Can you believe how quickly Easter is approaching this year! It always throws me off when it comes early.
We decided we needed to get started on our Easter and springtime crafts. We are so ready to move on from winter crafts to bright cheerful springtime crafts.
We started with this super easy Paper Plate Chick.
My kids love to visit our local farm store around Easter and see the baby chicks, ducks, and rabbits. Then I hear for few weeks after about how we need baby chicks. I admit they are really cute, but I don’t think the neighbors would appreciate the cuteness especially as they got older.
Paper Plate Chick Craft
Supplies:
Paper plate
Yellow paint
Yellow feathers
Orange paper
Googly eyes
Glue stick
Directions:
This paper plate chick is really easy to make. With a little help and supervision, it is suitable for kids as young toddlers.
1. Paint paper plate yellow and allow to dry.
2. Glue a few feathers to the top of the paper plate.
3. Glue 2 googly eyes to the front of the paper plate chick.
4. Cut a beak and feet from the orange paper and glue to the plate.
This paper plate chick would also make a great craft when studying farm animals.
Written by About a Mom contributor, Kim. Kim, the mama behind , is a medical social worker turned stay at home mom to three. She enjoys sharing simple crafts and activities, parenting and homemaking tips, and a lot of holiday fun.
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habitat Plenty of food and water Focus and also
love Habitat Your habitat can be a straightforward box, fish tank,
cat carrier, or guinea
pig cage. Line it with old towels and
blankets (with no loosened
strings!) to begin, and after a few weeks utilize straw over paper.
Keep in mind: Avoid using just
paper or various other slipper
surfaces-- or your chicks legs can grow
malformed. You likewise require
something to provide food and
water in, such as a chicken feeder as well as water
recipe from the feed store, or a pickle container
cover for food as well as an animal bird water dispenser from a family pet store. Also, as the chicks grow older you can present a perch
into the habitat to get them
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maintain your chicks heat you should
give them with a warmth source.
This can be as straightforward as a 100 watt
light bulb in a reflective clamp style light from a
hardware shop, or an infrared reptile warmth
bulb likewise work very
well (my
recommendation). Chicks need this
warmth 24/7 till their downy fluff is
replaced with feathers (which can occupy to two months). The newly
hatched need a temperature level
in between 90 and also 100 degrees,
and each week this can
be decreased by
approximately 5 levels approximately. The warmth resource should be on simply one side of the cage
to allow chicks an array of
temperature levels. The chicks are your ideal
thermometer- if they are concealing in the
contrary corner of your heat
lamp, you should
lower the temperature. If
they are surrounding each other under the
warmth (not just snuggling),
you have to include some warmth.
House cleaning
Tidiness is essential and it maintains your chicks healthy. Make certain to transform
the bed linen
frequently and
always give tidy
food as well as water Food and water.
Chicks expand really fast
which calls for a lot of clean
food and water. Give
enough in any way times as well
as inspect
frequently to
stop dehydrated and also
hungry chicks. Chick food is different than adult chicken food, and it can be found in both medicated and non-medicated selections. Feed chick food for the
very first 2 months, after that
switch over to a grower food (~ 17 %
healthy protein) for one more 2 months,
and after that to a slightly
lower protein feed or a level feed
(if you have layers). Soil Some chicks want
to get a head start on taking
dust baths, while others won't occupy that task until they are
older. If you have the space in your chick
unit, present a tray of sand or
dirt for them to bathe in.
Focus as well as love There are a
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out with your chicks. Firstly, they will more than likely bond with you and also
not escape as grownups. Second, if you
examine your chicks daily as well as
view their actions, you could
capture disease or various
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signs. Be sure to
also look at
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chicks are now completely feathery
and its time for them to leave the
safety and security of your house
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