How to Make a Soft Terry Cloth Easter Chick for a Baby or Toddler

You can use a yellow towel, cotton velour or terry cloth fabric to make this Easter chick for your toddler or baby. Cut two pieces of fabric out that are 12 inches wide and 24 inches long. If you use a large bath towel and fold it in half making it close to a square, cut it, and fold and cut again, it will work too. Lay the two pieces face side together and cut a corner away. The cut away piece will be shaped like a triangle that measures 5 inches. To do this find the 5 inch mark on the tape measure and use it as the base of the triangle with the fabric line on each side of the corner as the legs of the triangle. You can eyeball the line across the so that the legs of the triangle are equal. Cut all four corners. You need to lay the pieces aside while you cut the other pieces.

Take a large piece of paper to draw the beak. You need to make a diamond shape. First draw a 9" line on the paper and mark the middle. Next put the 5-inch mark of a ruler on the middle that you just marked and draw a 10-inch intersecting line. Connect the ends of the lines with a straight edge. You should have a perfect diamond. Cut two of these from orange felt. Put these two pieces right sides together and stitch most of the way around, leaving an opening to turn inside out. If want to make the beak from a soft terry or other material you will need to cut a piece of thin foam and lay it on top of the two pieces before sewing. When you turn it right side out the foam will be on the inside to give additional support.

Stitch the opening shut and top stitch 1/2 inch from the edge all the way around. Next topstitch across the middle on the 9-inch line.

Use one of the yellow terry cloth rectangles cut earlier and drop about 7 inches from the top to sew on the eyes. You can use buttons, craft eyes, embroidery or black and white felt. If you are making the Easter Chick for younger children you should use either embroidered eyes (Use black as an outline, white thread for the whites, and black in the center for the pupils.) or felt. (Glue a white circle onto a larger black one with a smaller black circle in the center for the pupil. As an extra precaution stitch these together and then stitch onto the terry cloth.)

Once the eyes are on the body you can stitch the beak on directly below by stitching a line straight across the center seam.

Put this piece of terry with another and pin them together, right sides facing. The beak will be on the inside. Stitch the pieces together rounding out the upper corners and making them more oval. Leave an opening on the bottom to turn right side out and stuff with machine washable fiberfill. Stitch the opening shut by hand.

Cut four 6 1/2 by 9 1/2 inch rectangles from the same orange fabric that you used for the beak. If you use felt make it 6 X9 inches. Lay two pieces of fabric on top of each other right face in. Do the same with the second two pieces and stack it on top of the first. The 6-inch width should be across the top and bottom. Cut the corners leaving a 5-inch line (if other than felt) across the top. If you are using felt match it to the angle at the bottom corner angle of the chick. Round out the corners slightly at the bottom.

Topstitch felt wrong sides together, all the way around, except an opening that you will stuff. Put the right sides together of material that is not felt, stitch together, leaving an opening to turn right side out. Turn right side out. Whether you are using felt or other material you will now stuff them feet lightly. For non-felt, turn the edge in and topstitch all the way around. For the felt just complete the topstitching. Attach the top edge of the rectangle with the cut corner to the bottom corner angle on each side.

Create a comb for the top for the Easter chick. Cut a rectangle that is 6X4 inches. Slightly arch the bottom. Make three, half ovals for the comb. The first should be about 2 inches at its tallest and drop down half to a full inch. It then goes up to another semi-oval that is 4 inches from base to top peak and down three inches and back up to one that is 2 inches again. Top stitch for felt. Put right faces together plus a thin sheet of foam on top of the wrong side and stitch 1/4 inch hem all the way around leaving an opening to turn right side out at the bottom. Hand stitch this shut and top stitch all the way around. Sew the comb to the top of the head.

Decorate the chick if you choose. Add a bow tie, a soft fabric flower, vest or whatever tickles your fancy. Keep the age of the child in mind. If you are making the Easter chick for a baby you might even want to omit the comb and leave it as simple as possible.