EASTER!!!!

Yay! Another holiday is here. I love doing crafts with the kids, but really enjoy it when it is for a holiday! So, we were all very excited to get started on some Easter crafts this week.

I didn't have time to post yesterday, so there are two in this post.

The first one is a hatching chick. You can do this many ways, and with many different supplies, but this is what we used. A piece of finger paint paper cut in an egg shape. A piece of yellow construction paper cut in an egg shape as well (with a chick face drawn on it- because this will be the hatched chick!). Finger paint, glue, and markers.

We also used some paper fasteners too!

First the kids coloured the chick.

And then we finger painted the egg, using some Spring colours

After those dried, we cut the "egg", and glued the chick onto the bottom part of the egg.

Using the paper fasteners, we put the top and bottom of the egg back together, so it can open and shut.

TaDa, all the kids hatching eggs!

And then today, we made handprint chicks. These can be changed for many different "characters" in different seasons, just using different items and colours! 

We used yellow construction paper cut into circles (each child will need 2). Orange construction paper cut into a triangle for a beak, and some feet for the chick. We also added some feathers. And you will need some yellow finger paint to do the wings. And also a piece of white paper to glue it all onto! 

We first glued the yellow circles onto the paper. One on top of the other.

Then, we glued on the feet and the beak.

And added some feathers!

The kids used a marker to draw on the face of their chick.

And then we painted our hands to do the wings.

And then we have some hand print chicks!

Easter Fun

Today, we did two crafts. There are just so many things to do around holiday times, that I like to get them all in!

The first one we did was bunny Ear headbands. First I collected everything we needed. I just had the kids color the ears, so the younger ones could do it too, but you can do anything!

I needed 2 bunny ears per child- I cut these out of cardboard, so they will stand up- if you use cardboard the possibilities are endless with how you decorate them! We were coloring, so I got the markers. Then the stapler, and the bands- which I made out of construction paper, fit to each child's head! We also had some Easter stickers for the head band!



Then I let the kids color on their ears!


(see even the younger ones can do it!)

After they were done, we put the stickers on their head bands, and stapled the ears on!



The next craft was an Easter Egg. Again, you could do this with any art supplies- collage stuff, crayons, glitter, paint etc. We used "special paint" so it would be shiny. I mixed some liquid tempra paint with white craft glue. It will dry with a 3-D type image to it, and be nice and shiny!

Before I mixed the paint I cut big egg shapes out of cardboard- use cardboard because the kids need to put lots on to make it stand out!


Then have the children paint on the paint mixture. Have them try painting it, dripping it and even swirling it! See what they come up with!
(please note, they will take a while to dry!)

Hatching chick

Today we made a hatching chick. Again, a fairly easy craft, but you could add anything you wanted to it.

First I gathered everything we would need. I cut the yellow paper into a chick coming out of an egg, and the white paper into an egg shape. I got markers and the clasp things (that I can't remember the name of right now- HAHA!). I also got together glue and scissors. You could paint these, add glitter or collage them, we just did markers for ease today!



Then I had the kids color the chick and the egg...




After they colored them, I cut the egg in two. Following the zig zag lines. Then had the kids glue the bottom piece to the bottom part of the chick paper. (I left that larger bottom on the yellow (chick) piece just to make this part easier for them.



And then we added the clasp thing (again, can't remember the name)- which attached the top part of the cracked egg, and lets it open and close, to see the chick! After they did that, I had them write their names, and the word Egg on it- since we are talking about Letters this week. They both did the letters themselves- not bad for being three and a half hey!