To make this Handprint Baby Chick Craft, I used a 12 x 12 piece of scrapbook paper for the background. I made a yellow circle for the head and one for the body by tracing circular items I had around 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. So cute! I love the way it turned out.
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 & she's just big enough! I love the flow of the book and it's such a cute little story.
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 & she's just big enough! I love the flow of the book and it's such a cute little story.
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 is 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.
by Amy Hest. I love the illustrations in this book, as does my 3 year old. It is 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. Check out these Handprint Chick & Thumbprint Chicks we made when my son was just a wee, little guy!
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10 comments:
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
adorable. its festive yet sooo crazy cute with the handprints. looks great!
aDORable! I love the little handprint feet!
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!
That is adorable!
-Amy
I love his giant hand feet. Both books look great!
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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
Thank you for sharing :)
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.
@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. The 1st 2 pictures here: http://funhandprintart.blogspot.com/2009/06/what-paints-to-use.html
:)
Amanda @artsy_momma
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