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Hatching pom pom chick craft

admin — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 17:59:36 +0000

Pompom Easter chick

If you have tons of those plastic eggs at Easter time, turn one into an easy craft!

What You Need: Plastic Easter egg; large yellow pompom; 2 googly eyes; scrap of orange felt; glue; scissors.

How to Make It: Glue googly eyes on to pompom. Cut triangle shape from felt for beak and glue on. Place pompom chick inside egg. That’s it!

Bunny ears

admin — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 19:48:45 +0000

Bunny ears

Every preschool kid needs a pair of bunny ears! These are easy to make. Don’t get hung up on making them “perfect,” because this is a great chance to practice cutting and gluing skills.

What You Need: white cardstock; pink cardstock or construction paper; glue; staples.

How to Make It: Cut two strips of cardstock about 2 inches wide and staple together. Adult can help child wrap the strip around his or her head to see how long the band should be. Trim and staple. Cut two long, pink ear shapes and two white ear shapes that are a little larger. Glue pink to white and staple ears to band.

Sheep from toilet paper tube and cotton balls

admin — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 19:22:10 +0000

Cotton ball sheep

Celebrate Easter or a farm theme with this sheep: a toilet paper tube and cotton balls. Preschool kids could also make this craft for a March comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb theme.

What You Need: 1 toilet paper roll tube; bunch of cotton balls; glue; tape; scissors; 1 black pipe cleaner; 2 googly eyes; scrap of white cardstock; something black for the head (pom pom, crumbled-up tissue paper, etc. We used a piece of fleece fabric rolled into a ball.)

How to Make It: Cut pipe cleaner in half (adult job). Fold each pipe cleaner into a U shape and tape to bottom of toilet paper tube for legs. (These will probably not be sturdy enough for your sheep to stand on, so he’ll need to be resting, or use something stronger, such as painted dowels.) Use glue to cover top and sides of paper tube with cotton balls. Stuff black pompom, tissue paper or fabric into one end of tube for head. Cut two ear shapes from white cardstock and glue to head. Glue on googly eyes.

Easter chick purse from paper plate

admin — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 18:09:33 +0000

Easter chick purse

Your preschooler can make a cute Easter chick purse, or use it for a class party and fill with Easter candy!

What You Need: 1 dessert-size paper plate; nontoxic yellow paint; paintbrush; stapler; scrap of orange cardstock or construction paper; googly eye; black marker; scissors; glue; orange pipe cleaner (or use yarn).

How to Make It: Paint at least half of bottom of paper plate yellow. Let dry. Fold in half and secure with staples (adult help, please!). Use black marker to outline a chick wing. Cut triangle shape for beak and glue on. Glue on eye. Staple pipe cleaner to back side of “purse” for handle.

Handprint sheep craft

admin — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 19:55:41 +0000

Handprint lamb

For Easter, a farm unit or anytime, try these handprint (traced hand) sheep. One version (that’s Mom’s big ‘ol hand on the left) uses cotton balls for the fleece while the other (there’s Alec’s cute little hand) uses popcorn.

What You Need: Black construction paper; glue; white crayon; googly eye (optional); pencil; scissors.

How to Make It: Trace around hand and cut out. Position so fingers face down (these are the legs and the thumb is the lamb head). Use glue to cover “palm” with cotton balls or popcorn. Use white crayon to draw in eye and mouth, or use googly eye.

Easter bunny from small paper plates

admin — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 20:06:28 +0000

Paper plate bunny

Two dessert-sized paper plates are just the right size for little hands. Let preschoolers decorate their bunny however they’d like.

What you Need: 2 dessert-sized paper plates; 2 cotton balls; small pink pom pom; 2 googly eyes;Â black marker; pink crayon; scissors; glue; small piece of scrap cardstock or construction paper (for bow).

How to Make It: Cut one of the paper plates in half and color in with pink crayon on the inner part of each plate. Glue to back of other plate to form ears. Glue cotton balls and pink pom pom to center of other plate for muzzle and nose. Glue on eyes. Color in mouth with pink crayon. Cut out tie shape from cardstock and glue on.

Footprint Easter chick

admin — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 02:17:45 +0000

Baby chick from footprint

The child’s own footprint forms the base for this cute yellow chick! This craft is great for Easter, but would also work for a farm unit at school.

What You Need: Yellow paint (nontoxic washable); paintbrush; sheet of white or cream construction paper; scrap of orange cardstock; black marker; yellow feather; glue.

How to Make It: Help child paint a clean foot yellow. (Alterative: step into a shallow tray with yellow paint in it.) Press foot onto construction paper and lift away slowly, without wiggling. Let dry. The heel is the chick’s head. Use black marker to add eye. Cut triangle shape from orange cardstock and glue to “face” for beak. Glue feather to body. If you’d like, children could glue birdseed or Easter grass to the paper as well.

Egg carton Easter basket with pipe cleaner handle

admin — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 22:16:18 +0000

Here’s another take on the egg carton Easter basket, this time using 2 sections from the carton. Fill with 2 kinds of candy or treats!
What You Need: egg cartons; paint and other decorations; 2 pipe cleaners; scissors.
How to Make It: Adult cuts out 2 sections of egg carton, keeping them together. Let kids paint and otherwise decorate the baskets. Once dry, adult pokes holes in either side of basket and attach 2 pipe cleaners, twisted together for handle.

Paper plate rabbit for Easter

admin — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 11:15:30 +0000

This quick bunny craft is great for Easter or anytime.
What You Need: paper plate; red or pink pom pom; 2 cotton balls; black marker; red or pink construction paper; glue; scissors.
How to Make It: Cut out ear shapes and glue to back of plate. Glue on pom pom nose and cotton ball muzzle. Use marker to add mouth, whiskers and eyes.

Egg carton Easter basket

admin — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 15:09:43 +0000

Pre-cut a bunch of egg carton cups, set out random craft supplies and let kids make their own little Easter baskets!
What You Need: Egg cartons, construction paper for handle; various decorations such as markers, sequins and glitter.
How to Make It: Adult cuts out egg carton sections. Cut construction paper handle and attach with glue or brads. Decorate with paints, sequins, markers, etc.