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Paper Bag Donkey Craft

Materials Needed:

You can either make a grey donkey or a brown donkey

bulleta paper lunch bag
bulletfor Grey Donkey:  grey construction paper or grey poster paint
bulleta printer, 
bulletsome crayons, 
bulletscissors 
bulletglue, 
bulletpaper for the printer

Optional:

bulletbig wiggly eyes

Fun Foam Option:

bulletbrown or grey fun foam -- depending on which color donkey you are making  (trace the template pieces onto fun foam and then follow directions as normal)

 

PRINT THE TEMPLATE:

bulletYou can either print just template or both templates.
bulletThe more children you have per adult and the younger the children are, the simpler (less templates) you want the craft to be.
bulletIf 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.
  
bulletColour (as required) and cut out the template pieces. 


GET FAMILIAR WITH YOUR PAPER BAG:

bulletI'm going to walk through this slowly.  Look at your paper bag. 
bulletIt should be closed and flat like a piece of paper.  Just like when they are brand new.
bulletOn one side, it's all smooth.  This will be the BACK of your puppet
bulletIt's important that all the kids get the back and front straight at the beginning!
bulletOn the other side there's a flippy tab (which is typically the bottom of the bag when you're carrying your lunch around...)
bulletThis flippy tab will be the HEAD
bulletLift the flippy tab up a bit.  Underneath of the tab will be the mouth,
bulletWhen the child puts her hand in the bag, she'll be able to make the bunny talk.
bulletLook 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.
bulletLook at the sides of the bag.  There should be a FLAP of paper. 
bulletWe'll be slipping the arms (template 2) into this flap.
bulletIf the kids goof and glue the arms onto the front or back of the bag, it isn't a big deal.
bulletOK, now that we're comfy with our bags, let's craft!

TEMPLATE #1

bulletGrey Donkey:  Cover the paper bag with grey construction paper (just glue it on and trim) or paint the paper bag grey and let dry.
bulletBrown Donkey:  just use the brown paper bag
bulletGlue the small circle with the tongue underneath the flippy tab so you can see part of the circle sticking out from under the nose.
bulletGlue the nose onto the HEADIt should overlap the body a bit.
bulletGlue the eyes onto the HEAD above the nose.  If you like, you can use wiggly eyes instead of the paper template pieces.
bulletGlue the ears onto the HEAD
bulletGlue the hair tuft onto the HEAD


TEMPLATE #2

bulletGlue the arms into the FLAP.
bulletGlue the tail onto the BACK   (or you could use wool instead of the template piece)

 

Printing the Template:

bulletClose the template window after printing to return to this screen.
    
bulletSet page margins to zero if you have trouble fitting the template on one page (FILE, PAGE SETUP or FILE, PRINTER SETUP in most browsers).

Template 1:  (brown)   or   (grey)   or   (B&W)

Template 2:  (brown)   or   (grey)   or   (B&W)

 

 

Printable version of these instructions