Materials:

1 sheet of white craft foam or poster board (for egg shell)

1 sheet of yellow craft foam or poster board (for chick)

1 sheet of orange craft foam or poster board or an orange marker (for beak)

Fine tip black marker

Glue

Sharp pencil

Scissors

Brad fastener

Adhesive magnetic dots or strips (optional)

Directions: Cut out the patterns. Place them on the appropriate color of foam or poster board and draw

around them. Cut them out. Glue the orange beak onto the chicks face or use an orange marker to draw it on

the face. Draw the eyes with the black marker. Using the pencil, poke a hole through the dots at the bottom

of the patterns. Insert the brad fastener through the foam pieces in this order: #1, #2 and #3. If desired, at-

tach an adhesive magnetic to the back of the chick. Open and close the shell to show how a chick hatches.

Submitted by: Sheila Meyer, 4-H Program Assistant and

Joyce Shriner, Extension Educator,

FCS/County Extension Director,

OSU Extension, Hocking County, Ohio.