A variation on our cute brown playdough Bird Nests
This activity concentrates on cutting different mediums of collage type materials,
so that the children & adults can recreate all the parts meed to make a chick. Click to visit Magical's ~ Playdough Bird Nests
Selection of yellow & Orange papers & materials
Yellow Playdough
Pencil – tool for making the bird eye impressions
Scissors
ACTIVITY
Explore the body parts that make up a Chick.
Which part are the children most familiar with?
Head
Beak
Eyes
Body
Wings
Legs or Talons
INSTRUCTIONS Display and talk about the papers & foils, fabrics, foam & plastics that you have collected as materials to make your chicks. Cut wings, beaks and talons if wanted. Make the basic Chick head and body by rolling 2 balls of dough.
Join the two together.
Push the cut out features into place on the chick.
The Chicks eyes can be made with a pencil tip or modelling tool.
Display and talk about the papers & foils, fabrics, foam & plastics that you have collected as materials to make your chicks.
