'Design a Bird with Shapes' creative activity

 

An exotic parrot made of different color shapes is displayed in an iPad, which is surrounded by a colorful illustrated frame.

To celebrate World Creativity and Innovation Day, we're excited to share our latest resource, 'Shape Lessons with Style,' a project that empowers students to visualize almost anything they can imagine, from math concepts to works of art.

To champion creativity within the Apple Education Community, we’re introducing a new creative activity designed to inspire you to think outside the box and conjure creativity through constraints. 

Design a Bird with Shapes

 

A selection of different-sized and different-colored birds made in Keynote using a series of limited shapes.

Download the template linked above, follow the prompts, and have fun! Your bird can be as simple or elaborate as you wish. This is all about enjoying the process and sharing your creativity with fellow educators.

It’s also an engaging activity for students, encouraging resourcefulness and helping them develop the confidence to find inventive solutions when faced with limitations. 

Once done, we encourage you to showcase and share your design by posting to the Forum using the World Creativity and Innovation Day tag.

We can’t wait to see your creativity take flight. 🦩🦉🦜

12 replies

April 21, 2025

It’s so fun being creative with shapes!!


 

A pink flamingo made by shapes!
A flamingo made by shapes!

April 21, 2025

 Happy World Creativity and Innovation Day!

A colorful, geometric bird made of simple shapes, featuring a red crest, yellow beak, blue wings, and thin yellow legs.
A playful geometric bird designed with bold colors and simple shapes, combining creativity and symmetry.

April 21, 2025

We had a lot of fun at home with this activity on our last day of the spring holiday! I can't wait to try this out with my class this week.

A bright yellow bird created from geometric shapes in Keynote.
 
A yellow chick popping out the top of a cracked white eggshell created from geometric shapes in Keynote.
 
A red, yellow, black, white and light brown goldfinch created from geometric shapes in Keynote.

April 21, 2025

 So much fun! Thanks for this great project! :)

A blue bird created with shapes says "Happy World Creativity and Innovation Day"

April 22, 2025

What a great project to help spark creativity and the power of “what if”!  

Bird created with shapes saying be kind to the earth by recycling, reusing, and reducing.

April 22, 2025

  

  Happy World Creativity and Innovation Day!  

April 22, 2025

 We worked in small groups in my kindergarten class to create a shape bird. We discussed size, shape, color, and used position words. Here is one of the finished birds.

Small bird made of different shapes on a yellow background.

May 12, 2025

Love that even Kindergarteners got to do this! So fun!

April 22, 2025

   

April 22, 2025

Shapes are the building blocks of art. Fun project!

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April 23, 2025

Happy World Creativity and Innovation Day!

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April 30, 2025

Fun activity that I will be brining to kids at our local library.

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