StudentSavvy: End of the Year Signature Owl Craft!

Hi Teacher friends! Here is a fun end of the year craft you can have your students create! When I graduated sixth grade, my parents bought me this cool graduation signature teddy bear that all my friends passed around and signed.

While creating End of the Year products, I had this crazy idea that maybe students in the classroom could make their own version of the signature bear! In order to make it possible for students in the classroom to design, I could only use simple resources plus no sewing involved. I figured out a way to make an owl just with a sock and cotton balls! Super easy and fun!

Here are the steps to create the Signature Owl sock craft!

Step 1

Here are the supplies you'll need:

googly eyes

plain white sock (can be short or long, just not textured)

glue gun

Elmer's glue

cotton balls

yellow and orange felt

black paper

black button

If possible, ask parents to donate one sock and a bag of cotton balls for the project. (one bag should create 5 owl crafts.)

Step 2

Break apart the cotton balls so your owl will not be lumpy. Just pinch and pull apart. It should create one big mass.

Step 3

Begin stuffing the sock. Push down the cotton to the very bottom and try to fill as much as you can to create a round shape.

Step 4

Stuff until the cotton until the entire foot portion of the sock is filled. If you have a long sock, stop at the ankle.

Step 5

Pull at the top of the sock to create loose material. Pull up the top of the sock and pull forward. After creating the fold, hold the material in place with your thumb.

Step 6

Using a hot glue gun, place a dap of glue right underneath the spot where your thumb held. After gluing, hold it down to dry. If your students are making this in the classroom, they will need your assistance only for step 6 and step 9.

Step 7

If you have a long sock, cut off the end.

Step 8

Fold and glue the bottom together. It doesn't have to be a perfect line, you will be gluing feet on the bottom of the owl.

Step 9

Cut an orange triangle from the felt and place googly eyes on the owl. Students can use their own glue for this part.

Step 10

Cut a small black square and glue on top of head. Make sure an angle of the square is placed in center of the owl's forehead.

Step 11

Glue a large square on top of the smaller square. This will create the graduation cap.

Step 12

Cut out a yellow tassel from the yellow felt.

Step 13

Glue down the tassel onto the center of the cap, using a button to hold it in place. If you have rhinestones, students can even bedazzle their graduation caps! ;D

Step 14