The Bird's Nest Bowl from Home, Paper, Scissors: Decorative Paper Accessories for the Home by Patricia Zapata is easy enough for kids. Patricia Zapata.

Not only are these decorative bowls precious, they're practical -- put shredded paper (from your home office, or recycled packing material) to good use. You can even make your own shredded paper ...

While the tissue paper dried to the nest, they made their birds. They folded their cupcake liners in half, and they glued a google eye and a beak onto each bird.