Simple, adorable and fun!
Materials: cardboard, scissors, yarn, googly eyes, orange construction paper, glue, ruler (optional)
- Cut an oval out of your cardboard *Children can identify the shape
- Cut small slats around the perimeter of the oval to keep the yarn from sliding
- Cut a long piece of yarn (you can always add more if needed by tying the ends together) *Children can identify the color of the yarn and practice measuring how long the yarn is with a ruler to work on number identification
- Tape one end of the yarn to the back of the cardboard
- Wrap the oval in yarn while occasionally sticking it through the slats *Children can count how many times they wrap the yarn around the oval
- Tie the end of the yarn to the back of the chick
- Use the orange construction paper to cut out a triangular beak and two legs *Children can identify the color of the paper and the shape of the beak. 2 year olds can practice cutting the triangle hand over hand while children 3 and up can cut it independently with supervision
- Glue down the eyes and beak to the front of the chick and the legs to the underside of the chick
- Enjoy!