If you are looking for a super easy, super cute Easter craft than look no further than these adorably quick egg carton chickens. Perfect for holding chocolate – or real – eggs and a lot of fun to make, below are the step-by-step instructions of how you too can make these little fellas!
What you will need
- Empty egg carton with the lid removed
- Scissors
- Hot glue gun
- Paint (optional)
- A sheet of red and yellow felt (not too thin)
- Feathers
- Craft eyes
Step 1
Cut out the chicken shapes from the egg carton, as per the image above. You should be able to get at least four out of a normal carton.
Step 2
Once you have cut them out, with the hot glue gun add a set of craft eyes to each of the chickens. I actually painted one of the chickens above white beforehand. You can paint the chickens any base colour you like or leave them as the natural, egg carton colour.
Step 3
Cut the following shapes out of the felt sheets. From the yellow, a small yellow square that is folded diagonally along the centre. From the red, a heart shape with a straight base (no point) and a small ‘chicken comb’ shape. With the hot glue gun, stick these onto the carton chickens as per the above picture.
HINT: It helps to put a small dot of glue in the centre of the folded yellow square. This will allow it to open like a beak but not completely open back up to square shape.
Step 4
Glue a selection of feathers onto each side of the chicken.
Step 5
And just like that – the egg carton little chickens are done. These are now the perfect little egg holders!
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