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Materials needed: - 10 mm plywood - 4 mm scraps of plywood - 4mm wooden dowels (length your choice) - acrylic paints in beige, red, yellow, orange and dark brown - sawing supplies - drill with 2 mm and 4 mm bits - brown florist wire - wooden clothespin Easter Crafts - Spring Crafts - Wood Crafts - Wooden Chicken Recipe Card Holder This clever chicken lends you a helping hand in the kitchen by holding a recipe card while you are cooking. You can of course leave the recipe card away and the chicken makes a cute decoration for any room. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Instructions: Use the picture as a guideline while following the instructions. 1. Print out and trace the body and feet onto the 10 mm plywood and trace the wings, beak and sack onto the 4 mm plywood. Saw all of the pieces down and roughly sand them down. 2. Paint the body, legs (dowels) and wings with beige and let dry. 3. Paint the comb and sack red and paint the beak and feet yellow and let dry. 4. Drybrush all of the edges with dark brown. Additionally dry brush the beak and feet edges with orange. 5. Use brown paint and sprinkle all of the pieces using  a toothbrush. 6. Drill the appropriate holes. The holes for the wings are 2 mm and need to be drilled in the body and on the wings. The holes for the legs are 4 mm and need to drilled into the body and through the feet. 7. Use the wire and attach the wings to the body. Twist off the wire and coil the ends. 8. Glue the beak and sack onto the face. Draw 2 straight lines for the eyes using a fine permanent marker. 9. Glue the clothespin to the right backside of the chicken so that it opens on the edge. 10. Insert the legs into the body and also through the feet. See that the chicken stands straight. You may wish to use wood glue in the holes for extra security. Free Pattern: Chicken Basic wood cutting with a scroll saw tutorial Drybrushing tutorial How to make patterns tutorial Sitting Hen   All patterns, pictures and text found on Craftideas.info are property of the owners of this website and may be only printed out and used for private or non-commercial purposes. It is not permitted to use them on the internet or in any other publication. More wood craft projects for Valentine’s Day, spring and Easter Find more wood crafts for all occasions Find fall and Halloween wood crafts More wood craft projects for Christmas and winter Craft Patterns and Templates Craft Tutorials Drybrushing tutorial Basic wood cutting with a scroll saw tutorial Tips and tricks for paper crafts, card making, etc... Subscribe to Our Free Newsletter       Enter your search terms Submit search form Web www.craftideas.info