Pretty Bird | Kannada
Channel: Arvind Gupta
Date: 2016-01-07

Here is a very nice mobile made of plastic birds. These birds have been made using plastic tape. These are all weather birds and you can hang them outdoors in sun and rain. To make one bird you will need a 20-cm long plastic tape which should be 1-cm wide. Just tie a simple knot on one end. From the top end make a loop and weave it through the head-loop of the bird. Once again take the long end and weave it as shown. This will make a very nice knot and now the model will slowly take the shape of a bird. Tighten the bird to give the bird a nice shape. Then cut both ends of the tail. Cut a small V notch in the tail. Then sew both ends of the tail with needle and thread. You can also staple them. This way the bird will not open up. Then cut a small triangle from a pink tape for the beak. Push the triangle inside the head. This will make the bird’s beak. Then sew the beak in place with needle and thread. Then apply some rubber glue on the head and stick two eyes. This will lend a character to the bird. Admire the bird from all angles. Make several birds of various tapes and then hang them all to make a very beautiful mobile.

This work is supported by IUCAA (www.iucaa.ernet.in) and TATA Trust (www.tata.com/aboutus/sub_index/Tata-trusts)

Credits:,Ashok Rupner, Manish Jain, Pradnya Pujari, Shivaji Mane, Jyoti Hiremath, Arvind Gupta, Vidula Mhaiskar TATA Trust: Education is one of the key focus areas for Tata Trusts, aiming towards enabling access of quality education to the underprivileged population in India. To facilitate quality in teaching and learning of Science education through workshops, capacity building and resource creation, Tata Trusts have been supporting Muktangan Vigyan Shodhika (MVS), IUCAA's Children’s Science Centre, since inception. To know more about other initiatives of Tata Trusts, please visit www.tatatrusts.org