easter chick cardEaster duck and Easter chick,
Easter eggs with chocolate thick,
Easter hats for one and all,
Easter bunny makes a call!
Happy Easter always brings,
Such a lot of pleasant things.

What you need…

  • A4 coloured card
  • small circle paper cut out
  • large circle paper cut out
  • yellow feathers (could use tissue paper or cut out your own feathers with card/paper)
  • boggle eyes
  • yellow card beak
  • glue
  • green tissue paper

What to do…

  1. fold your A4 coloured card in half
  2. stick down the small circle and large circle paper cut out onto the card, one on top of the other
  3. with more glue, stick down the yellow feathers (or equivalent) on the large circle cut out
  4. stick down the goggle eyes and beak on the small circle cut out, and the yellow card beak too
  5. scrunch up some green tissue paper and stick down at the base of your card
  6. inside your card, maybe print out the above poem…Happy Easter!!!

then into a little dream adventure…

  • take a visit to the local farm and see the little chicks making their own little adventure around the farmyard!!!
  • how many chicks can you see?
  • understanding a mother chicken is a hen and a father chicken is a cockerel
  • an understanding that chickens lay eggs and chicks hatch from eggs – exploring the life cycle of a chicken
  • read the ‘Easter Chick by Geraldine Elschner’