1. Have an adult help you get half an eggshell. Be sure that it has been rinsed clean and dried. Set it aside where it will not get broken.
Eggs have always been an important part of Easter traditions. The egg has symbolized the promise of new life to many cultures over the centuries. An egg seems to be a lifeless object and yet life bursts forth when a chick hatches. The chick is cute and lively soon after it hatches from its egg.
1. Have an adult help you get half an eggshell. Be sure that it has been rinsed clean and dried. Set it aside where it will not get broken.
2. Use a pencil and tracing paper to transfer the chick pattern from here to the yellow construction paper. Transfer the beak pattern from here to the orange construction paper.
3. Cut out the patterns from the construction paper.
4. Lay the chick pattern out flat and decorate it with markers or crayons as you wish.
5. Glue the beak in place with a small drop of white glue. Let dry.
6. Fold the pattern on the dotted lines and glue the little flap just under the chick's head. Let dry.
7. Glue the chick to the inside of the eggshell with a drop of white glue.
8. Gently glue the eggshell to a green construction paper base. Add Easter grass around the egg as you wish.