A pompom Easter chick that is so cute that you'll want to make a whole nest of chicks for your Easter basket.
This easy Easter craft would make a great classroom Easter activity for younger children or a simple Easter project for your youth group. There's also a matching Easter Chick Bookmark to print out as an additional homemade gift.
Pompom Easter Chick
Supplies:
yellow pom poms
goggle eyes or black beads for eyes
craft glue
scrap of orange felt, fun foam (or construction paper, in a pinch)
scissors
Pom Pom Easter Chick
Pattern Instructions:
1. Cut a small triangle from orange felt or fun foam, the size you want the beak.
The photo shown here is actual size, but you could adjust the beak and feet
sizes to make slightly different Easter chicks.
2. Make a trial run of the beak placement, and once you are satisfied, coat the
base of the beak with craft glue. Part the pom-pom fibres slightly with your
fingers and position the beak in place. Allow to dry.
3. Experiment with the eye placement to see if you like the eyes high above the beak
or on either side. Different placement results in different faces, which allows
children some creativity. Repeat the procedure you did with the beak, parting the
fibres slightly to help get the eyes in the right spot. Hold in place until
the glue sticks and let dry.
4. The feet are two pieces of orange felt or fun foam, cut in a "D" shape. Again,
the feet allow for creativity, because they can point away from each
other or make a 'pigeon toed' look. This time you can just press the feet in
position, stand the chick up, and let dry. An alternative option is to cut a heart shape from felt, and use the upper arches of the heart as the chick's feet. Just glue the heart in place at the bottom of the chick, with the two "arches" pointing outwards.
5. Older children may wish to snip some fluff from the back of the chick, to shape
the body, creating a slight taper toward the tail end. However, the chick looks
just fine with some finger sculpting of the pom-pom.
i made this for my mum and dad im 11 and i hope they love it!
Reply to Holly
Jane – Ontario
March 19, 2008 - 05:18
Holly,
If my daughter made this for me, I would go "awwww," my heart would melt, and I would never part with it. I'm sure your mum and dad will feel the same. Good for you!
connie e.
March 14, 2008 - 12:48
my aftercare class loved this activity so much that each of them made aleast two. and they were begging to do more but we didn't have time.
kerri-anne whittaker – rockhampton, qld, australia
March 11, 2008 - 23:27
i think that this is so cute i have made it with my resodents at the nursing home that i work for and they absoulutly loved it.
