Easter Crafts

Beady Babies
These baby chicks are so easy to make, you can have an entire clutch ready in time for Easter.
Materials
2 round wooden beads (we used one 16-millimeter and one 25-millimeter bead) with holes large enough for a doubled Pipe cleaner to fit through
6-inch pipe cleaners Acrylic paint
Craft feather Fine-point marker
Instructions
First, paint the beads with acrylic paint. When they have dried, bend a 6-inch pipe cleaner in half, sandwiching the end of a tiny craft feather in the fold.
Thread the smaller bead onto the opposite end of the pipe cleaner and slide the bead up to hide the bottom of the feather.
Thread the larger bead onto the pipe cleaner, then bend the ends of the pipe cleaner into feet.
Finally, use a fine-point marker to give your little chick eyes and a tiny beak.

Easter Topiary Tree
Materials
6-inch Styrofoam Ball Foot-long Wooden Dowel
Glue 6-inch Terra-Cotta Pot
Plaster Easter Grass
2 Layers of Tulle (1 purple, 1 yellow) or Acrylic Paint Ribbons
Round Toothpicks Round, Foil-Wrapped Chocolates
Instructions
Poke a 6-inch Styrofoam ball onto a foot-long wooden dowel and glue the ball in place.
Fill a decorated 6-inch terra-cotta pot with plaster--first glue a piece of Styrofoam over the hole at the bottom--and push the dowel into the still-wet plaster. After the plaster sets, glue Easter grass on its surface.
So the Styrofoam doesn't show through, cover the ball in 2 layers of tulle (1 purple, 1 yellow), which you can gather tightly around the dowel with ribbons (you could also just paint the ball with acrylic paint).
Use round toothpicks to cover the ball with chocolates, poking one end into the chocolate and the other into the ball.

Easter Chick Card
What you'll need:
Print the Easter Chick Card sheet (PDF) 2 sheets of yellow construction paper
1 sheet of orange construction paper 2 paper fasteners
2 large wiggle eyes White craft glue
Scissors Pencil
Black permanent marker or dark crayon
How to make it:
Trace child's hands onto yellow construction paper and cut out.
Use the oval pattern or draw an oval onto the other yellow piece of construction paper. Cut out.
Lay the oval on the table and position the wings (hand cut outs) behind it, using the photo as a guide.
When the wings are where you want them, carefully poke the fasteners through the construction paper to attach the wings. Using fasteners allows the wings to flap up and down.
Using the pattern provided, cut out beak and legs from the orange construction paper.
Fold the diamond in half to create the beak and glue one side of the diamond to the yellow paper so that the beak is three dimensional and can open and close.
Glue wiggle eyes above the beak.
Position the legs under the oval. When you have them where you want them, glue them in place.
Use the marker or dark crayon to write a message on the front of the card.
Tips:
If you don't have wiggle eyes you can simply draw eyes on with a marker, or use black and white construction paper to create your own.
If you have it available, cardstock is much sturdier than construction paper and will resist tears better.
Before poking the fasteners through the body of the chick, use a sharp pencil to poke a hole through. Then insert the fastener.