Get bowl and pour flour and water into it.
Stir together thoroughly and then put the bowl aside.
Get out an empty detergent bottle.
Get newspaper out and rip into fairly sized strips.
Get out the papier-mâché mix and then dip the newspaper into the mix.
Stick the newspaper onto the detergent bottle.
Repeat steps 5 and 6 until the detergent bottle is completely covered.
Do 7 layers of papier-mâché is covering the detergent bottle.
When you're done, leave the bottle out overnight in a place where it won't be disturbed.
Get out a sheet of A4 paper, a paintbrush and yellow or orange paint.
Roll the paper into a cone shape and stick together with sticky-tape. Paint it orange or yellow then leave aside in an undisturbed place for it to dry.
Get out feathers, PVA glue, a paintbrush, googly eyes and the papier-mâché bottle.
Put some PVA glue onto the paintbrush and paste it on the detergent bottle. Stick on the feathers. You can put the feathers anywhere you want on the bird.
Stick the googly eyes on one end of the bird for, well, eyes.
Once your orange cone is dry, you can draw a smiley face on it so it's a proper beak.
Stick the Beak under the googly eyes so it looks like a bird.
You can now display your awesome papier-mâché bird!
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