 | 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.
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| 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*
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| Dump them out onto a piece of wax paper or tinfoil to dry over night (or
into an empty margarine container
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| Cut the egg carton cup out of the egg carton
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| Trim small rectangles out around the edge so it looks like a cracked egg
shell
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| Dab a bit of glue into the bottom of the egg carton and insert one of the
cotton balls for the chick body
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| Dab a bit of glue and put the second cotton ball on top of the first
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| 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
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| Glue the wiggly eyes on as well
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| 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. |
