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DLTK's Crafts for Kids
Paper Bag Crow or Raven Craft
The raven is a great symbol for many bible stories. The crow is
great for an Autumn theme.
Both birds are found in a variety of stories, poems and songs.
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Materials Needed:
 | a paper lunch bag |
| black paint or black paper
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| a printer, |
| some crayons, |
| scissors |
| glue, |
| paper for the printer |
Optional:
| big wiggly eyes |
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! |
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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. |
| 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. |
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| OK, now that we're comfy with our
bags, let's craft!
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Assemble your puppet:
| Cover the paper bag with black paper
(just glue it on and trim) or paint the paper bag black and let dry.
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| Glue the feather tuft to the top of the HEAD
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| Glue the eyes onto the HEAD
just under the feathers. If you like, you can use
wiggly eyes instead of the paper template pieces.
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| 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.
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| Glue the wings into the FLAP.
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| Glue the feet onto the bottom of the BODY
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| Glue the tail onto the BACK. |
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Printing the Template:
| 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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