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Tissue Paper Chicks Egg Decorating for Preschool

April 11, 2019

Aaargh EASTER Crafts already?! I hear you exclaim? What? But Easter is aaaages away… yes yes, I know, but… the kids don’t really care that we made Easter Eggs Chicks already, they just had fun.

If you want to make these, you have to start on some egg blowing (check out how on my How To Make Easter Eggs Post)  and collecting of empty egg shells.

These make great Easter Craft for Preschoolers beginning to learn how to handle precious egg shells!

Collection of Tissue Paper Chicks in Egg Carton. Easy Egg Decorating for Preschool

These Tissue Paper Chicks where first shared in Februrary 2012 and updated for your convenience!

I saw some tissue paper wibbly wobbly eggs on 5 Orange Potatoes and really wanted to try the “Tissue paper” technique  out! So Easter Eggs Chicks you have!

We have made Easter Birds last year – but last year, I painted them first and Red Ted helped me decorate. What I love about these tissue paper chicks, is that both children could join in MORE. Red Ted (4) managed it all himself AND they can now play with our rooster and birds, as they are not as fragile as your traditional decorated egg shells. Perfect.

Tissue Paper Chicks – Materials:

Tissue paper bird Eggs in Egg Carton (very colourful and with feathers)

  • “Blown Egg Shells” (see links below),
  • upcycled Tissue paper,
  • PVA or Mod Podge,
  • things for decorating – we used googly eyes, feathers and funky foam.

How to Make Tissue Paper Chicks:

1) Blow your eggs and make sure are fully dried. Cut your tissue paper into strips and squares.

Preschooler adding glue to tissue paper to cover an egg shell

2) Add glue to your strips of tissue paper and then wrap the paper around you egg. Add several layers. You can use a small brush if you don’t want sticky fingers! Pip Squeak actually broke one of the eggs whilst we were doing it (she decided it bang it on the table)… but with the tissue paper we just patched up the hole and used the egg anyway! You can see the tend, if you look for it, but I don’t think it matters!

Preschooler adding googly eyes to tissue paper egg

3) Let your tissue paper chicks dry. Add your googly eyes, beaks, roosters combs and feathers. The children chose all the colours, which I adore.

Easy peasy and cute as newly hatched chicks! Aren’t these Tissue Paper Chicks simply wonderful? I love that even YOUNG children can help make these!

Check out our Tissue Paper Chicks Rogues’ Gallery, we LOVE the Rooster:

Red Ted’s Chicks

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Pip Squeaks:

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And here all the Easter chicks together:

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More from Red Ted Art – 20+ Bunny Crafts and 20+ Chick Crafts

Collage of bunny crafts  Collage of chick crafts

Check out the rest of our Easter Crafts for Preschoolers:

Collage of Easter crafts for preschoolers

As well as our Easter Egg Decorating ideas:

Have you made any Easter Eggs yet? What are your Easter egg decorating ideas? Have you had a go at these cute Tissue Paper Chicks?! Let me see your photos by tagging me @redtedart on instagram!

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Comments

  1. Rashmie @ Mommy Labs says

    February 22, 2012 at 8:40 am

    woohoo – these chicks are adorable and the most colourful lot! I loved the patterned one too!
    I\’m sure I\’m going to try these.

    Congratulations for the very creative – Creative With Kids to join you. May your tribe keep increasing and expanding! 🙂

    Reply
  2. Ali says

    February 22, 2012 at 9:26 am

    They are the cutest little easter chicks. I want some…

    Reply
  3. Mummy..Mummy..MUM!! says

    February 22, 2012 at 9:37 am

    Oh Maggy, they are gorgeous. xx

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  4. Red Ted Art says

    February 22, 2012 at 10:27 am

    Aaaah thank you all! And we had fun making them AND most importantly, they don\’t break (well unless you play tennis with them)… ours have been dropped on a number of occassions!

    Reply
  5. Multiple Mummy says

    February 22, 2012 at 12:02 pm

    They are so cute and the love the picture of them in a line! Brilliant.

    Reply
  6. Little Wonders\' Days says

    February 22, 2012 at 12:31 pm

    These are darling little chicks!

    Reply
  7. @BlueBearWood says

    February 22, 2012 at 12:55 pm

    ooh ooh! Other me has same same but different coming up soon. Love things like this so much fun for adults and kids 🙂

    Reply
  8. Bernadette - Mom to 2 Posh Lil Divas says

    February 22, 2012 at 1:37 pm

    love these eggs! How some humble tissue paper & feathers transformed them into something so fun & cute!

