Celebrate spring with this adorable bluebird nest full of eggs! Can't you just hear her tweeting?

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What you'll need:

How to make it:

1. Cut out 6 egg shapes from the light blue felt. Glue them in a pile to the paper plate. (See photos.)
2. Pipe glue around the eggs in the shape of a nest. (See photos.)
3. Add American moss to the glue to create the nest. (See photos.)
4. Cut out the bird body from aqua blue felt and the bird's chest from orange from the pattern. Cut out the beak from brown and glue all the pieces together.
5. Glue the bird to the nest.
6. Cut out branch from brown felt and several leaves from green felt all cut from the pattern. (See photos.)
7. Glue the branch to the right side of the paper plate and add some leaves.
8. Add a couple leaves and a small branch to the left side of the plate as well.

Tips:

• Felt is inexpensive and perfect for a large variety of projects, be sure to keep plenty on hand.
• American moss and Spanish moss are available at your local craft store.
• Add a fun phrase to the top of your plate such as "Welcome Spring" and glue a piece of yarn to the back to hang it up!