Optional: brush each cupcake liner very lightly with diluted brown watercolour to give it a feathery warmth. Let them dry flat for 10 minutes. Skip this step if the white liner colour works for your owl.

Flatten each cupcake liner into a rough disc shape. Place the larger liner near the bottom centre of the background card and the slightly smaller one above it, overlapping by about 2 cm so the top liner becomes the head and the bottom one the body. Glue both down, pressing firmly around the edges so the ruffled rims stay raised and give a feather texture.

An adult cuts two small wing shapes from brown or orange card scraps: simple rounded ovals about 5 cm long. Tuck one under each side of the body liner and glue them so they appear to emerge from behind the body.

An adult cuts a tiny triangle from orange card for the beak, about 1.5 cm wide and 1 cm tall. Glue it at the centre join between the two liners, pointing downward. Glue the two button eyes or googly eyes above the beak on the upper liner, close together.

An adult cuts two simple feet from orange card: a strip with three short snips at the bottom to make toes. Tuck and glue the feet under the bottom edge of the body liner. Leave everything to dry for 5 minutes.