Easter Chick Paper Cup Craft
A yellow paper cup with orange feet, a felt beak, and googly eyes becomes an instantly recognizable Easter chick — and the transformation from plain cup to charming bird takes about 20 minutes. This craft doubles as a container (fill the inside with small Easter treats) and a decoration that looks cheerful on any Easter table.
What You'll Need
- Yellow paper cup — standard 9-ounce size
- Yellow and orange construction paper
- Googly eyes — two per chick
- Orange felt or foam — for the beak and feet
- Yellow paint — if the cup is white
- Glue — craft glue or hot glue for the adult to use
- Optional: yellow feathers — for extra fluffiness
How to Do It
Step 1: Prepare the cup. If your cup is white, paint it yellow and let dry. Yellow cups from party supply stores skip this step.
Step 2: Cut the wings. Trace and cut two small oval wing shapes from yellow construction paper. Curl the edges slightly by wrapping around a pencil.
Step 3: Make the beak. Cut a small diamond from orange felt or foam. Fold in half for a 3D beak.
Step 4: Make the feet. Cut two simple three-toed feet from orange construction paper. They should be flat and wide enough to help the chick stand.
Step 5: Assemble. Glue the feet to the bottom of the cup (the open end, so the cup stands upside-down). Glue the wings to the sides. Glue the beak about a third of the way down from the top. Glue on googly eyes just above the beak.
Step 6: Add feathers (optional). Glue a few yellow feathers to the top of the cup for fluffy baby-chick hair.
Skills Your Child Will Develop
Three-dimensional assembly — Building a figure from components teaches spatial relationships.
Facial feature placement — Understanding where eyes, beak, and wings go relative to each other is a body-awareness concept.
Sequencing — Following assembly steps in the right order builds procedural thinking.
Tips & Variations
- Make a family of chicks in different sizes using different cup sizes.
- Fill the inside with jelly beans and use as an Easter table favor.
- Make a duck version with different proportions and a flat duck bill.
- Add a small spring of dried flowers to the top of each chick for an Easter centerpiece.
My Two Cents
Flip the cup so the open end is down and the flat bottom faces up — this gives the chick a dome head shape and helps it stand stably. Adult use of hot glue for the assembly makes the finished chick much more durable.
