Easter Favor - Bean Bag Chick

This weekend I got a head start on Easter! I'm making these darling chicks for my Easter dinner table to both decorate and give as favors for my guests. I found the idea at Martha Stewart

I had everything I needed in my craft supplies except for the beans and the plastic eggs. It was a great way to use up some leftover yellow fabric I had. I only made a few changes from Martha's directions. I could not find yellow split peas so I used lentils. I used half round black bead eyes for the chicks eyes rather than punching out felt eyes. I also decided to distinguish between male and female by adding some bows tied behind button flowers for the gals. To keep the eggs upright I turned over the other half of the plastic egg and hot glued it to the half that held the chick.

The chicks are really fairly easy to make and I think they are so cute!

Supplies used: 2 pieces of yellow fabric cut 5" X 6" and 2 pieces of white fabric cut 5" X 6" per chick; yellow and orange felt for wings and beak; half round plastic bead eyes for eyes; plastic eggs; Easter grass; lentil beans; ribbon and flower buttons for girl chicks; pinking shears; glue

Should I put a bow tie or something for guys or just leave it plain?

I hope everyone had a wonderful weekend!!

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