Baby Chick in a Pot Easter Card
By: Claudine Casault
Difficulty: Easy
Age: 5 and up
Parental supervision is recommended
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This Easter card is so simple and fun to make! Kids will love the adorable little baby chick who is popping his head out of the flower pot.
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What you'll need:
- Design cardstock
- Scissor
- Ruler & pencil
- Green moss
- Bake-safe polymer modeling clay (We used Sculpey III Polymer Clay)
- Tiny black glass beads (2)
- A piece of down feather
- Small artificial flowers
- ¼" W x 3" L ribbon
- Colored embroidery thread
- Small wooden pot (1)
- Orange acrylic paint
- Paint brush (1)
- Glue gun
- Pattern
How to make it:
Step 1: CARD PATTERN
- Trace and cut out card pattern on design cardstock using scissors and fold in half
Step 2: MAKING THE CHICK
- Mold a piece of modeling clay into a ¾" size ball (for head and face).
- Pinch sides at top with fingers (for top of head).
- Mold a small piece of clay into a cone shape (for beak).
- Place beak on front of face.
- Place two tiny black beads on the chick's face, above the beak (for eyes).
- Mold two 1½" size pieces of modeling clay into wing shapes using wing template as a guide.
- Place chick's head between wings and press together.
- Place chick inside wooden pot and press down (leave wings on outside).
- Gently remove the chick from wooden pot and bake in oven according to the directions of the package. (Sculpey III Polymer Clay recommends 250 degrees for about 20 minutes.)
Step 3: DECORATING THE CHICK
- Paint beak with orange paint.
- Cut a small piece of a down feather and glue to top of head (for the chick's hair).
- Create a tiny bow with 3" L colored thread and glue on top of feathers (cut off excess).
- Glue ¼" W x 3" L piece of ribbon around top edge of pot (cut excess ribbon).
- Glue wooden pot flush to bottom center of card.
- Stuff the wooden pot with green moss.
- Glue chick inside wooden pot.
- Glue an arrangement of small artificial flowers inside wooden pot and around the chick.
Tips:
- You can replace the artificial flowers with a small plant.
Claudine Casault is a craft developer living in Ontario, Canada.
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