Sunday, October 17, 2010

Paper Bag Bird Puppet

Paper Bag Bird Puppet

This is a fun and easy cut and paste paper craft that uses a paper bag as a base to make a puppet.

Materials Needed:

  • a paper lunch bag (brown or white will work) 
  • green paint or green paper
      
  • a printer, 
  • some crayons, 
  • scissors 
  • glue, 
  • paper for the printer

Optional:

  • big wiggly eyes
      
Paper Bag Bird Puppet

PRINT THE TEMPLATE:

  • Print out the template of choice (color or b&w)
  • Colour (as required) and cut out the template pieces. 


GET FAMILIAR WITH YOUR PAPER BAG:

  • I'm going to walk through this slowly.  Look at your paper bag. 
  • It should be closed and flat like a piece of paper.  Just like when they are brand new.
  • On one side, it's all smooth.  This will be the BACK of your puppet
    • It's important that all the kids get the back and front straight at the beginning!
  • On the other side there's a flippy tab (which is typically the bottom of the bag when you're carrying your lunch around...)
    • This flippy tab will be the HEAD
  • Lift the flippy tab up a bit.  Underneath of the tab will be the mouth,
    • When the child puts her hand in the bag, she'll be able to make the puppet talk.
  • Look at the rest of the front of the bag.  (The 3/4 or so of the bag below the part with the flippy tab)  This will be the BODY.
  • Look at the sides of the bag.  There should be a FLAP of paper. 
    • We'll be slipping the wings into this flap.
    • If the kids goof and glue the wings onto the front or back of the bag, it isn't a big deal.
  • OK, now that we're comfy with our bags, let's craft!
     
      

Assemble your puppet:

  • Cover the FLAP and the BODY of the paper bag with green paper (just glue it on and trim) or paint it green and let dry.
      
  • glue the chest from Template 1 onto the BODY 
     
  • Glue the feather tuft to the top of the HEAD
      
  • Glue the eyes onto the HEAD just under the feathers.  If you like, you can use wiggly eyes instead of the paper template pieces.
      
  • Glue the beak under the eyes.  It will likely hang down over a little bit of the BODY.  Make sure you just put glue on top of the beak (where it touches the HEAD) so you don't end up gluing the mouth shut.
      
  • Glue the wings into the FLAP.
  • Glue the feet onto the bottom of the BODY
  • Glue the tail onto the BACK
  • Paper Bag Bird Puppet

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