Chick Pop-Up Card Craft

This Chick Pop-Up Card Craft is a sweet and cheerful Easter activity for kids. It is a fun way to practice cutting, folding, and gluing while making a handmade card to share with someone special. Kids will love watching the little chick pop out of the egg, and family members will love receiving this cute Easter surprise.

Fun Facts

Eggs & Chicks (which come from eggs!) are now often the main thing that people think of if you say Easter. Having eggs to eat, especially at Easter, seems to come from the middle ages in Europe. During Lent, in the 40 days before Easter, most people took part in a fast and didn’t eat certain foods, including dairy items like milk and eggs. So after eating no eggs for several weeks, they would have been a real treat to eat at Easter when the fast was over! Source: Why Easter? – Eggs and Chicks

Supplies

• White card stock or construction paper
• Scissors
• Glue sticks
• Crayons, markers, or colored pencils (optional)

Instructions

1. Print out the color or black and white version of the Chick Pop-Up Card template. If you are using the black and white version, color the pieces before cutting them out. This makes the project easier to assemble.
2. Carefully cut out all of the pieces from the printable template.
3. Fold the egg circle in half along the dotted line. Cut on the solid line through both halves to create the opening in the egg.
4. Using the picture as a guide, glue the wings and the top eggshell piece in place.
5. Insert the chick into the slot you created in the egg. Glue the chick to the front of the egg, using the reference picture to help with placement.
6. Let the glue dry, then open and close the card gently to see the chick pop up.
7. Give your finished Easter card to a friend, family member, teacher, or grandparent.

Patterns, Templates and Printables

Click on a pattern to open it in a new window and print it at the correct size.