Materials
Brown lunch bags Brown and black markers
Tan, gold and brown construction paper Scissors
White glue 12 mm wiggle eyes
Pencil Duckling pictures
Instructions
1. Compare pictures of yellow pond ducklings and brown mallard ducklings.
2. Enlarge the patterns.
3. Trace the patterns on appropriate colors of construction paper and cut out.
4. Using the lunch bags upside down, glue the bottom beak under bag flap.
5. Glue the round head on the topside of the bag flap.
6. Trim off the corners of the bag so only the circular head shows.
7. Glue the top beak (gold) on the head circle. It should be slightly smaller than the bottom beak.
8. Round the bottom of bag.
9. Glue on the brown back.
10. Glue the brown wings in between side folds.
11. Glue the legs underneath body front.
12. Color with brown marker on the head and body. Allow some lighter background paper to show, resembling downy feathers.
13. Glue on the 12 mm wiggle eyes.
14. Make two nostril ovals on the top beak with a pointed black marker.More to doGames: Children squat and try to walk like ducklings and flap their arms like wings. * Each child dramatizes being a different animal. Others guess what they are. * Children can use duckling puppets as they sing songs or chant poems about ducklings.More science: Show a real duck egg and compare it with a chicken egg, a bird egg, a goose egg and, if possible, an ostrich egg. * Bring in pictures showing the shape and coloring of other ducks such as the Hooded Merganser Duck, the Pintail Duck, the Ringed Teal Duck, the Shoveller Duck, the Spot-billed Duck and the Ruddy Duck. Show carved wooden models or plush toys. * Discuss why the female duck's plumage is not as pretty and bright as the male's.Original poemsFuzzy DuckyLittle fuzzy ducky yellow,You're a funny little fellow.You say quack quack when you talkAnd you wiggle waddle when you walk.You swim around the pond with ease.Your feet are webbed and you have no knees.Then quick as a wink, bobbing down you go,Looking for some worms below.I'll come and watch you every day"Cause that's more fun than other play,And bring some crumbs and throw them, too.Gee, I wish that I were you.Animal FairI like to pretendI'm in an animal fair.I can be most anythingLike a lion, giraffe or bear.I walk with stiff legsAnd hold my head up highAnd I think I am a giraffeEating leaves off trees in the sky.I make my arms into a trunkAnd hunch my back up round.An elephant's trunk sways to and froJust inches from the ground.I put my feet togetherAnd hop just like a bunny,Then hold my hands up high for ears.I wonder if I look funny?I try to be a little duckBut that's the hardest of all.I sit down on my heels and walk,And every time I fall.I look for all the animalsIn books and on TV There are so many creaturesI can pretend to be.
