Made from colourful wallpaper samples, this tropical paper cockatoo is a fun and unusual bird craft that doubles as wall decor. The project uses layered wallpaper scraps to create a striking paper bird with plenty of personality. It's a great way to use up scrap paper while making something cheerful and a little bit different for your home.

Made from felt, the cheerful bird design clips neatly onto the corner of a page, making it a charming accessory for book lovers. It's a simple DIY bookmark that's ideal for using up felt scraps and would make a thoughtful handmade gift for keen readers.

These patchwork birds are the sort of hand-sewing project that's hard to stop at just one. Made from colourful fabric scraps and stuffed to create sweet little decorative birds, they're a lovely way to use up leftover cotton prints while adding a handmade touch to your home. With their patchwork wings, button-like eyes and hanging loops, they would look charming displayed on a shelf, hung from branches, or grouped together as a cheerful flock.

With their wonky stitches and folk-art charm, this pair of embroidered hen and duck decorations proves that embroidery doesn't have to be complicated to look good. Made using just a few basic stitches, the birds are stitched onto fabric and turned into charming spring mantel decorations.

Colourful felt scraps are transformed into a charming collection of garden birds in this beginner-friendly sewing project. Complete with printable patterns, these soft felt birds are decorated with simple stitches and layered felt details that give each one its own personality.

Vintage parrot illustrations are given a new lease of life in this colourful bird craft. Cut-out paper parrots are mounted onto branches and displayed beneath a glass cloche, creating a quirky decorative piece with a tropical feel. Inspired by Victorian natural history displays, it's a fun way to turn printable bird art into eye-catching home decor for a shelf, mantel or side table.

Bright colours take centre stage in this tropical bird needle felting project. Inspired by species such as toucans, parrots and flamingos, these woolly birds are full of character and make eye-catching decorations or brooches once finished.

Use up scraps of fabric and embroidery thread to make sweet hanging bird decorations, a perfect craft project for embroidery beginners.

A few balls of colourful yarn are all that's needed to create these cheerful crocheted birds. With their rounded shapes, bright plumage and sweet little details, they have plenty of personality despite being quite simple to make.

Made from colourful felt scraps, this sweet bird mobile is a lovely way to use up leftover craft supplies. The simple felt birds are stitched and suspended from an embroidery hoop to create a cheerful nursery decoration. It's a beginner-friendly sewing project with plenty of handmade charm and would make a thoughtful gift for a new baby.

Corrugated cardboard, scraps of wool and a few simple craft supplies come together to make this charming robin upcycled Christmas ornament.

Miss Matilda Gosling is a delightfully quirky fabric bird with long dangling legs, floppy wings and plenty of personality. Made from fabric scraps and simple sewing techniques, she's the sort of bird craft that looks as though she has wandered straight out of a children's storybook.

Shrinky dinks aren't just for children's crafts, as these colourful bird earrings prove. Featuring tiny bird illustrations that shrink down in the oven, the finished earrings are lightweight, quirky and full of personality. It's a fun craft for bird lovers and a creative way to turn favourite bird images into unique handmade jewellery.

An old sock is transformed into a quirky owl softie in this fun upcycling project. With its oversized eyes and playful character, this easy sewing craft is a great way to give worn-out socks a new purpose.

Newspaper strips, papier-mâché and a little patience are all that's needed to create these charming decorative birds. Perched on wire legs and painted in soft colours, they have a wonderfully handmade folk-art feel.

Simple bird shapes are cut from old book pages, decorated with doodled details, then clipped onto string to create a cheerful garland. It's an easy bird craft and would look lovely draped across a mantel, shelf or seasonal display.

Learn how to make this 3D origami bird is using modular origami technique, which involves assembling 428 pieces of paper to create intricate, three-dimensional, models.

Bright scraps of patterned fabric are transformed into a cheerful flock of soft fabric birds in this simple sewing project. Each bird is hand-stitched, lightly stuffed and finished with felt wings and embroidered details, giving them plenty of handmade charm. They would look lovely strung into a garland.

Spring flowers and little birds are a perfect match in this spring air-dry clay craft. Simple clay trinket dishes are decorated with hand-painted floral details, creating cheerful catch-all trays for jewellery, keys or other small treasures

Turn a vintage bird illustration into a wearable piece of art with this charming bird pendant craft. The project uses printable bird images to create a unique necklace with a vintage feel. If you're looking for bird images to use, you'll find plenty of free printable vintage bird illustrations here.

Made from little more than paper rolls, scrapbook paper and a few basic craft supplies, these colourful birds are proof that simple materials can go a long way. Their layered wings and bright patterns give them plenty of personality.

Part bird craft, part junk art, this wonderfully quirky project transforms scrap wood, rusty metal odds and ends, and a little imagination into a pair of characterful birds. Perched inside a charred wood Yakisugi-style frame.

Vintage bird illustrations are transformed into a colourful clay wall hanging in this creative bird craft. Using air-dry clay, paint and a simple branch, the project combines hand-sculpted birds and feathers to create a piece of folk-inspired wall art.

If you love pom pom crafts, these fluffy little birds are hard to resist. Made from colourful pom poms, felt and googly eyes, they have a delightfully goofy charm and look as though they've just hopped out of a cartoon and onto your craft table.

Inspired by one of Britain's cheekiest seaside birds, Sidney the Seagull is a soft toy with plenty of personality. Made from fabric scraps and simple sewing techniques, this charming bird craft captures the curious look of a gull, complete with floppy wings and oversized feet.