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DLTK's Holiday Crafts for Kids
Reindeer Paper Bag Puppet
Instructions:
 | Print out the template of choice.
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| Colour the pieces as appropriate and cut them
out. (cutting may require adult assistance and can be pre-done).
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| See the picture above for how the puppet should
look when complete.
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GET FAMILIAR WITH YOUR
PAPER BAG:
| I'm going to walk through this
slowly. Look at your paper bag.
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| It should be closed and flat like
a piece of paper. Just like when they are brand new.
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| 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!
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| 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
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| Look at the sides of the
bag. There should be a FLAP of paper.
| We'll be slipping the arms
(template 1) into this flap.
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| If the kids goof and glue the
arms onto the front or back of the bag, it isn't a big deal.
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| OK, now that we're comfy with our
bags, let's craft! |
PUTTING IT TOGETHER:
| Fold the corners of the flippy
tab under to make the HEAD more triangular |
| Glue the nose to the bottom of
the newly made triangular head.
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| Glue the mouth under the flippy
tab we let the teeth stick out a bit.
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| Glue on the eyes,
eyebrows, antlers and ears. You can reinforce the antlers with
cardboard if they're too floppy (if you printed on construction paper, they
should be ok without reinforcement)
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| Glue the arms into the FLAP.
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| Glue the oval
"ruff" onto the
front of the bag.
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| Glue the bells
under the chin. |
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Close the template window after
printing to return to this screen.
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Set page margins to zero if
you have trouble fitting the template on one page (FILE, PAGE SETUP or FILE,
PRINTER SETUP in
most browsers). |
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