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Red Tailed
Black
Cockatoo
Suitable for:
Ages 6 to 12 years
Materials:
15mm round moving eyes
Brain Noodles (preferably black)
Cotton stems (preferably white)
PVA / glue pots / glue brushes
Small feathers – red
Black Paint
Yellow, orange or white felt
Classroom discussion
Aim:
The aim of this activity is to construct a 3D
points:
Red-tailed Black Cockatoo, concentrating on form
Where do the Red-tailed cockatoos live in Australia?
and balance.
South Australia
What building project is being held up by a debate over
Activity:
their breeding grounds? A pulp mill
1. Twist brain noodles into balls – one large to form
What was the Mascot for the Commonwealth Games
body and one small to form head.
held in Melbourne? Karak – A Red Tailed Cockatoo
2. To attach head and body – use small cotton stems
and weave together.
3. Form claws from cotton stems as feet and glue
onto the body.
4. Paint ends of red feathers with black paint.
5. Add feathers to the side of body as wings on the
body.
6. Add a red feather as a tail feather to the body.
page
7. Add moving eyes. 33
8. Cut a beak from felt and glue onto head.
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