The handprint baby chick craft makes an adorable Easter activity for younger kids. It could also be used in a farm animal unit or even a Spring theme. We also read two cute books about little chicks that go perfectly with this craft.
How to make the Handprint Baby Chick Craft
We used a 12x12 sheet of scrapbook paper for the background. Cut a circle for the chick's head and one for the body using yellow cardstock or construction paper. To make it easier, I traced circular items I found in the kitchen.
The wings were made with my son's yellow handprints and the feet with his orange handprints. He glued on googly eyes and yarn hair. Don't forget the orange beak and the child's name/age!
So cute! I love the way it turned out.
Little Chick Books for Kids
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We also read 2 books to go along with this Spring/Easter craft. The 1st book is Wee Little Chick
by Lauren Thompson. It's an adorable story about a brand new little chick who is small but still stands the tallest, runs the fastest, peeps the loudest, and finds the biggest seed of them all. Mama Hen says she's her wee little chick and she's just big enough! I love the flow of the book and it's such a cute little story.
Little Chick
Little Chick: Three Little Stories
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The 2nd book we read is Little Chick
by Amy Hest. I love the illustrations in this book, as does my 3 year old. It's actually 3 stories in one that take place in the morning, afternoon, and night and all 3 involve her Old-Auntie. The 1st story is about Little Chick waiting for her beautiful carrot to grow. The 2nd story is about her trying to fly her leaf kite and finally gets it to fly. The 3rd story is about her trying to reach her star out of the sky. Old-Auntie convinces her that the sky would be dull without her star and to just leave it there.
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RedTedArt says
Your chick is lovely! Love the simplicity of it - the circles and the handprints... simple, yet lovely! Thanks for linking up to Kids Get Crafty! Maggy
MyKidsMake says
adorable. its festive yet sooo crazy cute with the handprints. looks great!
SweetandSimpleThings says
aDORable! I love the little handprint feet!
Anne@LittleSproutBooks says
Both books sound really cute - I've been on a search for Easter books but somewhat disappointed - these spring-y selections could still be enjoyed after the holiday! I also host a book linkup every week, Feed Me Books Friday. Hope you'll stop by and share!
Anonymous says
That is adorable! -Amy
JDaniel4's Mom says
I love his giant hand feet. Both books look great! Thanks for linking to Read.Explore.Learn.
For Keep's Sake says
I absolutely love this!! The post may be a year old but I came across it on Pinterest and am going to feature it in my blog - which will suggest different things to do for Easter. I will of course by crediting yourself as the source and link back here. Just wanted you to know. Due to publish tomorrow on forkeeps-sake.blogspot.com. Have a great Easter x
artsy_momma says
Thank you for sharing 🙂
Anonymous says
Can you please tell me what kind of paint you used? We did this project with tempera but the colors didn't turn out very bold.
artsy_momma says
@Anonymous - I used Crayola paints for this one. They are thicker and you don't see the lines from the print like you do with thinner paints.