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DLTK's Holiday Crafts for Kids
Paper Bag Puppet:
Leprechaun Craft
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Click
here to see a full size photo of the finished craft. Tasha (Age 5) and Kaitlyn
(Age 2) made it together. We printed the black and white version and coloured with
markers. Close the photo window when done viewing.
MATERIALS NEEDED:
 | a paper lunch bag |
| a printer, |
| some crayons, |
| scissors |
| glue, |
| paper - I always prefer to use a heavy paper
(like construction paper) |
| OPTIONAL: |
| big wiggly eyes |
| green paper |
PRINT THE TEMPLATE:
| You can either print just template #1, template
#1 & #2 or all three templates.
 | The more children you have per adult and the
younger the children are, the simpler (less templates) you want the craft to be. |
| If you aren't sure how many templates you should
use, print all 3, but hide #2 and #3. If the kids make it through #1 and are eager
for more, bring out the others. If they are tired of crafting, save them for another
day. |
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| Colour (as required) and cut out the template
pieces. |
GET FAMILIAR WITH YOUR PAPER
BAG:
| I'm going to walk through this slowly, so bear
with me. 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! |
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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 leprechaun's mouth,
| When the child put's her hand in the bag, she'll
be able to make the leprechaun 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. |
| Look at the sides of the bag. There should
be a FLAP of paper.
| We'll be slipping the arms (template 3) into this
flap. |
| 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 (you can always peek at the picture above if you get confused)! |
TEMPLATE #1
| Glue the mouth underneath the flippy tab, so that
most of it shows when the tab is closed (on the template, I drew an arrow to give you an
idea of how much should show). Glue the second mouth piece on top of the flippy
tab. When the flippy tab is flat down, the two pieces should join neatly (that's the
instructions, but don't be too worried about the exact location for really young
children. Just let them have fun)... you'll notice from our picture that we glued a
bit too far under the bag so you can't see much of the tongue when the mouth is closed. |
| Glue the nose onto the HEAD above the mouth. If you like, you can use a large pom pom for
the nose instead of the paper template piece. |
| Glue the eyes onto the HEAD above the nose. If you like, you can use wiggly
eyes instead of the paper template pieces. |
| Glue the eyebrows onto the HEAD. |
| You can cover the entire body
with a piece of green paper (construction, tissue, or wrapping paper all work well. |
| Glue the buttons onto the
body. If you're going to use template #2, make sure you glue the buttons far enough
down to leave room for the tie. |
TEMPLATE #2
| Glue the tie under the mouth (try
not to cover up too many of the buttons) |
| Glue the hat band and buckle onto
the hat. |
| Glue the hat onto the
leprechaun's head. |
TEMPLATE #3
| Glue the arms into the FLAP
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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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