Vicki's Easter Craft

Little Chick Candy Holders

These cardboard chicks are perfect
for holding jellybeans or little chocolate eggs.

Materials

Cardboard egg carton
Colored markers
Glue
Watercolor brush
Yellow tempura paint

1. To make each chick, cut a single eggcup
from the egg carton for a body.
Trim along the top edge,
keeping the sides of the cup
as tall as possible.

2. Then, with a colored marker,
outline a chick's head and neck
on the underside of the carton top.
(Use the molded portion of cardboard
that separates the eggs, as shown.)

3. Cut out the head
and glue the base of the neck
to the inside of the body.

4. For the chick's wings,
cut a second eggcup from the carton,
this time trimming the sides
about ½ inch from the bottom.
Then, cut the cup into halves.
Holding the half cups
with the bottoms up,
fit them onto the sides
of the chick's body
and glue them into position.

5. Once the glue dries,
brush on a coat of yellow tempura paint.
Allow the paint to dry thoroughly.

6. Next, use colored markers
to tint the beak orange
and draw on eyes.
Finally, cut a pair of feet
from carton scraps
and color them orange.
Glue the feet onto
the bottom of the body,
and the chick is ready to fill with Easter candy.

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