Use feathers as accents for chicken crafts.
Whether you're teaching children about chickens or you're a fan of the barnyard animal yourself, consider creating chicken crafts. Making these crafts can serve as an engaging way for students to learn about chickens as you teach them about the animals. Chicken crafts can be used as decorative accents or can be used as an outlet to showcase your affection for the animals.
Jar Chickens
Transform empty glass jars into chickens. Remove the label from and clean out a glass jar. Paint the outside of the jar yellow and allow it to dry. Once dry, glue yellow feathers around the back of the jar, attach googly eyes to the front and cut a square from orange craft foam and glue it below the eyes as a beak. Display a candle in the completed craft, use it to hold small items, such as paperclips or toothpicks, or simply set it on a shelf or a counter as a country accent in a room.
Hatching Chick
Create a craft that resembles a chicken hatching from an egg. Glue two yellow craft pom-poms together, creating the head and body of a chicken. Glue two googly eyes to one of the pom-poms and cut a triangle from orange craft foam and glue it to the same pom-pom, creating a beak. Attach a few yellow feathers to the second pom-pom and glue the chick into the bottom half of a plastic egg. Affix a flat plastic lid from a gallon of milk to the exterior bottom of the egg, which will enable the craft to stand up. Use this craft to teach children how chickens are born or use it as a decoration for your home.
Paper Plate Rooster
Make the face of a rooster from a paper plate. Cut out a triangle from yellow construction paper. Fold up a small piece of the base of the triangle, run glue along the folded piece and press it onto the center of the back of the paper plate, creating a beak for the rooster. Glue two googly eyes above the beak and glue a few red feathers to the top rim of the paper plate. The complete craft will resemble a rooster's face. Hang the craft on a wall or teach children about roosters while they create the craft.
Fingerprint Chickens
Make a collection of chickens from fingerprints. Dip an index finger into yellow paint and press it onto a sheet of paper; create as many fingerprints as you want chickens. Use an orange marker to draw feet onto the bottom of the fingerprints and use a black marker to draw eyes and a beak onto the top portion of the fingerprints. Use crayons or markers to draw a fence and other barnyard features around the chicken fingerprints. Talk about how chickens live on farms while creating this craft or frame the craft to make a whimsical decoration.
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