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The following Easter craft project is suitable for a wide variety of ages from kindergarten to the ten-year-old. The younger children are amazed at the texture achieved with the tissue paper feathers; while the older ones go all out to cover all the surface so that no white paper shows through the feathers. Younger children may need help spreading the glue so that they don't use too much. I used this as a kindergarten project for many years. The actual process of twisting the tissue paper squares around the eraser end of a pencil can be used in many other ways such as the arrival of spring flowers.

What you'll need:

How to make it:

1. From each wallpaper page cut half an egg shape. Make the straight edge of each sawtooth. The egg would be almost the full length of a page taken from a wallpaper sample book; so I'd estimate each section to be about ten to twelve inches but could be any size you choose.
2. Glue egg sections together so that they looked hinged. The top half looks like it is hatching.

3. On the white paper draw a chick's head -- this will eventually be in the egg opening, so use this as a guide to the chick's size. The chick's head is done full face.
4. Tear or cut yellow tissue paper into small squares. These will be twisted over the eraser end of a pencil. I would use about two inch tissue paper squares for the younger set and an inch to one and a half for the older children.
5. Draw and color eyes on the chick's head. Now cover the remaining space with glue and begin twisting yellow tissue paper around the eraser end of a pencil.
6. Place tissue pieces on chick's head -- using pencil to apply. The twisted tissue paper will resemble feathers.
7. Cut a diamond shape from orange construction paper for the beak. Glue it on the chick's head.
8. Place chick behind hinged egg, so that it is peeking out -- glue, tape or staple in place.
9. Display your masterpiece.

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