Here is a little craft for Easter that I did with Ellie and Robin today. I was inspired by these Egg Chickens from Martha Stewart, but since we don't eat too many eggs 'round these parts (trying to cut out intake of animal products), I thought we could make some out of paper. I found the egg templates here.
This craft made me happy, too, because we don't color eggs, and I was looking for an alternative project!
Materials:
Card stock
Paper scraps in various colors
Pencil
Scissors
Hole punch
Glue
Instructions:
1. Print out the egg templates from the link above. Cut out the egg shapes. You can transfer the templates onto cardboard to make them sturdy and reusable. (Old file folders work well for this, too.)
2. Trace your template onto cardstock and cut out your egg shapes in various colors and sizes.
3. From paper scraps: cut out orange or yellow triangle shapes for the beaks; punch out black dots with your holepunch for the eyes; and cut out feet and a comb from red paper. (I happen to have a star-shaped punch, so I used it to make the comb and the feet--similar or improvised shapes work fine.) For a decorative chick, cut out a strip of paper to make a stripe for across its body.
4. Glue on the beak, eyes, comb, feet, and stripe.
5. Voila! You are done. You can attach string to the back if you'd like to hang them, or punch holes in them and string them on a garland. They make great gift tags, too.
Happy Easter!
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