumpkins and paper crows.

I love decorating for fall and I usually leave the decorations up until after Thanksgiving. Since Halloween is over on October 31st I tend not to decorate specifically for Halloween much. However, these scary birds add a lot of Halloween fun and are super easy to remove come November.

Black paper birds with glitter and green eyes sitting on items on a foyer chest.

Can anybody say "Alfred Hitchcock?"

Or, maybe... "Quoth the raven, Nevermore."

Materials

Black card Stock
Spray Glitter
Green neon paint

Tools

Computer
Printer and paper
Scissors
Paintbrush

Instructions

Right-click on the bird image and choose "save as" to copy to your computer.
Open them in Word or Paint to resize if needed.
Once you print out the birds, cut them out to make a template.
Trace them onto heavy black paper.
Spray them with glitter for an extra special effect.
Add a dot of green neon paint for the eye that glows in the dark.
Use double stick tape to place them around the house.

Patti is the creator of Hearth and Vine, a home and garden blog filled with projects to inspire your creative side. She loves crafting, gardening, decorating and entertaining at her home in Pennsylvania. When she is not working on a project at home or searching for treasures at nurseries and thrift stores with her girlfriends, you'll probably find her with family and friends, at a restaurant, or home party enjoying new and different food adventures.

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