You need:
  Craft feathers
  glue
  bird pattern http://abcteach.com/RainforestFacts/birdpattern.htm

  Trace the bird pattern on poster board or print on card stock.
  Glue feathers on both sides.
  Punch a hole in the top and add string.
  Hang in the room.

  You need:
  Tissue paper or felt cut into circles, green, brown, etc. depending on
  the specie of snake.
  glue
  snake pattern 
  http://abcteach.com/RainforestFacts/snakepattern.htm

Print pattern on card stock.
Glue felt or tissue on the pattern in layers.

To make a puppet: Layer or color both sides.  Add a long string by the front of the snake and one towards the end. Move the string up and down to make the snake squiggle.