Easter Chick Basket

Create this cute Easter chick basket that's perfect for holding Easter eggs and goodies.

Materials Needed

Paper bowl
Yellow paper
Craft foam
Crayons
White glue or liquid glue
Wiggle eyes (optional)
Stapler
Pencil
Scissors
Things to decorate your basket:
small craft foam shapes, puffy
paint, stickers, etc.

Young kids (3 to 8 years) should use child-safe scissors.
Keep the stapler out of children's reach.
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	1.	Find a paper bowl that is deep enough and sturdy enough to safely hold your Easter eggs or goodies.
	2.	Draw zigzag lines along the bowl's rim.
	3.	Cut along the zigzag lines to come up with the chick's hatched egg shell.
	4.	Make your Easter chick either by: a.) Printing out the Easter chick template.
		b.) Drawing three basic parts: 2 triangles for the wings and a main body made up of a circle and a triangle. Drawing your own chick is actually better since you can tailor the chick's size to that of your bowl and you can use any kind of paper (e.g. craft foam or felt sheets).
	5.	Cut out the pieces.
	6.	Create a face for your chick by: a.) Drawing with crayons;
		b.) Or by gluing on a pair of wiggles eyes and a pair of little orange triangles for the mouth.
	7.	Slightly curl the wing tips with a pencil.
	8.	Apply glue at the bottom edge of the chick's body.
	9.	Glue the chick inside the bowl.
	10.	Glue the wings on either side of the chick.
	11.	Cut a strip of craft foam and staple its ends onto the bowl to create a handle.
	12.	You can further decorate the handle with stickers, puffy paint, glitter glue, or by gluing on small craft foam shapes.
	13.	Let the glue dry before using your basket.

Instead of using brand new paper bowls for your art crafts, why not recycle noodle bowls and other food containers into wonderful projects? It takes an additional step to be able to paint on and work on these commonly printed and plastic-based materials. Painting or "priming" the recycled bowls with a layer or two of white acrylic paint will make them into great alternatives for your paper bowl craft projects like this Easter Chick Basket craft.
When it's finally time to dispose of, or dismantle your craft project, sort out the materials that you can re-use (e.g. wiggle eyes, craft foam pieces, etc.) for future craft projects.