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| | DLTK's Crafts for Kids
Paper Bag Donkey Craft
Optional:
 | big wiggly eyes |
Fun Foam Option:
| brown 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:
| You can either print just
template 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.
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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. 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 bunny 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 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. |
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| OK, now that we're comfy with our
bags, let's craft! |
TEMPLATE #1
| Grey Donkey: Cover the paper bag with grey construction paper
(just glue it on and trim) or paint the paper bag grey and let dry. |
| Brown Donkey: just use the brown paper bag |
| Glue the small circle with the tongue underneath the flippy
tab so you can see part of the circle sticking out from under the nose. |
| Glue the nose onto the HEAD. It
should overlap the body a bit. |
| 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 HEAD |
| Glue the hair tuft onto the HEAD |
TEMPLATE #2
| Glue the arms into the FLAP. |
| Glue the tail onto the BACK
(or you could use wool
instead of the template piece) |
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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