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DLTK's Crafts for Kids
Chick Hatching Egg Carton Craft
We used cotton balls to make this cute little chick, but you could
substitute pom pom's.
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Materials:
- two cotton balls
- egg carton cup
- orange construction paper scrap
- two small wiggly eyes
- glue
- a tiny bit of yellow tempra paint or food color drops
- ziploc or other plastic bag
Instructions:
- the night before making the craft, put a bit of yellow tempra paint or
yellow food color in a plastic bag. Add a bit of water. Don't
use too much paint or your cotton balls will be crusty. Just a wee bit
will do.
- Add as many cotton balls as you'll be using (if you're making more than
one chick) and smush gently until they soak up the yellow. -- yes,
smush is a technical craft term *grin*
- Dump them out onto a piece of wax paper or tinfoil to dry over night (or
into an empty margarine container
- Cut the egg carton cup out of the egg carton
- Trim small rectangles out around the edge so it looks like a cracked egg
shell
- Dab a bit of glue into the bottom of the egg carton and insert one of the
cotton balls for the chick body
- Dab a bit of glue and put the second cotton ball on top of the first
- Fold the construction paper in half and cut a triangle along the fold (so
it looks like a diamond when unfolded). Glue this beak onto the chick
- Glue the wiggly eyes on as well
- We made ours so it looked like the chick was facing up to the sky (like a
hungry chick). This had the added benefit of keeping the wiggly eyes
from sliding off while they dried.
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