Read the book on owls. Ask the students questions about the book and let them ask some questions of their own.
Draw the basic shapes for an owl: an oval for the body, a circle for the head, two triangles for ears and two thinner ovals for the wings. Make a copy for each student.
Instruct the students to bend each pipe cleaner into a basic shape on the diagram, except for the ears -- use one pipe cleaner to make them both. Cut smaller pieces of pipe cleaner, pass out two for each student, and have the students wrap one small pipe cleaner around a larger pipe cleaner to make the feet and legs.
Have the students tie the end of the yarn to one part of the body section of the owl, and wrap a layer of yarn around the entire section. Then have them snip the yarn and tie the loose end of the wrapped yarn in place. Have them repeat this with the head and wings of the owl.
Assist the students in attaching the head of their owls to the bodies by hot gluing them together. Do the same for the wing pipe cleaners and the ears pipe cleaner. Then assist them in hot gluing a pair of googly eyes onto the head.
Pass out paper and crayons and have the students draw a beak for their string art owl, and then have them cut it out. Assist them in hot gluing on the beak.