Chicks at School

We have some chicks at school.  Chicks, like baby chickens. One of the science teachers taught the kids about the life cycle of chickens and the kids watched as the eggs were incubated and hatched.

Chicks in Science Class
Chick Art Project

They grow so quickly!

Chicks to Chickens

With all the excitement of the hatching chicks, the students were thrilled to create some chick artwork.  Here is a mural/bulletin board that students in grades 2-3 worked together on.

Chick Bulletin Board

Next, we did a step-by-step project in kindergarten to make a nest with birds.

The first step was to cut out a nest from brown paper.  After gluing the nest to paper, they ripped out other papers to add texture to the nest.

Make a Nest
Chick Art Project

The students traced tape rolls and little plastic paint cups to make circles for the body.

Chick Art Project

Then they cut out the body.

Chick Art Project

Beaks were added with construction paper, eyes were drawn on with marker and feathers were glued to the birds.

A collage of two yellow Chicks at School with paper bodies and real feathers, sitting in a brown nest, on a white square background.

I love how the birds all have their own personality.

A blue bulletin board displays children's chick collages made with paper and various materials; a label reads "Chick Collages By the Nest," showing off creative chicks at school.
Two paper cut-out baby chicks, one brown and one yellow, sit on a nest made of layered paper strips and textured materials against a blue background—perfect for a classroom chickens or chicks at school display.

This bird looks like how I would imagine Magritte to make a picture of a chick.

A paper collage showing a yellow chick next to a brown bowl filled with square yellow pieces on a white background, perfect for school projects about chicks.
Two paper chicks with orange beaks sit in a nest made of torn paper and feathers, perfect for a school craft project, on a white background.
A school bulletin board displays children’s adorable chick collages, crafted from yellow paper circles and brown paper scraps, each labeled "Chick Collages" at the top left.
A school craft featuring three yellow paper chicks with orange beaks, black marker details, and real yellow feathers, all arranged on a brown paper background.
A children’s collage, titled Chicks at School, shows two yellow chicks made from paper circles, feathers, and an orange beak, sitting in a brown nest against a blue background.

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