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DLTK's Crafts for Kids
Paper Bag Cow Craft
Materials Needed:
You can make a brown cow like the one in the picture or use different
colors for an dairy, white, tan or black cow.
- a paper lunch bag
- a printer,
- some crayons,
- scissors
- glue,
- paper for the printer
Optional:
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PRINT THE TEMPLATE:
- You can either print just template one or
both 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 both, but hide #2. If the kids make
it through #1 and are eager for more, bring out the other.
If they are tired of crafting, save them for another day or just
discard them.
- 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 arms (template 2)
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.
- OK, now that we're comfy with our bags, let's
craft!
TEMPLATE #1
- Cover the paper bag with construction paper
(just glue it on and trim) or paint the paper bag and let dry -- if
you're making a brown cow with a brown paper bag, you can skip this
step.
- Glue the nose onto the
HEAD.
It should line up with the bottom of the
flippy tab.
- 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 ears onto the sides of the
HEAD
- Glue the horn onto the top of the
HEAD
- Glue the tongue underneath the flippy tab
so you can see part of the circle sticking out from under the nose.
- Glue the tummy onto the body.
TEMPLATE #2
- Glue the arms into the
FLAP.
- Glue the tail onto the
BACK.
Printing the Template:
- Close the template window after printing to return to this screen.
- 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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