A Bird made from Quilling Paper Strips

A bird made from quilling paper strips using the quilling technique, quilling pen and quilling board. Place the coils in a mould in the quilling board. Add Clear Multi Glue Gel to keep the shape. Combine the paper coils, making a shape; here a bird.

A Paper Bird made by using the Quilling Technique

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Place a quilling paper strip in the metal slot at the tip of the quilling pen and roll tight to make a compact coil.

A Paper Bird made by using the Quilling Technique

2

Place the compact coil in quilling board in the mould that matches the circumference of the coil.

A Paper Bird made by using the Quilling Technique

3

After a while, remove the coil from the quilling board using two fingers. Let the coil slightly unravel and move it to a larger mould in the quilling board and secure with pins.

A Paper Bird made by using the Quilling Technique

4

After a short while, carefully remove the coil from the quilling board and add a few blobs of glue to keep the shape.

A Paper Bird made by using the Quilling Technique

5

Glue each individual tail feather end together (individually), to make teardrop shapes. Bend one end of the long quilling paper strip and make a tail feather which is the same length as the other three tail feathers. Glue all four tail feathers together.

A Paper Bird made by using the Quilling Technique

Glue each individual tail feather end together (individually), to make teardrop shapes. Bend one end of the long quilling paper strip and make a tail feather so it is the same length as the other three tail feathers. Glue all four tail feathers together.


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Now bend the long quilling paper strip into a teardrop shape towards the four-way tail and secure it with a blob of glue.

A Paper Bird made by using the Quilling Technique

7

Make the bird's eye from three coloured strips, which are glued together end to end. First a 5cm long black strip for the pupil, then a 20cm long white strip and finally a full length orange strip.

A Paper Bird made by using the Quilling Technique

8

Roll this composite strip and place it in one of the moulds in the quilling board.

A Paper Bird made by using the Quilling Technique

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The wings are made by glueing two long quilling paper strips together (two different colours). Roll the long strip and place it in largest mould in the quilling board. After a while, carefully remove the coil from the quilling board, squeeze it gently into shape and secure the end with a blob of glue.

A Paper Bird made by using the Quilling Technique

NB! Glue between several of the outer paper layers near the joint.


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Roll a quilling paper strip for the beak and place it in the quilling board. Squeeze it into shape and secure it with glue. Assemble all the coils in the bird's body. Add glue onto the coils and place them against each other inside the body. Add glue to the inside of the outer paper strip. Let it dry and attach a white piece of mercerised cotton cord for hanging.

A Paper Bird made by using the Quilling Technique