We sure do LOVE chickens! A farm visit is not complete without some happy chickens running around going about their chicken business. So, what about making your own chickens out of paper plates? They definitely spruce up the preschool classroom or homeschool and get everyone thinking about spring and eggs and warmer weather. Plus, this craft incorporates one of our favorite painting techniques, fork painting! Have fun and cluck cluck!
Things you’ll need
- Paper plates
- Craft paint
- Scissors
- Construction paper
- Tissue paper
- Gluestick
- Googly eyes
- Fork
Steps
Draw and cut out a crescent shape from your paper plate. Round off one end for the head.
Use the leftover paper plate pieces to draw and cut out a wing shape. Ours looks like a soft triangle.
One thing we LOVE about chickens is how they naturally show up to life in many beautiful colors. For this example, we’re painting our chicken body and chicken wing with a light brown craft paint. But feel free to paint your paper plate chicken any color you like!
Now comes the fun part: fork painting! Once your chicken body is dry, make some chicken feathers by dipping a fork in craft paint and stenciling it on.
Wattle and Comb
The Comb is the crown-like shape at the top of the chicken’s head and the chicken’s wattle is the skin that hangs below the chicken’s beak.
To make the comb, start by snipping out a little rectangular shape along one edge of red tissue paper, then snip little triangles from the top edge. Next fold it into an accordion shape and tape it together.
For the wattle, fold a layered piece of tissue paper in half and cut out a heart shape from the folded edge.
Draw and cut out a long rectangular shape from yellow paper. This is the chicken’s beak!
Now for the feet! Chickens have three toes and one claw in the back. Cut out strips of yellow construction paper and shape them into toes and claws, then glue them to a longer strip to make the chicken legs.
Use a glue stick to glue all of the parts of your chicken together! Don’t forget the googly eyes!
Q: Why did the chicken cross the road?
A: Because it was free range!
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