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Fun Chick Spring Activity for Toddlers

March 23, 2018 by Sheryl Cooper

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Inside: These cute chicks are a fun spring activity for toddlers that will also strengthen fine motor skills. Toddlers and preschoolers will love squeezing watercolors onto paper and then covering them with feathers and all the little details! It’s all about the process, but the end result is pretty cute, too.

One of our first spring activities is baby animals. We had bunnies and carrots in the dramatic play area, mother and baby animal matching in the science area, a bunny house in the dramatic play area, and these fun chicks at the art table.

You can see how we set up our classroom for this spring animal theme here!

When I was planning this activity, I wanted it to include using pipettes, since our 2 and 3 year olds have loved using them lately, and it’s a great pre-writing activity.

Then we added feathers and all the other little details and our chicks were created. I can’t wait to display them in our classroom!

Fun Chick Spring Activity for Toddlers and Preschoolers

Fun Chick Spring Activity for Toddlers 

What to use:

White paper cut into circles (or flattened round coffee filters)

Yellow liquid watercolors

Pipettes

Feathers (pick out the colors you want)

Orange paper scraps for beak and feet

Wiggly eyes

White glue

A solid piece of paper to glue everything on

The watercolor process:

Place the circles on a tray and pour the yellow liquid watercolors into a container, diluting it with water to desired strength.

Add the pipette.

Fun Chick Spring Activity for Toddlers and Preschoolers

Invite the children to squeeze the watercolors onto the circles.

Let dry. (We did this in 2 steps, so the watercolors were one day and the details were the next.)

Fun Chick Spring Activity for Toddlers and Preschoolers

Adding the details:

Glue the yellow painted circles onto a solid colored piece of paper.

Place the feathers in a container.

Invite the children to squeeze glue onto the yellow circles and then press the feathers on top.

Fun Chick Spring Activity for Toddlers and Preschoolers

Then add the eyes.

Fun Chick Spring Activity for Toddlers and Preschoolers

And then add the beak and feet.

Fun Chick Spring Activity for Toddlers and Preschoolers

What I love is that no 2 looked alike.

Each had their own personality, created by the artist.

Fun Chick Spring Activity for Toddlers and Preschoolers

Fun Chick Spring Activity for Toddlers and Preschoolers

More spring activities:

Too Many Carrots Spring Sensory Bin

Egg Carton Caterpillars

Rainy Weather Sensory Bin

Fun Chick Spring Activity for Toddlers and Preschoolers

Planning your spring theme? We’ve done the work for you!

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24 preschool learning activities for your colors theme, including literacy, math, science, art, fine motor, and more! A great resource for teachers and homeschoolers.

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About Sheryl Cooper

Sheryl Cooper is the founder of Teaching 2 and 3 Year Olds, a website full of activities for toddlers and preschoolers. She has been teaching this age group for over 20 years and loves to share her passion with teachers, parents, grandparents, and anyone with young children in their lives.

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