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Posted 2015-03-21 by Oxford Explorer ⇒ follow

Kids will enjoy decorating the house with these simple Easter chicks made from painted polystyrene balls. You can find the balls and pipe cleaners at any discount variety store or craft shop.

Easter Chick Decoration

Time: 30 minutes
Age: Under 5's
Level: Easy

Materials

2 polystyrene balls

Yellow paint

Paintbrush

1 brown pipe cleaner

1 red pipe cleaner

4 blue pins

Method

Paint the polystyrene balls all over with yellow paint.

Paint the balls

Once the paint has dried, cut the brown pipe cleaner to make two "chicken" legs for each chicken, and curl the ends around to make their "chicken feet". Insert the brown pipe cleaners into the bottom of the ball.