    How fab that Alissa is co-hosting! yay! 🙂

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  9. Red Ted Art says

    February 22, 2012 at 2:20 pm

    @Bluebear can\’t wait to see what you made!!

    @Bernadette – thank you 🙂 and all the tissue paper was recycled from gifts too! Yay! And yes, Hoorah to Alissa!

    Reply
  10. MotherWifeMe says

    February 22, 2012 at 2:38 pm

    OMG, OMG, OMG they are just the coolest, cutest ever. So much so, I\’ve pinned a pic of the super cute red one straight onto my Pinterest \’Magpie Gems\’ board.

    Given I was banging onto you on Twitter yesterday about Easter making me think (pretty much solely) about chocolate, you have actually given Easter another reason (other than the religious bits natch!) to exist in my psyche! Thank you!!

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    • Red Ted Art says

      February 22, 2012 at 4:29 pm

      LOL @motherwoifeme that is the best comment! Hooray for giving Easter new meaning for you!!!

      Reply
  11. emma says

    February 22, 2012 at 4:20 pm

    I love them, they\’re fabulous, I will be pinning them for reference when I\’m doing my Easter services, thanks

    Reply
  12. Daria says

    February 23, 2012 at 5:34 pm

    OMG – this is adorable! Perfect fun, tactile and just too cute. Thanks for a great craft!

    Reply
  13. Amanda says

    February 23, 2012 at 8:01 pm

    They are gorgeous so colourful!

    Reply
  14. Lilac says

    February 23, 2012 at 8:27 pm

    These are so adorable! I can\’t wait to make these chicks with my kids – they will love them..

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  15. Red Ted Art says

    February 23, 2012 at 8:44 pm

    Thank you all for your LOVELY comments! *BEAM*

    Reply
  16. Vicky says

    February 24, 2012 at 7:07 pm

    Just pinned these cuties. They are just the cutest thing ever!

    Reply
  17. Carrie @ Crafty Moms Share says

    February 25, 2012 at 2:58 am

    These are adorable!! Would love it if you would share them at Sharing Saturday!! Thank you!!

    Reply
    • Red Ted Art says

      February 25, 2012 at 10:20 am

      Thank you and will do!!

      Reply
  18. Liz Burton says

    February 27, 2012 at 9:38 pm

    These are so cute! Not sure I can face blowing any more eggs though!

    Reply
    • Red Ted Art says

      February 28, 2012 at 7:35 am

      Ah yes, I understand that – do you know, quite how many I eggs I have blown this “season”… quite crazy….

      Reply
  19. Mummy..Mummy..MUM!! says

    February 29, 2012 at 9:21 pm

    They are just too cute Maggy.

    I was talking about egg decorating with some friends and we thought the girls might be a bit rough with them and break them. I love the tissue paper idea.

    Thanks for linking to Fun Sparks. x

    Reply
  20. Carrie @ Crafty Moms Share says

    March 3, 2012 at 1:38 am

    Thank you for sharing at Sharing Saturday! I hope you will share with us again this week!

    Reply
  21. Suzy says

    March 12, 2012 at 12:22 pm

    Oohh! I love these. I think I will have to get easter eggs crafty with the girl this weekend. So glad I found you!

    Reply
  22. Miriam Faulkner says

    April 4, 2012 at 8:40 pm

    These are great! I love them especially as, for some odd reason, I always have spare tissue paper, googly eyes, glue and eggs in the house! Also a great craft that both my children can take part in – I have a just 3 year old boy and a soon to be 8 year old girl and struggle to find all encompassing crafts for them to do together. Thank you and a very happy Easter!

    Reply
  23. Georgina says

    April 15, 2013 at 5:39 pm

    Just featured this on my feathers roundup! http://craftulate.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/15-feather-crafts-for-children.html

    Reply
    • Red Ted Art says

      April 15, 2013 at 7:49 pm

      oooh thank you!

      Reply
  24. N Ellis says

    March 26, 2018 at 2:28 pm

    Such playful, creative, and cute decoration! It gives me an idea how to decorate ours for the upcoming Easter Sunday. Thnaks f

    Reply
    • Red Ted Art says

      March 26, 2018 at 4:57 pm

      My pleasure

      Reply

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