Chick Puppet

To make a chick puppet, you will need:

- 4 stiff cards 300 g/m² in A4 format (yellow, red, orange, white)

- a 15 cm wooden stick

- about 80 cm of polyester cord

- a hole punch

- 2 split pins (length: 2 cm)

- a pair of scissors

- a stick of white glue

- a black marker

To create the body of the chick, cut out an egg shape about 20 cm tall from a sturdy yellow cardstock.

Cut out:

- the wings of the chick from a sturdy yellow card (length of a wing: approximately 10 cm)

- the beak of the chick from a sturdy orange card

- the comb of the chick from a sturdy red card

- the 2 eyes of the chick from a sturdy white card

With a glue stick, attach the eyes, beak, and crest of the chick (Note: do not attach the wings!)

Draw the pupils of the eyes using a black marker.

To create the eggshell, place the chick's body on a sturdy white card and trace the outline with a pencil.

Then, hand-draw the 'broken line' of the eggshell and cut out the sturdy white card following your outline.

With a stick of white glue, stick the shell to the bottom part of the chick's body.

Using a stick of white glue, attach a wooden stick to the back of the chick so you can hold the puppet in your hand.

Using a hole punch, make 3 holes of Ø 3 mm:

- the first on the right side of the chick at the height of the beak

- the second at the tip of the right wing of the chick (at the level of the 'shoulder')

- the third about 1 cm below the second

Make 3 more holes placed in the same spots on the left side and left wing of the chick.

Attach the wings to the body of the chick using 2 cm length brass fasteners.

The 2 brass fasteners will go through holes numbered 1 and 3 in the photo from the previous step.

Cut a piece of polyester thread about 80 cm long, pass it through the holes at the ends of the chick's wings, then tie a double knot as shown in the picture on the side.

To make the chick's wings move, simply hold the puppet in one hand and pull the string down with the other hand, easy!