There’s nothing cuter than a newborn animal, right?! And nothing welcomes spring quite like little chicks.

This hatching chick craft is a fun and easy chick craft idea they’ll love to create, but it also provides an engaging, creative, and educational experience for children.

What’s great about this craft is that it’s a straightforward papercraft. You only need a handful of basic craft supplies to get started. It’s perfect for a chill crafting session.

On top of being fun to make, this craft is also helpful for kids especially when it comes to working on their cutting skills, learning to follow directions step by step, and even honing their focus.

Read on below to see exactly how we made this craft and to download the free printable template. Grab it, and let’s get crafting!

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Baby Chick Craft

Using our free and easy-to-follow template, your children can create their own hatching chick, transforming a flat piece of paper into a 3D springtime wonder.

With just a little bit of cutting and gluing, a sweet little chick will come to life, ready to spread its wings and join your child on a springtime adventure!

So grab your scissors, get your glue ready, and prepare for fluffy fun!

Supplies

Colored cardstock
Scissors
Glue stick
Marker
Chick template (unlock the image at the end of the post to go to the download page)

Click here to see our favorite kids’ craft supplies.

Directions

Start by downloading and printing the template. Once the template is printed, gather the materials for this fun activity. Get those scissors ready, and let’s help the kids bring this chick to life!

hand holding hatching chick craft template

First, guide your child to glue the chick’s body behind the top of the white eggshell.

hand gluing shell onto hatching chick craft

Next, glue the orange feet inside the bottom part of the eggshell.

hand gluing feet onto hatching chick craft

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Glue the beak onto the center of the chick’s face.

hand gluing beak onto hatching chick craft

Now, help your child to glue the eyes above the beak, slightly apart.

hand gluing eyes onto hatching chick craft

Finally, encourage your child to draw the eyebrows on top of the eyes.

hands drawing eyebrows onto hatching chick craft

And there you have it! A bright and cheery hatching chick ready to spread some joy! If your kiddos had so much fun with this craft, be sure to check out our other animal crafts for more creative fun!

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More Easter Ideas For Kids

Easter Ideas For Kids

Are you looking for more fun and engaging Easter season ideas for your little ones? Well, you’ve hopped into the right spot!

From top-notch books that promise adventure and giggles to creative crafts designed to sharpen their fine motor skills, patience, bursts of creativity, and printables loaded with educational content, your kiddos won’t even realize they are getting smarter while tracing, coloring, solving, and laughing their way through our printables.

You’ll find so much goodness in our list that every kiddo will love!

So, why wait? Let’s kickstart the fun with some cracking good ideas below!

Easter Books For Kids

Happy Easter Mouse – Everyone knows Mouse from the classic If You Give A Mouse A Cookie book, but now he’s back and ready to celebrate Easter! Kids will love watching him as he goes on an Easter egg hunt!

Pete the Cat: Big Easter Adventure – Join Pete as he races to help the Easter bunny just in time for Easter! This is another new classic kids rate as a must-have!

It’s Not Easy Being A Bunny – Follow PJ the bunny as he tries to discover what kind of animal he’d rather be instead of a bunny! It’s a silly story with a great lesson.

single example of finished hatching chick craft

Easter Crafts For Children

Chick Handprint Card Craft – First, we have a chick handprint card craft, where little ones can transform their handprints into cute chicks for personalized greeting cards. It also aids in teaching littles and developing essential skills such as cutting practice.

Handprint Bunny Craft – Then, let’s hop over to this handprint bunny craft, perfect for Easter or any bunny-themed fun. With a little paper and our free template cutouts, your child can transform their handprint into a cute bunny.

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Sheep Paper Plate Craft – Let’s make a sheep friend using a paper plate! This sheep paper plat craft is perfect for springtime or farm-themed activities.

Start by painting the paper plate to create the sheep’s face, then add eyes, draw a mouth to complete the sheep’s face, and for the finishing touch, add the ears. And there you have it. It’s easy to do, right?

Paper Plate Chick Craft – Here’s another way to celebrate spring: check out this paper plate chick craft. To make this simpler, you can use yellow-colored paper plates instead of painting. Sounds good, right? This chick craft is perfect for little ones, decorating a room, or gifting someone special.

Free Printables For Easter Activities

These Easter printable coloring pages are a fantastic way to get your little ones into the Easter spirit. They feature adorable images of bunnies, Easter eggs, and geese for your kids to color. These printables are designed to enhance your child’s cognitive and visual skills as they explore different colors.

Try this Easter Egg Cat Craft

Let your little learners explore the letter C and cute chicks with our engaging chick worksheets! From practicing handwriting to honing letter recognition skills and even cutting with scissors, these sheets are packed with activities that make learning fun and interactive.

Collage of Free Printables For Easter Activities

Get ready for Easter-themed excitement with our Easter Bunny activity sheets!

Featuring a Shadow Matching Sheet, Easter Bunny Maze Sheet, Count, and Graph Sheet, and Match the Object Sheet, these printables are designed to enhance fine motor skills and basic math skills while keeping children entertained and engaged.

Make math fun this Easter with a comprehensive pack of 22 pages of Easter math worksheets! From counting Easter eggs to number tracing, these printables are a great way to reinforce math concepts festively and enjoyably.

Easter Basket Name Craft

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