Spring time often makes one think of bunnies and baby chickens and other baby animals. This hatching chick tissue paper suncatcher is the perfect spring craft.

This is an excellent project for preschoolers and kindergartners to do, but it’s one of our fun tissue paper crafts for kids of all ages.

It’s a quick, easy and inexpensive craft you can do at home or in your classroom at school.

When you are done, place these in a window for an awesome faux stained glass look!

Finished hatching chick suncatcher craft made with tissue paper and construction paper hanging on sunny window.

More Easter Activities for Kids

Are you looking for more Easter themed crafts and activities your children can do? Here are a few ideas:

Tissue Paper Hatching Chick Easter Egg Craft

These hatching chick suncatchers use just a few common craft supplies and take less than 30 minutes to complete.

It’s a quick and easy project to include in a spring themed art center or for a fun Easter craft for kids.

Plus, just look at how lovely it looks hung up in a window with the sun streaming through!

Making these tissue paper suncatchers is a fun fine motor activity for preschool and kindergarten children that provides cutting and gluing practice.

Easter egg template on white printer paper laying on table. It is half filled with glued on colorful tissue paper squares.

Older children will also enjoy this quick craft that they can complete independently.

It’s also the perfect craft project if you want the kids to craft with minimal mess.

If you don’t have tissue paper on hand, you can have kids paint or color the eggs with crayon or marker.

You can also use the template without decorating the egg for a chicken life cycle craft.

Completed hatching chick suncatcher craft. Egg is made with colorful tissue paper glued to white printer paper. Egg is cut in half in a zig zag pattern. Baby chicken made with construction paper and googly eyes is glued between opening of egg halves.

Hatching Chick Suncatcher Craft Supplies:

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Medium Egg Craft Template (available for free by filling out the form at the bottom of this post)
Tissue paper in a variety of bright or pastel spring colors
Construction Paper in yellow and orange
Googly eyes
Scissors
Glue
Round object for tracing
Pencil, for tracing
Scotch(R) Removable Wall Mounting Tabs (optional)

Cup, bottle of glue, Easter egg template on white paper, googly eyes, pencil, yellow and orange construction paper, red handled scissors, and an assortment of bright colored tissue paper squares on table.

How to Make a Hatching Chick Tissue Paper Suncatcher:

First you will need to download and print out our printable medium egg craft template.

I recommend using regular printer paper for this project. The light will shine through plain printer paper easier than cardstock.

Easter egg printable template laying on table next to tissue paper squares in a variety of colors and a bottle of glue.

Next you will need to cut your tissue paper into small one inch squares in a variety of bright and/or pastel colors (i.e. pinks, greens, oranges, yellows, purples and blues).

You can also buy pre-cut tissue paper squares for a quick and easy project.

Younger children could also rip the tissue paper into smaller pieces and older children could cut their own.

Then it is time to start gluing! Use regular liquid glue or a glue stick to cover the entire egg shape with tissue paper.

Easter egg template completely covered with glued on tissue paper squares in bright colors.

It’s okay if the tissue paper overlaps or goes over the edges of the template.

Set the egg aside to dry.

While the egg is drying, prep your other materials.

Find an approximately 4” round object for tracing.

Trace and then cut out your circle on yellow construction paper.

Circle traced on yellow construction paper using a small Pyrex lid.

Also, cut two 2” wing shapes from the yellow construction paper.

Using your orange construction paper, cut one corner off to form a triangle shape for the beak.

Circle and two small wing shapes cut out of yellow construction paper. Small orange triangle cut out of construction paper for chicken's beak.

You will also need 2 googly eyes.

Once the glue on the egg is dry, cut out the template.

Now cut your egg about halfway down across in a zig-zag pattern.

Colorful tissue paper covered egg cut out of template and cut in half with zig zag.

Helpful tip: Trace a zig-zag pattern on the back of the egg first to serve as a cutting guide.

Using your glue, attach the cut egg to the top and bottom of your round yellow circle. Then add your eyes, wings and beak.

Yellow circle body for baby chick glued behind hatching egg pieces. Paper wings, beak, and googly eyes laying on table next to craft project waiting to be added.

Now you have an adorable hatching chick suncatcher to hang in the window and enjoy!

Use these removable mounting tabs to make it super easy to display in a window around your home or classroom.

Hatching baby chick suncatcher craft made with tissue paper and construction paper hanging in sunny window.

More Easter Crafts:

More Suncatcher Crafts:

Hatching Chick Tissue Paper Suncatcher

Yield: 1

Prep Time: 5 minutes

Active Time: 20 minutes

Total Time: 25 minutes

Difficulty: Easy

Estimated Cost: $5 or less

This hatching chick tissue paper suncatcher makes a cute spring craft for kids that you can hang in the window afterwards!

Materials

Medium Egg Craft Template
Tissue paper in a variety of bright or pastel spring colors
Construction Paper in yellow and orange
Googly eyes

Tools

Scissors
Glue
Round object for tracing
Pencil, for tracing
Scotch(R) Removable Wall Mounting Tabs (optional)

Instructions

First you will need to download and print out our printable medium egg craft template.
Cut your tissue paper into small one inch squares in a variety of bright and/or pastel colors (i.e. pinks, greens, oranges, yellows, purples and blues). You can also buy pre-cut tissue paper squares for a quick and easy project. Younger children could also rip the tissue paper into smaller pieces and older children could cut their own.
Then it is time to start gluing! Use regular liquid glue or a glue stick to cover the entire egg shape with tissue paper. It’s okay if the tissue paper overlaps or goes over the edges of the template.
Set the egg aside to dry. While the egg is drying, prep your other materials.
Find an approximately 4” round object for tracing.
Trace and then cut out your circle on yellow construction paper.
Also, cut two 2” wing shapes from the yellow construction paper.
Using your orange construction paper, cut one corner off to form a triangle shape for the beak.
You will also need 2 googly eyes.
Once the glue on the egg is dry, cut out the template.
Now cut your egg about halfway down across in a zig-zag pattern. Helpful tip: Trace a zig-zag pattern on the back of the egg first to serve as a cutting guide.
Using your glue, attach the cut egg to the top and bottom of your round yellow circle. Then add your eyes, wings and beak.
Now you have an adorable hatching chick suncatcher to hang in the window and enjoy!

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