Winged helpers

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These cute birds will not only decorate your window or terrace. In the evening, they can give light or quiet music.

YOU WILL NEED: plywood 12 mm thick ● white, golden yellow, light green, bright green, lilac and black acrylic paints ● linden or silver “music of the wind” tubes 90/110/130 mm long ● purple garden candlestick with a diameter of approx. 8 cm and a height of 7 cm with a handle of 1 m wire in a green and lilac paper braid with a diameter of 2 mm ● 50 cm of silver wire with a diameter of 0.25 mm ● tracing paper transfer paper ● simple pencil ● eraser ● ruler ● combi nippers ● glue for wood ● openwork file or jigsaw ● grinding pad or sandpaper ● drill ● drill with a diameter of 2 mm ● flat brush No. 16 ● hair brushes No. 4 and 6 ● palette ● round pattern ● tea candle.
DESCRIPTION OF WORK
1. From the sheet of motifs, increase the bodies of both birds and wings (each detail is also mirrored), transfer to tracing paper and cut with allowances for slices. The motives should be transferred to the selected plywood and cut out using an openwork file or a jigsaw (Fig. 1).
2. Then use the sanding pad or sandpaper to process the edges of the cut parts. If necessary, sand rough surfaces with sandpaper. Prime the birds with white acrylic paint, diluting it with water in a 1: 1 ratio, leave the primer completely dry,if necessary, process again with sandpaper (Fig. 2).

3. Paint all parts with an appropriate color paint, leave to dry completely. Draw dots and stripes with a simple pencil, ruler and round pattern. Then paint the dots and stripes with the appropriate paint using a brush.
4. Glue the wings with wood glue on both sides of the body of each bird. Using a drill, drill a hole with a diameter of 2 mm in the upper part of the body. Acc. Drill a photo in the trunk below the hole for hanging tubes of "wind music" and a candlestick.
5. First, hang the birds with a paper-braided wire. Then, for one bird, string three tubes on the wire, pull the wire through the hole at the bottom of the body and on the back of the bird twist the ends of the wire. Hang the candlestick to another bird. Put a tea candle in the candlestick (Fig. 3).